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Once he had only Rs 18 in his bank account and survived on biscuits. Today he is a well-known actor with a film that earned over Rs 874 crore globallyRajkummar Rao faced severe financial hardship in Mumbai before achieving stardom. He survived on basic food and relied on family support. H...- Transgressionary state: Transgender Amendment Act is a step back on freedom, democracy and growthIndia's Transgender Act faces criticism for undermining individual rights and autonomy. This law's restrictions on self-determination and t...
- Engendered species, our broken progress: Despite growth, India’s gender bias endures as sex ratios slide in key statesIndia grapples with a deeply entrenched bias against female children, as evidenced by declining sex ratios in Delhi and Haryana. Despite pr...
- Child sex ratio: Concern over misuse of technology exacerbating gender imbalancesThe primary concern discussed at the meeting was the declining child sex ratio (CSR) and sex ratio at birth (SRB) in the country, indicativ...
- Understanding the chronology of the same-sex marriage case reaching India’s top courtroomThe Supreme Court of India is set to deliver its decision on the legal recognition of same-sex marriages, a ruling that could have signific...
- SC in 3:2 majority refuses to grant legal recognition to same-sex marriage, says it is up to the governmentThe Supreme Court of India has ruled in a 3:2 majority that the law does not recognize the right to marry or have civil unions for same-sex...
- Karnataka: 7 fetuses found dumped in plastic boxes, probe orderedThis is the second such incident reported from Belagavi in a decade. In 2013, at least 13 dead fetuses were found on the banks of Hiranyake...
- India testing a new way to deal with stray cattle: Eliminate male bovine before conceptionThis is likely to solve one of the key problems in rural India ahead of a key elections — stray cattle.
- Body set up to deal with sex determination information on internet: Government to Supreme CourtSection 22 of the PCPNDT Act pertains to prohibition of advertisements relating to pre-natal determination of sex and punishment for contra...
- UP offers pregnant women Rs 1 lakh prize to expose prenatal sex determination centersThe payout will be in three instalments – first at the stage of a successful operation, second at the time of appearing before the court as...
- Amarinder Singh orders crackdown on sex determination centresAmarinder said his government was fully committed to protecting and securing the girl child and centres found conducting such illegal prena...
- 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...
- Rajasthan shines out in PM Narendra Modi’s Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaignThe state, which was in the bottom half of India’s child sex ratio rankings in the 2011 Census, has scripted a comeback and is bringing bac...
- SC raps Google, Yahoo for failing to check pre-birth test adsDuring the hearing, Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar said that companies were violating the PCPNDT Act by displaying advertisements on sex de...
- Ban may go, sex test on fetus could be mandatory: Maneka Gandhi"Those registering the sex of the fetus will have to produce a medical certificate or cite the reason for termination of pregnancy," Maneka...
- Beti Bachao Beti Padhao to be extended to 61 districts: Maneka GandhiNDA govt's flagship programme 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao', initially launched in 100 districts, will now be extended to 61 more districts.
- Ban private practice by government doctors during working hours: J&K panelThe Committee suggested to stop the private practice of the doctors during the office hours and to adopt the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal D...
- Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij issues strict warning about sex determination testVij today donned the hat of Sholay's iconic character Gabbar Singh to drive home his point on illegal sex determination.
- Haryana villages showing improvement in sex ratio to be rewarded"We all have to make coordinated efforts to eradicate female foeiticide," an official release quoting state Agriculture Minister Om Parkash...
- Supreme Court seeks steps to stop sex-determination contents on websitesThe court also expressed unhappiness over a 2010 affidavit of Group Coordinator and Enforcement Division of Department of Information Techn...
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