Jammu: In a drive against sex determination tests the Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday sealed 18 Ultra Sound Clinic (USCs) for violating norms. "We have so far sealed 18 Ultra Sound clinics during a campaign launched against illegal and unlawful operation of these clinics in Jammu region during past 3 days period," senior officials of state health ministry said. Giving a break-up, they said six such clinics were sealed...
04:12 PM, May 01, 2011
Srinagar: Major embarrassment for Jammu and Kashmir as the state that once boasted of the best sex ratios in the country is now reporting a drastic decline in the numbers of the girl child. The government has now cracked down on illegal clinics that allegedly conduct sex-determination tests. This crackdown came after the latest census revealed a shocking statistic in the sex ratio. The number of girls per thousand boys...
11:13 AM, Apr 30, 2011
New Delhi: Concerned at the growing uneven sex ratio in the country, Union Minister Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said there will be a day when men will have no girls to marry and they may have to turn "gay". "The day is not far when there will be no girls to marry and we'll all become gays. That might happen," he said, while trying to drive home the point that...
02:08 PM, Apr 14, 2011
New Delhi: The provisional census data for 2011 shows that Gurgaon has a literacy rate of 84 per cent and a sex ratio of 826 while some rural areas have a literacy rate of 56 per cent but a sex ratio of 906. The census figures of the last 2 decades show that in most areas where the literacy level is high, the sex ratio is invariably low and and...
09:58 AM, Apr 13, 2011
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Could a family that dared to defy the widespread household practice of female infanticide in Jaisalmer thirty years back by raising a girl have killed ...
04:13 PM, Apr 06, 2011
Shimla: While the overall child sex ratio has declined in India, Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul and Spiti district has set an example with 1,013 females per 1,000 males in the 0-6 age group - the highest in the country at the district level. Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh is the district with the second highest child sex ratio at 1,005, according to provisional data for Census 2011 released by Registrar General of...
12:36 PM, Apr 01, 2011
New Delhi: Counting over a billion people is no easy task. But the Census 2011 has done just that, giving India its newest headcount. At 121 crore population, it's the combined population of USA, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan. But the good news is that despite a growth rate of 17.64 per cent in the last decade, it is the sharpest decline in population growth rate since independence. But...
09:31 PM, Mar 31, 2011
New Delhi: India's population has been pegged at 1,210.2 million, according to the provisional 2011 Census report released on Thursday in New Delhi. Out of 1,210.2 million people in India there are 623.7 million males and 586.5 million females. The population is an increase by 181 but significantly the growth is slower for the first time in nine decades. There has been a sharp decline in population growth in the...
11:21 AM, Mar 31, 2011
Rate of survival of a girl child has improved, says govt report. ...
12:27 PM, Jan 23, 2010
State with shameful sex ratio gets another blot on its record. ...
07:03 PM, Mar 14, 2009
Hyderabad: England batsman Jonny Bairstow is not reading much into their big win over Hyderabad XI in the second warm-up game on Tuesday, saying to compete against World Champions India will be an altogether different ball game. However, he was also pleased with they way his side has prepared for the upcoming series. England thrashed Hyderabad XI by a massive 253-run margin in their final warm-up game ahead of the...
12:50 AM, Mar 09, 2008
Johannesburg: Hashim Amla will captain South Africa in this month's limited-overs series against Australia, Cricket South Africa (CSA) said on Monday. Opening batsman Amla, who will lead South Africa in two Twenty20 internationals and three one-dayers against the touring Australians, will take charge in place of AB de Villiers, who misses the series due to a fractured finger. Veteran wicket-keeper Mark Boucher, left out of the Proteas World Cup squad...
01:40 AM, Mar 06, 2008
Foeticide is shockingly common in the state's Nayagarh district. ...
08:09 AM, Jul 23, 2007
The Madhya Pradesh government has asked cases against sonography centres for gender tests to be registered in court. ...
11:38 AM, Feb 08, 2007
Things are looking up for the fair sex with more and more locals celebrating Lohris for their girl child In Punjab. ...
08:26 AM, Jan 14, 2007
The problem of female foeticide has significantly worsened since 1991, says a UNICEF report. ...
08:05 PM, Dec 12, 2006
The good news is that 42 per cent population of the country is employed. More people are employed in rural areas. ...
04:59 PM, Sep 29, 2006
Discrimination does not end at female foeticide, thousands of girls in Haryana are given derogatory names. ...
08:41 AM, Sep 12, 2006
China's one child per family policy means men clearly outnumber women in the population. ...
04:46 PM, Aug 19, 2006
