IMA president R V Asokan suggests legalising prenatal gender detection tests. He believes the ban impacts doctors more than addressing soci...

The national census of 2001 and 2011 contained enormously detailed data on sex ratio at birth (SRB) at the district, tehsil and state level...

" 'Selfie with Daughter' has become a worldwide movement against female foeticide and sex selection," the president said.

The CM also made it clear to the officers that laxity in the implementation of schemes meant for the welfare of women and children will not...

Health Minister JP Nadda said the registration of 100 medical professionals convicted under the Act has been suspended or cancelled by conc...

"The Prime Minister said the "Girl Rising" campaign in India should focus especially on the problem of female foeticide," an official state...

Denouncing the practice of female foeticide, Modi said the discrimination against girls reflects "mental illness" and displays a mindset wo...

"We need to change the mindset. Today is just the beginning. We must see a visible difference in the next two years...," Maneka said at the...

Government's 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme' to improve the child sex ratio will be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 22.

He invited people to share on 'MyGov' website their ideas on 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao', a programme he is laying emphasis on.

"Govt alone cannot eradicate it by enforcing laws. Public awareness and participation of civil society is imperative in this regard," he sa...

Some LS candidates in Haryana, which has the country's lowest sex ratio, are facing a strange demand from bachelor voters.

Gujrat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today called on the people of north Gujarat to stop female foeticide, invoking Indian culture

A Rajasthan minister has hit out at Bollywood star Aamir Khan for sensationalising female foeticide cases in the state.

The skewed sex ratio, as revealed in Census 2011, shows that campaigns by the government have not been very effective in curbing female foe...

The government would declare January 24 as the national girl child day with a focus on targeting the scourges of female foeticide, domestic...

Concerned over the rising cases of female foeticide in Punjab, Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Virendar Jainon Saturday said...