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Rajasthan Bride, An IIT Graduate, Rides A Horse To Make A Point
In Rajasthan - infamous for its skewed child sex ratio - a bride in a rare gesture rode a horse to mark a pre-wedding ritual and send out a message for gender equality.
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Rajasthan Man, 83, Marries Woman Less Than Half His Age For A "Son"
A fervent desire for a son to look after his ancestral property has led to a 83-year-old man in Rajasthan's Karauli to enter into a second marriage with a woman who is just 30 years old.
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Gurgaon Announces Rs 1 Lakh Reward For Providing Information On Female Infanticide
Gurgaon: While the child sex ratio in Gurgaon has bettered in the past few years, it is still lagging far behind other districts in Haryana. The administration, serious about improving it further, has launched a special drive to check pre-natal sex determination and female infanticide. A reward of Rs 1 lakh has been announced by the Gurgaon adminis...
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Four Booked For Allegedly Conducting Sex Determination Test At Delhi Clinic
A radiologist and three others have been booked for allegedly conducting sex-determination tests at her clinic in south Delhi's Jangpura, police said. Delhi Police officials said they received information from officials in Haryana's Sonepat district about the clinic's staff conducting sex determination ultrasounds.
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2 Years After 'Beti Bachao' Scheme, A Ground Report From Haryana
In 2015, the BJP chose the state of Haryana to launch its 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' scheme, with the intent of using education, health and women's development to expand the state's historically poor sex ratio. According to the state women and child department statistics, Haryana has registered a historic increase in state and district sex ratios i...
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What Supreme Court told Google, Microsoft, Yahoo On Sex Determination Ads
Internet search engines - Google, Yahoo and Microsoft's Bing - were ordered by the Supreme Court on Thursday to appoint internal expert body to remove advertisements on sex-determination tests barred by law. "You can't violate the laws of the country. You must become responsive to Indian law," the top court told the three companies on a public inte...
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Female foeticide: Woman doctor caught while she was allegedly aborting girl child in Haryana
In Haryana's Yamuna Nagar area, a Delhi suburb, a woman doctor has been arrested after she was allegedly caught aborting a girl child during a raid conducted by health department officials.
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Census 2011: Girl child at risk as sex ratio declines
It must have been welcome news for the government as the newly-released census showed a significant slowing of the population growth rate for the first time in nine decades. But, that hasn't changed anything for the girl child who continues to be at risk.Despite several policies to protect the girl child, their number below six years of age has fal...
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Rajasthan Bride, An IIT Graduate, Rides A Horse To Make A Point
In Rajasthan - infamous for its skewed child sex ratio - a bride in a rare gesture rode a horse to mark a pre-wedding ritual and send out a message for gender equality.
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Rajasthan Man, 83, Marries Woman Less Than Half His Age For A "Son"
A fervent desire for a son to look after his ancestral property has led to a 83-year-old man in Rajasthan's Karauli to enter into a second marriage with a woman who is just 30 years old.
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Gurgaon Announces Rs 1 Lakh Reward For Providing Information On Female Infanticide
Gurgaon: While the child sex ratio in Gurgaon has bettered in the past few years, it is still lagging far behind other districts in Haryana. The administration, serious about improving it further, has launched a special drive to check pre-natal sex determination and female infanticide. A reward of Rs 1 lakh has been announced by the Gurgaon adminis...
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Four Booked For Allegedly Conducting Sex Determination Test At Delhi Clinic
A radiologist and three others have been booked for allegedly conducting sex-determination tests at her clinic in south Delhi's Jangpura, police said. Delhi Police officials said they received information from officials in Haryana's Sonepat district about the clinic's staff conducting sex determination ultrasounds.
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2 Years After 'Beti Bachao' Scheme, A Ground Report From Haryana
In 2015, the BJP chose the state of Haryana to launch its 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' scheme, with the intent of using education, health and women's development to expand the state's historically poor sex ratio. According to the state women and child department statistics, Haryana has registered a historic increase in state and district sex ratios i...
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What Supreme Court told Google, Microsoft, Yahoo On Sex Determination Ads
Internet search engines - Google, Yahoo and Microsoft's Bing - were ordered by the Supreme Court on Thursday to appoint internal expert body to remove advertisements on sex-determination tests barred by law. "You can't violate the laws of the country. You must become responsive to Indian law," the top court told the three companies on a public inte...
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Female foeticide: Woman doctor caught while she was allegedly aborting girl child in Haryana
In Haryana's Yamuna Nagar area, a Delhi suburb, a woman doctor has been arrested after she was allegedly caught aborting a girl child during a raid conducted by health department officials.
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Census 2011: Girl child at risk as sex ratio declines
It must have been welcome news for the government as the newly-released census showed a significant slowing of the population growth rate for the first time in nine decades. But, that hasn't changed anything for the girl child who continues to be at risk.Despite several policies to protect the girl child, their number below six years of age has fal...
