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The 'anyway' that rankles: Memories of a hospital, when a daughter is born
June 24, 2026 4:53 pm
Out came the gynaecologist and said, 'Anyway, congratulations – it’s a girl.' No hospital staff asked for sweets, as is the custom. We had to literally force them to accept it
In Maharashtra's cities, the sex ratio at birth is now as skewed as Haryana's
June 05, 2026 1:02 am
Urban sex ratio at birth fell from 908 to 885 over a decade, even as rural Maharashtra improved. The state's overall ratio stays below the national average, where cities typically outperform villages.
The spread of sex selection in India: Not just the foreign hand
October 17, 2024 10:14 am
The modernising family buffeted by rapid social and economic change, wanting a small family (backed by the Indian state’s two child norm), hoping for at least one son for their economic future and at most one daughter to be successfully settled ‘elsewhere’ are responsible for the shift
Dipping sex ratio: Nuh admin ramps up raids; Gurgaon too on watchlist
July 02, 2023 9:32 am
Nuh and six other districts — Charkhi Dadri, Bhiwani, Mahendragarh, Rohtak, Panchkula, and Sonepat — were served notices by the Chief Minister’s Office to curb female foeticide.
Better sex ratio at birth in many Beti Bachao districts
January 24, 2021 1:04 am
The Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) metric has improved by 16 points from 918 (2014-15) to 934 (2019-20), the Ministry said Saturday.
In Punjab village where girls shunned, a priest’s family shows the way
December 25, 2017 3:38 pm
Lande Rode has the worst child sex ratio in the state, numbers decline for the year.
PM to unveil Sukanya Samriddhi accounts to incentivise girl child
January 22, 2015 2:08 am
The finance ministry had on Tuesday notified a 9.1 per cent interest rate for the scheme for 2014-15.
Prosperous states contribute to dwindling child sex ratio
July 11, 2014 2:23 pm
The child sex ratio (the number of girls per 1000 boys) in India has gone down from 976 in 1961 to 918 in 2011.
MP census reveals 4-fold increase in farm labourers
June 11, 2013 3:45 am
Child sex ratio drops to 918 in 2011 from 932 in 2001,lowest since 1981; 490 villages wiped off states map
Dip in sex ratio points to female foeticide in Orissa
June 01, 2013 2:59 am
Steep fall in child sex ratio and population in the 0-6 age-group in Census 2011 has brought back the spotlight on pre-natal sex determination
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