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Thursday, July 31, 2025
TopicFemale infanticide

Topic: female infanticide

Bilquis Edhi — Pakistan’s ‘mother of orphans’ who saved thousands of babies from infanticide

The 74-yr-old humanitarian, who passed away Friday, was best known for her ‘jhoola’ project — placing cribs across the country for unwanted babies, taken in by her Edhi Foundation.

2-day-old baby girl stabbed to death by sharp tool, body dumped near temple in Bhopal

A murder case has been registered against an unidentified person, the official said, adding that no arrest has been made so far.

India accounts for 45.8 million of world’s missing females over last 50 years: UN report

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.

Pakistani navy saves the lives of 12 Indian fishermen stranded at sea for eight days

Here's what's happening across the border: Karachi sees an alarming rise in the killing of girl babies, while China gives $1 billion loan to Pakistan.

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Geopolitical forces beyond New Delhi’s control are at play in Trump’s approach to India

The strategic drift currently being witnessed runs the risk of confirming the doubters’ view lurking on both sides: that the US is an unreliable power, and India is a reluctant partner.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.