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Tuesday, December 9, 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.

On Camera

Farrhana Bhatt on Bigg Boss 19 reopened Kashmir’s representation wound

Farrhana Bhatt’s presence on Bigg Boss 19 can’t redefine Kashmir. But it can remind the Valley that Kashmiris deserve to be seen in their full human range—not squeezed into specific categories.

Niti Aayog CEO has a message for power stakeholders. Buckle up for surge to feed EVs, data centres

Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.

India looks to Oman for spare parts to keep its fleet of Jaguars flying

India is now the only country still operating the Jaguar, long retired by its original users, France in 2005 and the UK in 2007, and secondary operators like Oman, Nigeria and Ecuador.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.