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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicFamily planning

Topic: family planning

Former CEC S.Y. Quraishi busts myths about Islam and family planning in his new book

Published by HarperCollins, 'The Population Growth' by S.Y. Quraishi will release on 17 February on ThePrint's SoftCover.

India unequivocally against forcing family planning, Centre tells Supreme Court

The health ministry told SC that family welfare programme is voluntary. It enables couples to decide the size of their family and adopt planning methods best suited to them.

Family planning is at a crucial juncture. Politics must not hamper Modi’s message: BJP MP

Population stabilisation measures should meet same governance values that made Modi govt's Swachh Bharat, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, and Give It Up campaigns successful.

Lockdown condom sales dip after early surge but that doesn’t mean Indians aren’t having sex

Not only condoms, contraceptive sales have also fallen across the board. Experts say there are many reasons why.

Indian women can’t go out and socialise because of their mothers-in-law: Study

Researchers from Boston and Delhi universities surveyed young married Indian women aged between 18-30 in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur district. This is what they found.

Modi govt has been working for a Uniform Civil Code and we didn’t even notice. Until now

In the absence of 'common civil code', religious prerogative of one community in a secular society has become a contentious issue in India.

World Contraception Day: As more women opt for morning-after pills, doctors urge caution

Among other things, frequent use is believed to cause nausea, abdominal pain, weight gain, and a complicated conception later.

Women of Gujarat: More educated since 1999, but not much progress elsewhere

According to data from National Family Health Surveys from 1999 to 2016, Gujarat’s performance on human development indicators for women is a mixed bag.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.