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Vehant Singh, the son of 24-year-old Naina Agrahari and 27-year-old Sumit Chauhan, was born in Mumbai on Nov. 9. The photo was taken when he was 1 month old. He is part of a wave of newborns who will lift India's population past China. And he is part of a new generation in India with far more opportunities than past generations. Lauren Frayer/NPR hide caption

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This baby could push India past China to become the world's most populous country

Any day now, the United Nations will declare India's population the largest in the world. The country's next generation is poised to be healthier, more literate — and more female — than ever before.

Rick Singer departs federal court in Boston in March 2019 after pleading guilty to charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. Singer is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday afternoon in Boston. Steven Senne/AP hide caption

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Mastermind of the Varsity Blues college admission scandal is about to learn his fate

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Former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried arrives in a Manhattan federal court in New York on Jan. 3. Bankman-Fried pled not guilty to criminal fraud charges related to the spectacular collapse of his crypto exchange. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to fraud and other charges tied to FTX's collapse

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Vehant Singh, the son of 24-year-old Naina Agrahari and 27-year-old Sumit Chauhan, was born in Mumbai on Nov. 9. The photo was taken when he was 1 month old. He is part of a wave of newborns who will lift India's population past China. And he is part of a new generation in India with far more opportunities than past generations. Lauren Frayer/NPR hide caption

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This baby could push India past China to become the world's most populous country

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NASA Apollo astronaut Walt Cunningham has died at age 90

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