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India population: The job crisis driving millions to big cities

  India population: The job crisis driving millions to big cities India is in the throes of a massive move to its cities - the  second largest rural to urban migration  in human history. This demographic disruption is under way as the country is set to overtake China to become the most populous in the world - the UN projects that will  happen by the middle of this year . Experts say that India's new status highlights its demographic dividend as the nation with the largest number of young workers - but also its biggest challenge: creating enough jobs for them. And that's what's fuelling the migration - people don't make enough money in the villages, so they're streaming out of the countryside by the tens of millions, driven by hope and desperation to seek better opportunities in big cities. In India's financial hub Mumbai recently, a crush of young men surged forward as policemen waved batons and called for order. The candidates had come from all over the state s...

Russia, China Discuss Iran's Nuclear Program And Korean Peninsula

  Russia, China Discuss Iran's Nuclear Program And Korean Peninsula China and Russia said last month that nuclear talks with Tehran, demanded by the United States, should only resume based on "mutual respect" and all sanctions ought to be lifted. Moscow:  Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, the situation on the Korean Peninsula as well as Iran's nuclear program, the Russian foreign ministry said late on Tuesday. Wang is on a three-day visit to Moscow where he also met with President Vladimir Putin, the latest in a series of top-level meetings between the two powers in recent years aimed at deepening strategic cooperation amid shifts in the geopolitical landscape. China and Russia said last month that nuclear talks with Tehran, demanded by the United States, should only resume based on "mutual respect" and all sanctions ought to be lifted. The ministers) touched on individual regional issues related to ...

Putin calls up 160,000 men to Russian army in latest conscription drive, at crucial moment in Ukraine war

  Putin calls up 160,000 men to Russian army in latest conscription drive, at crucial moment in Ukraine war Putin calls up 160,000 men to Russian army in latest conscription drive, at crucial moment in Ukraine war CNN  —  One of the largest rounds of conscription to Russia’s military for several years is underway, as President Vladimir Putin pushes ahead with an expansion of the country’s military at  a crucial moment  in the war in Ukraine. Putin signed a decree authorizing the latest phase of the country’s twice-yearly conscription effort, with the new window beginning Tuesday and running until July 15. It will see 160,000 men between 18 and 30 join Russia’s armed forces – an increase of 10,000 on last year’s spring drive, and a rise of more than 15,000 compared to three years ago, according to Russian state media outlet TASS. The conscription push is not new, and TASS reported that the rise is caused by Putin’s efforts to increase the size of Russia’s militar...