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TopicSex ratio

Topic: Sex ratio

Sex ratio shocker in Bihar: A tale of two govt datasets

Central govt report pegs Bihar's sex ratio as India's lowest in 2022, at just 891 girls for every 1,000 boys, dropping since 2020. Bihar chief secy says caste census data more authentic.

Haryana’s bought brides are fighting back. ‘Why bring us from outside and insult us?’

Former CM Manohar Lal Khattar had just delivered an election speech in Jind when a 'mol ki bahu' confronted him. She wanted Haryana to ban buying brides from outside the state.

‘No wives, jobs or pension’ — single Haryana men vow to vote only if parties promise census, benefits

Bachelors & widowers’ groups in Haryana threaten poll boycott unless pension scheme is properly implemented and their demand for bachelors’ census is met. Haryana votes on 25 May.

Abortion black market, touts, scan vans — how Haryana’s ‘Beti Bachao’ is losing momentum

Beti Bachao made some gains, but 9 yrs on Haryana’s hunger for sons is fuelling a booming female foeticide racket, an investigation by ThePrint found. Sex ratio & FIRs are both dropping.

Bachelors’ census, benefits & a better word for widowers — what single Haryana men want from Modi

Two associations of unmarried men in Haryana wrote to PM last month outlining problems they face due to state's poor sex ratio, unemployment, poverty & social stigma, and asked for relief.

Haryana’s desperate bachelors bought wives. They turned out to be ‘loot-and-scoot’ brides

'Our society deserves this. This is karma hitting us back for aborting our girl children,' says a father-in-law who was served poisoned tea by a 'looteri dulhan'.

It’s girls! Surprise in survey as north India improves in sex ratio at birth, south worsens

According to report by think tank Pew Research Center, sex ratio at birth has improved most in Punjab & Haryana. There's also been a notable decline in 'son preference' across India.

This 12-year-old was abducted, married to 52-yr-old. Her rescue exposed ‘child bride’ racket

Police operation to rescue 12-year-old UP girl 'kidnapped & forced into marriage' with Haryana man unearths 'multi-state racket' feeding trend spawned by state's skewed sex ratio.

UP’s new population policy doesn’t speak about female foeticide. Women will bear brunt

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Too soon to celebrate Modi govt’s sex ratio claim, wait for 2021 census, say experts

Modi govt told Parliament that sex ratio at birth has risen to 931 from 923 in 2015-16, but academics & activists are taking it with a pinch of salt.

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Pew’s religious diversity study is producing perverse results

Pew’s survey on religious diversity around the world is interesting, but simply lacks enough nuance to warrant serious consideration.

In 1st budget under BJP mayor in 44 yrs, BMC hikes outlay to Rs 81k crore, focus on big-ticket infra

India's richest civic body’s outlay is 8.77% higher than last year’s, with the biggest allocation being made for infra growth. BMC also proposed an AI boost to its service delivery.

What to expect on the defence front as Modi embarks on Israel visit, second since 2017

The two sides will sign a framework agreement on defence cooperation that will allow companies from both sides to collaborate deeper.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.