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In its previous meeting, the Haryana Health Department had directed the state police to trace phone records and location history of the accused in such cases.

Haryana’s sex ratio at birth improves to 905, up from 899 last year

August 20, 2025 12:16 pm

The Haryana government has intensified its crackdown on illegal abortions, registering 43 FIRs this year through reverse tracking of medical termination of pregnancy cases.

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Haryana’s sex ratio improves to 907; transgender community to celebrate birth of girls in new initiative

August 05, 2025 6:15 pm

Emphasising the need for stringent enforcement against illegal abortions, Sudhir Rajpal, Additional Chief Secretary, Health, instructed officials in Haryana to take punitive measures against doctors found to be complicit.

Haryana to probe all abortions of more than 12-week pregnancies

May 14, 2025 8:07 am

The decision follows alarming statistics — in 2024, the state's sex ratio fell to 910 girls per 1,000 boys, the lowest in eight years.

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Why the sex ratio in Haryana dropped to an eight-year low in 2024

January 10, 2025 1:01 pm

The sex ratio at birth in Haryana dropped to 910 in 2024, the lowest since it has been since 2016 when the ratio was 900

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Sex ratio in Delhi dips post-Covid pandemic: Govt report

August 27, 2024 8:10 am

The maternal mortality rate per thousand live births also decreased in 2023 in comparison to 2022 -- it was 0.49 in 2022; last year, it was 0.45.

Sex ratio in Karnataka declines as female foeticides are rampant, says minister Dinesh Gundurao; govt to tighten laws

December 15, 2023 1:39 pm

Minister Dinesh Gundurao says female foeticides thrive in the state through organised rackets comprising doctors, lab technicians, nurses and hospital managements.

Worrying trends in nutrition indicators in NFHS-5 data

January 07, 2022 9:37 am

🔴 Veena S Rao writes: India’s nutrition programmes must undergo a periodic review addressing gaps such as institutional delivery and adolescent anaemia

Reading sex ratio trends in NFHS-5 data

December 20, 2021 9:59 am

🔴 K S James, U S Mishra write: It helps understand the trends but is not a substitute for a total population enumeration.

Sex ratio at birth drops in Maharashtra, sizeable dip in several districts: NFHS-5

November 27, 2021 8:01 am

🔴 A skewed sex ratio at birth shows a strong preference for male child and continued sex-selective practices in the country, the Population Foundation of India has said.

India will be back on negotiating table in 1-2 months seeking a deal, 'saying sorry', says US Commerce Secretary Lutnick

India will be back seeking a deal, ‘saying sorry’, says US Commerce Secretary Lutnick

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US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick predicts that India will apologise and return to the negotiating table within the next month or two to sign a trade deal with the US. He urges India to choose between supporting the US or aligning with Russia and China. Lutnick also criticised India's retaliatory tariffs and calls Prime Minister Modi's meeting with Chinese and Russian leaders "bravado."

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