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  "id": 2003653,
  "title": "Tamil Nadu's Maternity Leave Move Spotlights South India's Fertility Rates",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/tamil-nadus-maternity-leave-move-spotlights-south-indias-fertility-2003653",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-19T19:04:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NDTV - India News",
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  "summary": "Fertility rates in southern states remain among the lowest in the country, population growth is slowing, the share of elderly citizens is rising, and concerns over future political representation are growing.",
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        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Tamil Nadu's Maternity Leave Move Spotlights South India's Fertility Rates",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/tamil-nadus-maternity-leave-move-spotlights-south-indias-fertility",
        "published": "2026-08-19T19:04:45.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}