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Monday, November 24, 2025
TopicReproductive rights

Topic: reproductive rights

SubscriberWrites: From law to action—NALSA’s blueprint for eradicating child marriage

NALSA’s new SOP targets child marriage with legal action, community support, and rehabilitation—but its success hinges on political will, trained officials, and grassroots change.

Expert panel proposes prescription requirement for morning-after pill, CDSCO yet to take final call

Hormonal contraceptives are under Schedule K of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act & can be bought without a doctor's prescription. Concerns were raised over their serious side effects.

West panic over baby bust isn’t for economists to fix. Leave it to the feminists

Wealthy countries in the West and Asia aren’t producing enough new people but are retaining existing ones longer. The question is, will this become a woman’s burden?

UN study predicts 7 million unplanned pregnancies during Covid-19 crisis

47 million women in low and middle-income countries will be unable to use modern contraceptives due to the ongoing lockdowns, according to latest UN data.

Patriotism can’t be defined by how many kids we bear, focus should be on reproductive rights

Without resorting to the language of explosion as Modi did, India needs to reorient its health and education system to empower people to make informed choices.

What if roles are reversed? Debate on court ordering man to give sperm to estranged wife

A court in Maharashtra’s Nanded brought up a woman's ' reproductive rights' while granting a wife's plea to have a child through IVF with her estranged spouse.

Court orders man to donate sperm to estranged wife, who says no time for 2nd marriage

Husband’s lawyer says will challenge Maharashtra family court order because 'no person can be compelled to have sex, directly or indirectly'.

Global Pulse: A lesson for Trump from the Vietnam War, are women drivers Saudi Arabia’s ‘PR stunt’?

When the US found itself it the midst of a self-defeating war in Vietnam, its president knew that the country was headed for something ugly. 

Abortion act changes: Women pay the price for systemic failures

Amendments that aimed to give women more choice have been put on hold because of the state’s failure to eradicate clinics and quacks who facilitate sex-selective or illegal abortions. VRINDA SEHGAL

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DPDP Act will change how we interact with the internet. Get ready for the consent mails

India does not have a data protection regulator to make good on the DPDP Act’s promise and articulate clear future standards.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.