A widening gender imbalance in rural China has pushed 'bride prices' to a record high, making marriage a costly affair and unaffordable for many.
The company's CEO Ryan Roslansky said in an email to employees that the move was aimed at streamlining the company's operations.
This is the first time the public has been made aware of an arrest by Chinese authorities after Beijing's first provisions to regulate the use of "deepfake" technology officially took effect in January, it said.
Amidst the number of foreign policy challenges faced by the Indian Government, one stands out due to the unique nature of the players involved in it. It is none other than the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
As was being projected, India has overtaken China to become the most populous country in the world. This was revealed in a newly released report of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Wednesday. According to the UNFPA's The State of World Population Report, 2023, India's population has reached 1,428.6 million while China's stands at 1,425.7 million -- a difference of 2.9 million.
A statement issued by external affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said: "We completely reject the comments made by the Chinese Official Spokesperson. Indian leaders routinely travel to the state of Arunachal Pradesh as they do to any other state of India. Arunachal Pradesh was, is and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India."
China criticised Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, stating that it violated Chinese sovereignty over the area, days after India slammed Beijing's move to rename some places in the border state in an attempt to stake its claim over the area.
India was elected unopposed in two elections on Wednesday by the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the Programme Coordinating Board of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS.
It was the third batch of standardised geographical names for Arunachal Pradesh issued by China's civil affairs ministry.
Even as the government has raised the limit to three now, couples are now reluctant to have babies due to various reasons including childcare and education costs, low incomes, and gender inequalities among others.
The 58-year-old has kept a low profile since criticising China's financial regulators in 2020.
Mostly, women and girls are sexually harassed. Such incidents are quite frequent in crowded places. However, such odious acts also are reported at workplaces and other commercial spaces. While some women/girls remain silent, braves fight back to protect their modesty and prestige.
Xi's new five-year run was made possible following a change to the constitution in 2018 that scrapped term limits.
It was the 26th meeting of the WMCC and the first since the 14th meeting held in July 2019 to be held in person.
The US has recently begun seeing "disturbing" trendlines in China's support for Russia's military and there are signs that Beijing wants to "creep up to the line" of providing lethal military aid to Russia without getting caught, the media reported.
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