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J K Rowling Doubles Down: Author Cheers Transgender Ruling, Faces Backlash
JK Rowling has sparked controversy by celebrating a UK Supreme Court ruling that defines women as those determined by "biological sex".
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Rajasthan Launches App To Check Action Taken Under Sex Determination Law
On the International Day of the Girl Child, Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma on Sunday launched 'IMPACT' mobile application to monitor action taken under the PCPNDT Act.
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Ban On Sex Determination
The Union Heath Ministry informed Lok Sabha about 294 cases that have been filed against illegal sonography clinics. Supreme Court has ordered all the states to take strict action against pre-natal sex determination.
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Delhi Court Says Sex Determination Of Foetus Is Discriminatory To Women
The practices of sex determination and gender selection of the foetus before conception are discriminatory and affect the dignity of women, a Delhi court has said.
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Banning Pre-Natal Sex Determination Advertisements Does Not Curtail Right to Internet Access: Supreme Court
The court was hearing a petition by Sabu Mathew George, a doctor, who is seeking the court's intervention in view of the falling sex ratio in the country.
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Doctor, Mediator Held For Allegedly Performing Sex Determination Test In Mathura
A doctor and a mediator were arrested for allegedly performing sex determination test by a special squad formed under Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act in a decoy operation conducted outside the state, police said on Wednesday.
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Haryana Government To Use Smartphones To Check Sex Determination Tests
Haryana government has decided to provide "smartphones" to the deocy customers sent by the authorities to the centres alleged to be involved in the business of illegal sex determination and female foeticide, in an effort to ensure effective implementation of MTP and PC and PNDT act, a senior official said today.
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Unique Study Tests Drugs To Prevent Child Sex Abuse
At Stockholm's Karolinska Institute, patients who have sought help for paedophile fantasies, but have not acted on them, are being given a drug normally used to treat advanced prostate cancer to determine if it reduces the risk of them sexually abusing a child.
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To Check Female Foeticide, Punjab Government to Hire Detectives
To check the illegal sex determination tests being conducted in privately-run ultrasound centres in Punjab, the state government has decided to take help from private detective agencies.
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Supreme Court Upset With Centre For Not Publicising Order of Female Foeticide
The Supreme Court today expressed displeasure with the Centre and state governments for failing to give wide publicity to its directions on female foeticide to ensure strict implementation of law prohibiting sex determination.
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J K Rowling Doubles Down: Author Cheers Transgender Ruling, Faces Backlash
JK Rowling has sparked controversy by celebrating a UK Supreme Court ruling that defines women as those determined by "biological sex".
-
Rajasthan Launches App To Check Action Taken Under Sex Determination Law
On the International Day of the Girl Child, Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma on Sunday launched 'IMPACT' mobile application to monitor action taken under the PCPNDT Act.
-
Ban On Sex Determination
The Union Heath Ministry informed Lok Sabha about 294 cases that have been filed against illegal sonography clinics. Supreme Court has ordered all the states to take strict action against pre-natal sex determination.
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Delhi Court Says Sex Determination Of Foetus Is Discriminatory To Women
The practices of sex determination and gender selection of the foetus before conception are discriminatory and affect the dignity of women, a Delhi court has said.
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Banning Pre-Natal Sex Determination Advertisements Does Not Curtail Right to Internet Access: Supreme Court
The court was hearing a petition by Sabu Mathew George, a doctor, who is seeking the court's intervention in view of the falling sex ratio in the country.
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Doctor, Mediator Held For Allegedly Performing Sex Determination Test In Mathura
A doctor and a mediator were arrested for allegedly performing sex determination test by a special squad formed under Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act in a decoy operation conducted outside the state, police said on Wednesday.
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Haryana Government To Use Smartphones To Check Sex Determination Tests
Haryana government has decided to provide "smartphones" to the deocy customers sent by the authorities to the centres alleged to be involved in the business of illegal sex determination and female foeticide, in an effort to ensure effective implementation of MTP and PC and PNDT act, a senior official said today.
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Unique Study Tests Drugs To Prevent Child Sex Abuse
At Stockholm's Karolinska Institute, patients who have sought help for paedophile fantasies, but have not acted on them, are being given a drug normally used to treat advanced prostate cancer to determine if it reduces the risk of them sexually abusing a child.
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To Check Female Foeticide, Punjab Government to Hire Detectives
To check the illegal sex determination tests being conducted in privately-run ultrasound centres in Punjab, the state government has decided to take help from private detective agencies.
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Supreme Court Upset With Centre For Not Publicising Order of Female Foeticide
The Supreme Court today expressed displeasure with the Centre and state governments for failing to give wide publicity to its directions on female foeticide to ensure strict implementation of law prohibiting sex determination.
