According to the report, improvement in SRB was witnessed in Punjab, which registered a rise of 19 points, followed by Uttar Pradesh (10 po...

He said that none of the districts is below 850 mark and 12 districts in the state have recorded sex ratio of 900 or 900 plus in 2016.

In the child-bearing age group, just 27% of unmarried women are working compared with 41% among married women.

The doctors said they observed that females outnumbered males among fetuses that were less than or equal to 20 weeks of gestational age, cl...

Nadda assured the support to the movement which aims to cover more than 6000 areas including villages, towns and districts in a number of s...

A glimpse into this intriguing decision-making process undertaken by about 2.5 crore parents every year is provided by Census 2011 data.

Maneka had said that sex determination test should be made compulsory to track women pregnant with a girl child as a measure to check femal...

Overall, men outnumber women in eastern Asia, southern Asia, Oceania, and western Asia, according to ‘The World’s Women 2015’ report.

Census data reveals that Chinese families with multiple children have made a disproportionate contribution in recent years to the country’s...

case was investigated by Scotland Yard and passed on to the Crown Prosecution Service which said that although there was enough evidence.

The skewed sex ratio was attributed to sex-selective abortion and preference for a male child as also seen elsewhere in Asia.

The EDM, which has cross-party support, is tabled to initiate a debate on the issue in Parliament as soon as possible.

Immigrant mothers in Britain could be aborting unwanted girls as boys are considered preferable for cultural, religious or economic reasons...

Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said MCI should ensure immediate suspension or cancelling of registration of doctors violating sex determi...

The sex ratio at birth among Indians and other Asian communities in the US is much lower than among the white and the black communities.

The Union health ministry registered only 107 cases of female feticide under Section 315 and 316 of IPC in 2010.

Internet giants Google and Microsoft have pulled adverts for sex selection products and services considered illegal in India after being th...