Even wealthy and educated families try to determine the sex of a foetus and abort if it’s a girl, said gynaecologist Dr Aruna Kalra at a panel discussion on her book I Want A Boy.
IMA president Dr RV Asokan’s statement calling for the legalisation of prenatal gender determination is more than just IMA’s obligation to ensure doctors’ ease of doing business.
Bachelors & widowers’ groups in Haryana threaten poll boycott unless pension scheme is properly implemented and their demand for bachelors’ census is met. Haryana votes on 25 May.
Chikkaballapura had one of the lowest child sex ratios at birth at 868 in 2022, data shows. Steepest fall seen in Bengaluru Urban where it dropped from 1,715 in 2019 to 949 in 2022.
Two associations of unmarried men in Haryana wrote to PM last month outlining problems they face due to state's poor sex ratio, unemployment, poverty & social stigma, and asked for relief.
Citing data by experts, the report said China and India together account for about 90-95% of the estimated 1.5 million missing female births annually worldwide.
Just as India’s educated elite have benefited from missionary-run schools, temple donations could be channelled for the economic and educational upliftment of Hindus.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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