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As per the State of World Population Report published by the United Nations Population Fund, India will become the most populous country in the world in the summer of 2023. At this point, India also has a relatively 'younger' working-age population compared to China. Depending upon how one read the data, this can be a boon or bane, as labour is an important component of growth in national income (read, GDP). If the labourers are productive, then their income and the economy grow. Much of the GDP growth that occurred among the emerging Asian economies during the second half of the last century was through increased labour force participation. These countries, for example, China, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam, were able to absorb labour from the low-productive agricultural sector to the high-productive manufacturing sectors. Much of the supply of white goods like mobile phones, air conditioners, refrigerators, computers, etc. are manufactured in these countries, thereby making their economy transition from low to middle and high-income economies.

The constant political exploitation of the reservation policy, framed in 1950, threatens to further divide the country not only on the caste and sub-caste lines, but also on their extension to rope in religions. As the situation stands today, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar, the author of the reservation policy, would have been ashamed of his radical initiative intended to annihilate the caste system itself. Ambedkar, who framed the country’s Constitution, was an intense fighter in the cause of annihilation of caste. The social reformer saw education as a potent tool that could equally empower every citizen to build an egalitarian society as also to help break the age-old restrictive shackles of discriminatory social practices. It did not happen in the absence of a uniform and universal education system. The reservation policy has become a powerful tool of politicians to keep dividing the country’s poor.

Less than a year is left for the commencement of the polling in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. After the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's positive talks on forging opposition unity with a large number of parties, including the Congress, focus has shifted to the next meeting of the anti-BJP parties expected to be held in June this year, after the announcement of the results for Karnataka assembly elections on May 13.

Wrestling is ballet with violence. But ballerinas of this rough and tumble sport are virtually on the mat in the national Capital Delhi.

This is one for Ripley’s ‘Believe it or not’. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a glutton for abuse and appears to like being called vile names. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge called Modi “zehreeli saanp” and the BJP broke out in a rash of gleeful reactions. The sagging image of the BJP, and that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, received a booster thrust like that of a rocket blasted into space from Sri Harikota.

Asia has a special stake in the Global Climate Crisis for its being the highly vulnerable region on the globe due to its geographical and socioeconomic circumstances, and India would be the worst sufferer under a high emission scenario that may cost the country 35 per cent of its GDP, much higher than 24 per cent (earlier estimate was 15 per cent) for Asia as a whole, 30 per cent in Southeast Asia, and 24 per cent in the rest of South Asia by 2100. China’s loss has been estimated at only 8 per cent.

LUCKNOW: This month’s civic polls in Uttar Pradesh are very crucial for BSP national President Mayawati and her party as the results would show whether the combination of dalits and Muslims is still effective in winning seats for the BSP. Ever since the party was formed in 1984 by late Kanshiram, for the first time BSP national President Mayawati is playing aggressive Muslim card in civic polls to test water for crucial Lok Sabha polls next year.

New Delhi: Having lost six of their eight matches played so far, the bottom placed Delhi Capitals are virtually out contention in this seasons IPL but all-rounder Mitchell Marsh says that though, "we let ourselves down but still proud of the group and a lot of belief in the group."

New Delhi: Promising Odisha athlete Bapi Hansda won a silver medal in the 400m hurdles at the ongoing 5th Youth Asian Athletics Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He clocked 51.38 seconds, his personal best to finish ahead of Sri Lanka’s Kuda Liyanage Ayomal who timed 51.40 to bag bronze while Qatar’s Mahamat Abakar Abdrahman won the gold with a time of 50.91 secs.

Dubai: The duo of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy did country proud as they won the first-ever gold medal for India at the Badminton Asia Championships in the doubles category beating Malaysia's Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi in the final here on Sunday.