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Pregnant pause: India’s slumping fertility

The Economist: The week ahead by The Economist

Jun 5, 202623:37News & Politics

After decades of overpopulation worries, the country now has the opposite concern. We examine India’s unusual demographic turn , and why it is a wider warning to the world. Vegan substitutes have broadly improved in rece...

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Pregnant pause: India’s slumping fertility is an episode from The Economist: The week ahead by The Economist. After decades of overpopulation worries, the country now has the opposite concern. We examine India’s unusual demographic turn , a...

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Published Jun 5, 2026, 23:37 long, audio available.