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Delhi Doctor Charged With Conducting Pre-Birth Gender Tests
A doctor and an ASHA worker allegedly involved in conducting illegal pre-natal gender tests of pregnant women in the national capital were busted in a joint raid by the health department of Gurugram and Delhi, an official said.
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2 Hyderabad Doctors Arrested For Conducting Illegal Sex Determination Tests
Two women doctors were arrested on Thursday for allegedly conducting pre-natal sex determination tests at a private hospital, police said.
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Ban On Sex Determination
The Union Heath Ministry informed Lok Sabha about 294 cases that have been filed against illegal sonography clinics. Supreme Court has ordered all the states to take strict action against pre-natal sex determination.
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Delhi Court Says Sex Determination Of Foetus Is Discriminatory To Women
The practices of sex determination and gender selection of the foetus before conception are discriminatory and affect the dignity of women, a Delhi court has said.
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Banning Pre-Natal Sex Determination Advertisements Does Not Curtail Right to Internet Access: Supreme Court
The court was hearing a petition by Sabu Mathew George, a doctor, who is seeking the court's intervention in view of the falling sex ratio in the country.
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Supreme Court To Hear Case Against Google, Microsoft, Yahoo Over Sex Determination Sites
The Supreme Court will today hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in which Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and other search engines have been made a party for allegedly putting up advertisements selling pre-natal sex determination kits.
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Doctor, Mediator Held For Allegedly Performing Sex Determination Test In Mathura
A doctor and a mediator were arrested for allegedly performing sex determination test by a special squad formed under Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act in a decoy operation conducted outside the state, police said on Wednesday.
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Indian Medical Association Backs Pre-Natal Sex Detectation
The Indian Medical Association(IMA) today came out in support of Union Minister Maneka Gandhi's suggestion to make pre-natal sex determination compulsory to check female foeticide.
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Supreme Court Upset With Centre For Not Publicising Order of Female Foeticide
The Supreme Court today expressed displeasure with the Centre and state governments for failing to give wide publicity to its directions on female foeticide to ensure strict implementation of law prohibiting sex determination.
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Haryana Doubles Reward For Illegal Sex Determination Test Informers
The BJP government in Haryana today announced that informers of illegal sex determination tests would be paid a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh - doubling the reward announced by the Congress' Hooda Government in July 2014.
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Court Derides Government's Helplessness to Curb Online Pre-Natal Test Ads
As we understand from the affidavit, it reflects a kind of helplessness," a bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Uday Umesh Lalit.
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Muzaffarnagar: Clinic Sealed for Alleged Illegal Pre-Natal Sex Determination Test
A clinic was sealed in the city for allegedly conducting pre-natal sex determination
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Andhra Pradesh government shuts down 42 sex determination centres
Andhra Pradesh government has shut down 42 sex determination centres recently to check the declining child sex ratio in the state, Andhra Pradesh Health and Family Welfare Minister D L Ravindra Reddy told reporters on Monday.
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How Mumbai will track sex determination offenders
Alarmed at the declining figures of female population in Maharashtra, as revealed by the provisional census of 2011, the state health department has launched a crackdown on clinics, which illegally perform sex determination tests. According to department officials, they will deploy 'Decoy Sting Operation Teams' at the district level. This team, whi...
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Delhi Doctor Charged With Conducting Pre-Birth Gender Tests
A doctor and an ASHA worker allegedly involved in conducting illegal pre-natal gender tests of pregnant women in the national capital were busted in a joint raid by the health department of Gurugram and Delhi, an official said.
-
2 Hyderabad Doctors Arrested For Conducting Illegal Sex Determination Tests
Two women doctors were arrested on Thursday for allegedly conducting pre-natal sex determination tests at a private hospital, police said.
-
Ban On Sex Determination
The Union Heath Ministry informed Lok Sabha about 294 cases that have been filed against illegal sonography clinics. Supreme Court has ordered all the states to take strict action against pre-natal sex determination.
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Delhi Court Says Sex Determination Of Foetus Is Discriminatory To Women
The practices of sex determination and gender selection of the foetus before conception are discriminatory and affect the dignity of women, a Delhi court has said.
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Banning Pre-Natal Sex Determination Advertisements Does Not Curtail Right to Internet Access: Supreme Court
The court was hearing a petition by Sabu Mathew George, a doctor, who is seeking the court's intervention in view of the falling sex ratio in the country.
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Supreme Court To Hear Case Against Google, Microsoft, Yahoo Over Sex Determination Sites
The Supreme Court will today hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in which Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and other search engines have been made a party for allegedly putting up advertisements selling pre-natal sex determination kits.
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Doctor, Mediator Held For Allegedly Performing Sex Determination Test In Mathura
A doctor and a mediator were arrested for allegedly performing sex determination test by a special squad formed under Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act in a decoy operation conducted outside the state, police said on Wednesday.
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Indian Medical Association Backs Pre-Natal Sex Detectation
The Indian Medical Association(IMA) today came out in support of Union Minister Maneka Gandhi's suggestion to make pre-natal sex determination compulsory to check female foeticide.
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Supreme Court Upset With Centre For Not Publicising Order of Female Foeticide
The Supreme Court today expressed displeasure with the Centre and state governments for failing to give wide publicity to its directions on female foeticide to ensure strict implementation of law prohibiting sex determination.
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Haryana Doubles Reward For Illegal Sex Determination Test Informers
The BJP government in Haryana today announced that informers of illegal sex determination tests would be paid a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh - doubling the reward announced by the Congress' Hooda Government in July 2014.
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Court Derides Government's Helplessness to Curb Online Pre-Natal Test Ads
As we understand from the affidavit, it reflects a kind of helplessness," a bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Uday Umesh Lalit.
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Muzaffarnagar: Clinic Sealed for Alleged Illegal Pre-Natal Sex Determination Test
A clinic was sealed in the city for allegedly conducting pre-natal sex determination
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Andhra Pradesh government shuts down 42 sex determination centres
Andhra Pradesh government has shut down 42 sex determination centres recently to check the declining child sex ratio in the state, Andhra Pradesh Health and Family Welfare Minister D L Ravindra Reddy told reporters on Monday.
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How Mumbai will track sex determination offenders
Alarmed at the declining figures of female population in Maharashtra, as revealed by the provisional census of 2011, the state health department has launched a crackdown on clinics, which illegally perform sex determination tests. According to department officials, they will deploy 'Decoy Sting Operation Teams' at the district level. This team, whi...
