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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicSex determination

Topic: sex determination

How a procedural lapse led to acquittal of Haryana doctor-couple in a 19-yr-old PNDT Act case

HC says complaint against the couple was not instituted by a competent authority as required by Pre-Conception & Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act.

‘I Want A Boy’—4 words Dr Aruna Kalra kept hearing even in delivery rooms

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.

India has the digital edge to track female foeticide—record pregnancies, put families on radar

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.

145 doctors have lost licences since 1994 ban on pre-natal sex selection, shows govt data

At review meet, health minister says between 2015 & 2023, convictions under Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation & Prevention of Misuse) Act went from 271 to 713.

Haryana pregnant women have found many ways to get around 3 decades of sex determination ban

After the launch of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign in 2015, Haryana's sex ratio at birth was improving. But since 2020, there’s been a steady decline, with the SRB dipping by 11 points between January and May this year.

SC turns down request to stay govt notification suspending female foeticide rules

The SC was hearing a PIL questioning the government’s move to suspend some PCPNDT rules on the ground that it lacks jurisdiction.

Sex determination law won’t be diluted by relaxing compliance rules during Covid-19: Doctors

Concerns were raised that the health ministry’s 4 April notification would dilute the strict PCPNDT Act, but govt and doctors insist this is not the case.

Even money won’t make Indians prefer daughters over sons

Fertility reduction and a gender-balanced population often appear as conflicting objectives, as targeting one may worsen the other.

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Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.