Female Foeticide

Telangana Statehood Day: K Chandrasekhar Rao announces schemes for women welfare

Marking the third anniversary of formation of Telangana state, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday announced schemes for well being of pregnant women and single women.

From triple talaq to honour killing, 'tradition' is an excuse used to suppress women

From triple talaq to honour killings, sati, johar, infanticide — why are traditions that harm women seen as protective mechanisms?

Maharashtra's mandatory sex determination move will victimise women, not those exploiting their wombs

Making sex determination tests mandatory, as proposed in Maharashtra, is fraught with issues

Make sex determination test compulsory, says Maharashtra House panel

A key Maharashtra assembly committee has recommended making pre-natal sex determination mandatory to prevent female foeticide.

Sangli doctor's arrest unfolds a horrifying tale of female foeticide racket covering Maharashtra, Karnataka

Swati Jamdade died on 1 March while undergoing an abortion performed by Balasaheb Khidrapure. During investigation, police found 19 foetuses, some in a state of decay, some buried under a stream close to the hospital. Gradually, a horrifying tale of female foeticide unfolded.

Showing sex determination ads is illegal: Here is why there is no full stop to this

Why does the court have to keep reminding search engines, time and again, to stop showing these sex determination test advertisements?

Rajasthan is cracking down on illegal sex determination tests: Can other states follow suit?

The Rajasthan Government’s PCPNDT Cell, under the direction of Naveen Jain, is cracking down on illegal sex determination tests in the state. Can the model be replicated in other states too?

India's disappearing daughters: Child sex ratios continue to plummet all over the country

Studies now indicate that hitherto relatively unaffected Indian states now have also got plunging child sex ratios.

Vishal Dadlani mocks Jain guru Tarun Sagar on Twitter, ends up quitting politics

Vishal Dadlani decided to takes shots at Tarun Sagar, a Jain monk who addressed the Haryana Assembly in nude. After rampant trolling from Twitter, the composer apologised and decided to quit all political affiliations

Qandeel Baloch's killing: Face the mirror, there's a lot of Pakistan in us

The sanctimonious outrage in India against ''those Pakistanis" for killing Qandeel Baloch and then rejoicing over her corpse is amusing. For, we have killed our very own Baloch many times with equal nonchalance.