Female Foeticide
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Vellore female infanticide: Tamil Nadu Police to constitute special team to probe similar cases
Chennai | Sep 07, 2024, 11:23 AM ISTVellore female infanticide: The Tamil Nadu medical department has also stepped up enforcement of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994 to curb female foeticide.
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Shocking report: In 3 months, no girl born in 132 villages of Uttarkashi
India | Jul 23, 2019, 12:08 AM ISTAs many as 132 villages in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district saw no female births in the last three months, according to news agency ANI. The report came as a shocker especially at a time when the Central government is aggressively promoting its 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' scheme.
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Everyone in Haryana must pledge to protect girl child: PM Modi
National | Nov 01, 2016, 11:59 PM ISTExpressing concern over several incidents of foeticide in Haryana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the efforts of the present state government have been able to bring down the graph. Speaking at the golden
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The upmarket South Delhi has alarming rate of female foeticide, finds AIIMS study
India | Aug 17, 2016, 04:32 PM ISTThe posh South Delhi has a dark secret, as an AIIMS study on medico-legal autopsy findings of 238 foetuses and newborns abandoned in the area between 1996-2012 points towards female foeticide in the national capital.
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Darul Uloom Deoband issues fatwa against female foeticide
India | Jun 08, 2016, 03:17 PM ISTLucknow: In the light falling sex ratio among Muslims in India, Darul Uloom of Deoband, the largest seminary in the country, has issued a fatwa (edict) against female foeticide, calling the act unlawful and against
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BJP leader Ruby Yadav calls for better awareness of rights among women
National | Jul 30, 2015, 06:13 AM ISTNew Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ruby Yadav called for better awareness among women about their rights to end female foeticide in the country.Speaking at an event organised by non-profit organisation ‘Sanwari Women' here,
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Piplantri: A village in Rajsathan that plants 111 trees on birth of every girl child!
India | Jul 15, 2015, 10:37 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a country where incidents of female foeticide, child marriage and widening sex-ratio are everyday flooding the newspapers, here comes a ray of sunshine.A village in southern Rajasthan's Rajsamand district celebrates the birth
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PM Modi wants ''Girl Rising'' campaign to focus on female foeticide
India | Jun 16, 2015, 08:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked representatives of ‘Girl Rising', a global campaign to educate and empower girls, to focus on the issue of female foeticide in India.Representatives of “Girl Rising” including its
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SC raps Centre for not publicising order on female foeticide
India | May 06, 2015, 09:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the conduct of Centre, Delhi government and various states for not giving wide publicity to its directions on female foeticide for strict implementation of law
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How a small tracking device installed in sonography machine changed Indore's sex ratio
Lifestyle | Mar 11, 2015, 12:30 PM ISTIndore: ‘Laadli', a tracking device has come to the rescue of thousands of girl children who would have otherwise lost their lives before opening eyes in the world. The device is known to be resulting
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Evil of female foeticide needs to be eradicated: Smriti Irani
National | Mar 08, 2015, 11:26 PM ISTRaipur: Strongly denouncing the practice of female foeticide prevailing in the country, Union Minister Smriti Irani today stressed that people need to change their mindset towards women.“It is an irony that we worship goddess Maa
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Female foeticide needs to be fought strongly: Maneka Gandhi
National | Jan 20, 2015, 05:25 PM ISTPanipat (Haryana): Stressing that the society as a whole needs to change the mindset towards the girl child to end the problem of female foeticide, Union minister Maneka Gandhi today said the practice was more
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No bigger sin than female foeticide: Narendra Modi
National | Dec 25, 2014, 05:54 PM ISTVaranasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today denounced the practice of female foeticide prevailing in the country, saying “there is no bigger sin” than this and sought the help of people in the field of art
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Female foeticide is as bad as 'sati' custom: Gujarat CM
National | Nov 22, 2014, 09:58 PM ISTValsad (Gujarat): Without mincing words, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandi Patel today said female foeticide was as evil a custom as the old practices of ‘sati' or ‘doodhpeeti'.“There was a time when our legendary leaders abolished
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Narendra Modi: Female foeticide a deep shame
India | Oct 11, 2014, 02:39 PM ISTNew Delhi: Female foeticide is a matter of "deep shame" and a "cause of great concern", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday, the International Day of the Girl Child."On International Day of the Girl Child
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Teach girls meaning of 'Love Jihad', says Mohan Bhagwat
India | Sep 07, 2014, 06:39 AM ISTGhaziabad: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat raked up the issue of 'Love Jihad' saying the girls should be taught its meaning and ways to save themselves from the ‘trap', more than a fortnight
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Female foeticide biggest sin against humanity: Omar
India | Jul 22, 2014, 05:13 PM ISTSrinagar: Terming female foeticide as the “biggest sin against humanity”, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said his government has taken several measures but it alone cannot eradicate the menace.“When I saw the
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I was referred to as burden at my birth, says Irani
National | Jun 27, 2014, 05:10 PM ISTBhopal: Union Human Resources Development Minister Smriti Irani today revealed that at the time of her birth, she was cursed as a “burden” by someone. “I am sharing it for the first time that when
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'Bahu dilao, vote pao': Haryana bachelors to candidates
National | Apr 09, 2014, 01:58 PM ISTSome Lok Sabha candidates in Haryana, which has the country's lowest sex ratio, are facing a strange demand from bachelor voters—“get us brides in return for our votes”.“Bahu dilao, vote pao” (Get us a bride
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JK Assembly passes resolution to check female foeticide
India | Mar 01, 2014, 12:02 PM ISTJammu : Jammu and Kashmir Assembly yesterday unanimously adopted a resolution to check the female foeticide in the state.PDP members Zulfkar Ali and Nizam-ud-Din Bhat moved their amendment to the Private Members' resolution. Several members