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India’s Fertility Rate Drops Amid Population Boom: Can Lifestyle Changes Help Restore Reproductive Health?

India, in 2025, has officially bagged the title of World’s Most Populous Nation with a jaw-dropping 1.46 billion humans breathing, eating, and endlessly scrolling reels. But even as we are multiplying on paper, India’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is quietly slipping below the 2.1 mark. It is the replacement level needed to keep the population…

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A concern for Kerala's health landscape, diabetes, kerala, prevention, healthy lifestyle, diet, exercise, stress management, mental health

A concern for Kerala’s health landscape, diabetes, kerala, prevention, healthy lifestyle, diet, exercise, stress management, mental health

Diabetes cases are alarmingly on the rise in Kerala, with recent research from the Indian Medical Research Institute and the Indian Diabetes Center indicating a 23.6 percent increase in the disease’s prevalence. Kerala now ranks third in diabetes rates, following Goa (26.4 pc) and Puducherry (26.3 pc). Despite being widely viewed as a role model…

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