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This is no way to boost our poor sex ratio The proposal to adopt female foetuses in rural areas is an attempt to cover up the lapses in India’s maternal health schemes By Ranjana Kumari - Tehelka Magazine - Vol 8, Issue 42, Dated 22 Oct 2011 EVERY NEWBORN girl child (from foetus stage) will...

MUMBAI: An overwhelming majority of the 117 million "missing" girls in Asia are from India and China, the United Nations has observed. And it has laid the blame for this phenomenon squarely on the ultrasonography machine, which has been a topic of debate and heartburn in Mumbai. The problem...

Sex ratio better in villages than cities, says survey IANS Wednesday, 10 August 2011 NEW DELHI: More and more educated people in cities across the country are opting for sex determination tests compared to people in villages, and urban areas are recording a decline in female...

by K. S. JACOB Patriarchal societies are part of the problem of altered sex ratios, female infanticide and foeticide. This needs to be acknowledged and changed. India's sex ratio, among children aged 0-6 years, is alarming. The ratio has declined from 976 females (for every 1000 males)...

06 Apr 2011 India's Sex Ratio Imbalance a Threat to Stability Valerie M. Hudson - World Politics Review - 06 Apr 2011 Many Western observers hope that India's growth as a global power will both balance China's rise and ensure that rise remains peaceful. Indeed, the U.S. has...

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/census-of-india-2011-child-sex-ratio-drops-to-lowest-since-independence/articleshow/7836942.cms NEW DELHI: Indicating a continuing preference for boys in society, the child sex ratio in India has dropped to 914 females against 1,000...

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110217/punjab.htm#4 State worst performer in sex ratio at last birth: Survey Amaninder Pal/TNS Jalandhar, February 16 Amid claims that there is a drastic improvement in the sex ratio profile of Punjab, the unpalatable truth is that preference among...

Now, skewed sex ratio hits cattle Charu Chhibber Tribune News Service Ludhiana, October 2 Those who think the problem of a skewed sex ratio is limited to humans only, think again! The problem is as grave among cattle. In fact, more so if one goes by figures. And, the situation surely is...

NEW DELHI: The Annual Report on Registration of Births and Deaths in Delhi 2008 that was released on Tuesday reinforced the city government's claims of a drastic improvement in the capital's sex ratio at birth from 848 females per 1,000 males in 2007 to 1,004 in 2008. While the ravings on Laadli...

source: Minorities panel troubled over Sikh sex ratio - Howrah News Service - Latest news and headlines on Howrah and West Bengal Minorities panel troubled over Sikh sex ratio By ASIT JOLLY Chandigarh July 1: The National Commission for Minorities is exercised over the hugely depressed sex...

The government will give money to families that allow the birth of a girl child in Fategarh Sahib, Punjab, the district with lowest sex ratio in the country. This means all pregnancies will have to be registered and the number of girls born be monitored. More...

THE GOVERNMENT will give money to families that allow the birth of a girl child in Fategarh Sahib, Punjab, the district with lowest sex ratio in the country This means all pregnancies will have to be registered and the number of girls born be monitored. The government selected Fatehgarh Sahib...

The government will give money to families that allow the birth of a girl child in Fategarh Sahib, Punjab, the district with lowest sex ratio in the country. It would mean that all pregnancies would have to be registered and the number of girls being born will be monitored. More...

Amritsar, Sep 20 : A number of villageS situated along the 553 km long Indo-Pakistan border in, Punjab besides, lacking basic facilities have a very low sex ratio Valtoha Block of Tarn Taran district situated near the international border has a sex-ratio of 865 which is far below the ratio in...

The Punjab government today decided to set up a panel of economists to compile a report on the difference between the cost of agricultural inputs and the MSP with 1960 as the base year that would be submitted to the Centre. More...

... India's Sikh community is leading in the female-to-male imbalance, with 893 women for every 1,000 Sikh men against the national average of 933. ... http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20050310-102824-2836r.htm