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FEMALE FOETICIDE IN INDIA
How ultrasound plays critical role in healthcare and why PC-PNDT Act deserves careful reformIndia's PC-PNDT Act, enacted to curb female foeticide, has had a modest impact on sex ratios over 30 years. While the law's intent is valid...- Beti Bachao from real foeticideDespite positive strides in the sex ratio at birth, female foeticide in India remains a pressing issue. Laws alone can't solve this deep-ro...
- 'Era of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, Beti Badhao': Delhi CM Rekha Gupta backs Nari Shakti Vandan AdhiniyamParliament will convene for a special session to advance the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam. This move introduces a 33 percent reservation fo...
- Households are better off than ever but female foeticide continues unabatedThe national census of 2001 and 2011 contained enormously detailed data on sex ratio at birth (SRB) at the district, tehsil and state level...
- Selective foeticide: AIIMS study reveals dark side of DelhiNearly 35 per cent of the cases in these 17 years were stillborn, 29 per cent were born alive and 36 per cent were born before the period o...
- AIIMS study hints at rampant selective foeticide in south DelhiThe doctors said they observed that females outnumbered males among fetuses that were less than or equal to 20 weeks of gestational age, cl...
- 'Haryana's child sex ratio improves to 889 girls per 1,000 boys'Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar said that with efforts made by the state government and effective implementation of the 'Beti Bachao Beti Pa...
- 'Girl Rising' to go Indian with help from Bollywood biggies'Girl Rising', an international campaign for girl education and empowerment, will be rope in Bollywood celebrities like Priyanka Chopra.
- PM Narendra Modi wants "Girl Rising" campaign to focus on female foeticide"The Prime Minister said the "Girl Rising" campaign in India should focus especially on the problem of female foeticide," an official state...
- PM Modi denounces female foeticide, calls it 'mental illness'Denouncing the practice of female foeticide, Modi said the discrimination against girls reflects "mental illness" and displays a mindset wo...
- Female foeticide a matter of shame: PM Narendra ModiHe invited people to share on 'MyGov' website their ideas on 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao', a programme he is laying emphasis on.
- Government likely to seek Facebook's help to promote educationThe government, in its interaction with Facebook co- founder Mark Zuckerberg tomorrow, is also likely to ask him to promote Hindi on its so...
- Teach girls meaning of 'Love Jihad': RSS chief Mohan BhagwatRSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today raked up the issue of 'Love Jihad' saying the girls should be taught its meaning and ways to save themselves ...
- US lawmakers concerned over female foeticide in IndiaExpressing concern over increasing female foeticide in India, American lawmakers and experts have asked the US Government to help.
- Bharat Mata-loving Narendra Modi makes a point about empowerment in his Ficci speechFully aware of the political gains of women power, Modi tried to strike familiar chords, speaking of female foeticide, inequality and gende...
- Crackdown on female foeticide in Maharashtra creates shortage of abortion pillsA crackdown on female foeticide in Maharashtra has, triggering a shortage of medicines used to terminate unwanted pregnancies.
- 'Indirect dangers affect more women than rape'A high level of female infanticide and sex trafficking make India 4th most dangerous country in which to be born a woman.
- Census of India 2011: Sick culture of preferring sonsThe consistently declining child sex ratio - i.e. the number of female children per 1000 male children in the 0 to 6 age group, is a testim...
- Thousand FDs opened since the launch of 'Ladli' schemeDelhi govt has opened 6,000 fixed deposit accounts in the name of the girl child making them eligible for availing Rs one lakh when they tu...
- India strikes silver!After a couple of bronze trophies in the Direct Lions category as well as a prestigious Promo Lion, Team India continues its winning streak...
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