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Modi govt may preach Beti Bachao but sex ratio is still skewed in big cities and only getting worse

Contrary to popular perception that the deeply rooted prejudice against girls, reflected in the country’s sex ratio, is mostly in rural areas, some of the largest cities in India — including Delhi and Mumbai — had imbalanced sex ratios in 2011, according to an analysis of government data.

UK govt takes dim view of 'inadequate' policies in state-funded Islamic school, orders private trust to take over

The UK government has ordered the takeover of one of the country's first state-funded Islamic secondary school after its policies, including the rule to segregate boys and girls in classrooms, were found "inadequate" and not "sufficiently" safe for students

About 60 percent of teenagers have taken a break from social media websites: Survey

The survey, released Thursday, found that teens' social media breaks are typically a week or longer and that boys are more likely to take longer breaks.

U.S. Supreme Court takes up transgender rights case | Reuters

By Lawrence Hurley | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed for the first time to rule on transgender rights in a case in which a Virginia public school district is fighting to prevent a female-born transgender high school student from using the boys' bathroom.The justices agreed to hear the Gloucester County School Board's appeal of a lower court's April 19 ruling that transgender students are protected under U.S

NEET 2016 results declared: Het Shah secures first rank; girls outperform boys

Girls outnumbered boys in qualifying the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to undergraduate medical courses, as per the results declared by CBSE today, even though there were 11,058 males compared with 8,266 female applicants in the top 15 percent.

Girl students fitter than boys finds survey, but school children's health at abysmal levels

School going girl children were found to be fitter than boys in a survey conducted across the country. However, the physical fitness standards of school children across genders were found to be alarmingly low.

Carl Icahn trumps Bridgestone's offer for Pep Boys again | Reuters

Activist investor Carl Icahn trumped Japanese tire maker Bridgestone Corp's ( 5108.T ) latest offer for Pep Boys-Manny Moe & Jack ( PBY.N ) by $1.50 per share, as the bidding war for the U.S.

More girls are dying before age 5 than boys in India, reveals UN report

India is among the countries with the largest surplus of men and a worrying under-five sex ratio with more girls dying before the age of five than boys.

Two teenage boys stopped at Sydney Airport from joining Islamic State

Two Australian brothers aged 16 and 17 were stopped at Sydney Airport on suspicion that they were young jihadis headed to join the Islamic State group, officials said Sunday.

Curfew clamped down on Kashmir as anger simmers after killing of two boys

Curfew-like restrictions continued in five police station areas of Jammu and Kashmir after the killing of two boys in army firing.