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Aamir Khan Received Death Threats, Nephew Imran Khan Reveals Why
Imran Khan said Aamir Khan received death threats after an episode on "female infanticide" from his popular TV show, Satyamev Jayate, angered some people
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"Girls Must Thrive, Not Just Survive": Top Court Judge On Worsening Sex Ratios
Supreme Court judge BV Nagarathna on Saturday expressed concern about the deteriorating sex ratios due to potential female infanticide and foeticide in certain states, stating that girls should not merely survive but thrive.
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Anand Mahindra Applauds Pune Doctor Who Delivers Baby Girls For Free: "An Angel Of Generosity"
Since opening his hospital in 2007, Dr Ganesh Rakh has delivered over a thousand girls free of charge under his "Save the Girl Child" initiative.
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ASHA Worker Allegedly Forces Daughter-In-Law To Miscarry Fearing 3rd Girl Child
Police here have registered a case against an ASHA worker and five others for allegedly forcing her pregnant daughter-in-law to miscarry over fear that a third girl child would be born, officials said on Wednesday.
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Delhi Man Takes Away Twin Daughters From Wife, Kills Them 2 Days After Birth
In a shocking incident in Delhi, a man allegedly killed and buried his twin daughters after they were discharged from hospital, the police said today. His family has been accused of harassing his wife for not giving birth to a son.
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Newborn 'Sita', Found 3 Feet Underground At UP Cremation Site, In ICU
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh: Police in Uttar Pradesh are on the lookout for the family of a newborn girl, found inside a large earthen pot buried three feet under a cremation ground.
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Woman Allegedly Dumps Twin Granddaughters In Punjab Canal After Birth
The rampant practice of female infanticide continues to claim more lives even as the centre keeps on promoting its "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao programme. In a heartbreaking incident, a woman in Punjab's Bathinda allegedly dumped her twin granddaughters in a canal just two hours after birth.
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No Girl Born In 132 Villages In Uttarkashi In 3 Months: Report
At a time when the centre has been promoting its "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" programme, sex ratio at birth data from 132 villages in Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand revealed that no girl child was born in these areas in the last three months.
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BJP Leader's Shocking Posts On Lawmaker's Daughter Who Feared For Life
A BJP lawmaker has provoked shock with his comments on a party leader's daughter who made headlines after posting an SOS on social media accusing her father of threatening her for marrying outside her caste.
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Newborn Girl's Body Found In Pond In Bengal, Family Members Arrested
The family members of a newborn girl in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district have been arrested after her body was recovered from a nearby pond, police said on Wednesday.
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Woman Left Infant Son To Drown In A Drum, Said She Wanted A Girl: Cops
A senior police official said the woman, in contrast to the general narrative on female infanticide, has revealed that she killed her son because she wanted a girl child.
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Uttar Pradesh Man Kills Daughter As He Wanted Son
Angry over the birth of a girl, a man and his family members allegedly killed his one-month-old daughter and later beat up his wife for protesting, police said Tuesday.
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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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TV Show Tackles Gender Issues In India, Becomes One Of The World’s Most Watched
New Delhi: A TV show that is shattering social taboos – from domestic violence and acid attacks to menstruation and child marriage – has become one of the most watched series in the world, attracting over 400 million viewers, the producer said. Scripted to challenge deep-rooted patriarchal attitudes and gender discrimination, “Main Kuch Bhi K...
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Aamir Khan Received Death Threats, Nephew Imran Khan Reveals Why
Imran Khan said Aamir Khan received death threats after an episode on "female infanticide" from his popular TV show, Satyamev Jayate, angered some people
-
"Girls Must Thrive, Not Just Survive": Top Court Judge On Worsening Sex Ratios
Supreme Court judge BV Nagarathna on Saturday expressed concern about the deteriorating sex ratios due to potential female infanticide and foeticide in certain states, stating that girls should not merely survive but thrive.
-
Anand Mahindra Applauds Pune Doctor Who Delivers Baby Girls For Free: "An Angel Of Generosity"
Since opening his hospital in 2007, Dr Ganesh Rakh has delivered over a thousand girls free of charge under his "Save the Girl Child" initiative.
-
ASHA Worker Allegedly Forces Daughter-In-Law To Miscarry Fearing 3rd Girl Child
Police here have registered a case against an ASHA worker and five others for allegedly forcing her pregnant daughter-in-law to miscarry over fear that a third girl child would be born, officials said on Wednesday.
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Delhi Man Takes Away Twin Daughters From Wife, Kills Them 2 Days After Birth
In a shocking incident in Delhi, a man allegedly killed and buried his twin daughters after they were discharged from hospital, the police said today. His family has been accused of harassing his wife for not giving birth to a son.
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Newborn 'Sita', Found 3 Feet Underground At UP Cremation Site, In ICU
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh: Police in Uttar Pradesh are on the lookout for the family of a newborn girl, found inside a large earthen pot buried three feet under a cremation ground.
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Woman Allegedly Dumps Twin Granddaughters In Punjab Canal After Birth
The rampant practice of female infanticide continues to claim more lives even as the centre keeps on promoting its "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao programme. In a heartbreaking incident, a woman in Punjab's Bathinda allegedly dumped her twin granddaughters in a canal just two hours after birth.
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No Girl Born In 132 Villages In Uttarkashi In 3 Months: Report
At a time when the centre has been promoting its "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" programme, sex ratio at birth data from 132 villages in Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand revealed that no girl child was born in these areas in the last three months.
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BJP Leader's Shocking Posts On Lawmaker's Daughter Who Feared For Life
A BJP lawmaker has provoked shock with his comments on a party leader's daughter who made headlines after posting an SOS on social media accusing her father of threatening her for marrying outside her caste.
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Newborn Girl's Body Found In Pond In Bengal, Family Members Arrested
The family members of a newborn girl in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district have been arrested after her body was recovered from a nearby pond, police said on Wednesday.
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Woman Left Infant Son To Drown In A Drum, Said She Wanted A Girl: Cops
A senior police official said the woman, in contrast to the general narrative on female infanticide, has revealed that she killed her son because she wanted a girl child.
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Uttar Pradesh Man Kills Daughter As He Wanted Son
Angry over the birth of a girl, a man and his family members allegedly killed his one-month-old daughter and later beat up his wife for protesting, police said Tuesday.
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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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TV Show Tackles Gender Issues In India, Becomes One Of The World’s Most Watched
New Delhi: A TV show that is shattering social taboos – from domestic violence and acid attacks to menstruation and child marriage – has become one of the most watched series in the world, attracting over 400 million viewers, the producer said. Scripted to challenge deep-rooted patriarchal attitudes and gender discrimination, “Main Kuch Bhi K...
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Teen Girls and Health
On today
