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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
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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Let there be no doubt that scientist Rohini Godbole left us unwillingly

If Rohini Godbole had a better collaborative environment, no doubt her name would have been in the mix for the JJ Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

As IDF unveils robotic combat task force, Israeli maker says open to working with India

Using this technology, IDF carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing risk to Israeli troops. The robotic combat task force also enhanced situational awareness.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.