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Sex Ratio At Birth Improves From 918 In 2014-15 To 933 in 2022-23: Centre
The sex ratio at birth has improved by 15 points from 918 in 2014-15 to 933 in 2022-23 in the country, Union minister Smriti Irani told the Lok Sabha today.
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Continue Identifying Sex Workers', Distribute Dry Ration: Supreme Court To States
The Supreme Court on Monday directed all the states to continue the process of identification of sex workers and to continue distribution of dry ration.
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For Ration Cards, Supreme Court Widens Sex Workers' Identification Scope
Noting that a large number of sex workers are left out from issuance of ration cards, the Supreme Court Monday said the basis for their identification need not be restricted to the list provided by National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO).
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Supreme Court Raps Bengal Over Distribution Of Dry Rations To Sex Workers
The Supreme Court Monday rapped the West Bengal government for not filing status report on proving dry rations to sex workers in the state, observing that fundamental rights are guaranteed to all citizens irrespective of vocation.
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"Fundamental Rights": Supreme Court On Voter IDs, Aadhaar For Sex Workers
Observing that fundamental rights are guaranteed to every citizen irrespective of vocation, the Supreme Court directed the Centre, all the states and union territories to commence the process of issuing voter, Aadhaar and ration cards to sex workers.
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Kolkata's Sex Workers In Crisis Amid Lockdown; Masks, Ration Distributed
Amid nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus, the sex workers in Sonagachi, a red-light area in North Kolkata, are facing a huge financial crisis with many of them not being able to feed their families.
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50% Anti-foeticide Funds Lie Unused In UP, India Falls In Global Ranking
By Alison Saldanha Uttar Pradesh: The Uttar Pradesh government has left unspent about half the funds it was allocated to curb female foeticide, according to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. This has impacted India’s position in global gender indices. India’s most populous state also records the second-highest fertility rate in the ...
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PM Narendra Modi to Launch 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' Programme in Haryana
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' programme, a key scheme that aims to address the dipping child sex ratio and empower girl child in the country, in Haryana in January next year.
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Delhi: Sex Ratio at Birth Improves in the National Capital
The sex ratio at birth in the national capital has increased from 886 females per 1000 males in 2012 to 895 in 2013, according to Delhi goverment's annual report on registration of births and deaths in Delhi.
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Why khaps have relaxed 650-year-old ban on inter-caste marriages
26-year-old Sonu Sharma from Hisar is a worried man. "I am still unmarried. There are as it is not enough girls and then the restrictions don't leave us with much," he says.
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Foetuses found in a drain in Maharashtra's Beed
Maharashtra is notorious for its low sex ratio. And now, in yet another shocking incident, the police in Beed have recovered foetuses in a drain.Police have filed an FIR against unknown persons and are investigating if these were sex selective abortions."On June 9, we got information that a foetus was found near a river body. On June 10 also we fou...
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Sex Ratio At Birth Improves From 918 In 2014-15 To 933 in 2022-23: Centre
The sex ratio at birth has improved by 15 points from 918 in 2014-15 to 933 in 2022-23 in the country, Union minister Smriti Irani told the Lok Sabha today.
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Continue Identifying Sex Workers', Distribute Dry Ration: Supreme Court To States
The Supreme Court on Monday directed all the states to continue the process of identification of sex workers and to continue distribution of dry ration.
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For Ration Cards, Supreme Court Widens Sex Workers' Identification Scope
Noting that a large number of sex workers are left out from issuance of ration cards, the Supreme Court Monday said the basis for their identification need not be restricted to the list provided by National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO).
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Supreme Court Raps Bengal Over Distribution Of Dry Rations To Sex Workers
The Supreme Court Monday rapped the West Bengal government for not filing status report on proving dry rations to sex workers in the state, observing that fundamental rights are guaranteed to all citizens irrespective of vocation.
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"Fundamental Rights": Supreme Court On Voter IDs, Aadhaar For Sex Workers
Observing that fundamental rights are guaranteed to every citizen irrespective of vocation, the Supreme Court directed the Centre, all the states and union territories to commence the process of issuing voter, Aadhaar and ration cards to sex workers.
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Kolkata's Sex Workers In Crisis Amid Lockdown; Masks, Ration Distributed
Amid nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus, the sex workers in Sonagachi, a red-light area in North Kolkata, are facing a huge financial crisis with many of them not being able to feed their families.
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50% Anti-foeticide Funds Lie Unused In UP, India Falls In Global Ranking
By Alison Saldanha Uttar Pradesh: The Uttar Pradesh government has left unspent about half the funds it was allocated to curb female foeticide, according to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. This has impacted India’s position in global gender indices. India’s most populous state also records the second-highest fertility rate in the ...
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PM Narendra Modi to Launch 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' Programme in Haryana
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' programme, a key scheme that aims to address the dipping child sex ratio and empower girl child in the country, in Haryana in January next year.
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Delhi: Sex Ratio at Birth Improves in the National Capital
The sex ratio at birth in the national capital has increased from 886 females per 1000 males in 2012 to 895 in 2013, according to Delhi goverment's annual report on registration of births and deaths in Delhi.
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Why khaps have relaxed 650-year-old ban on inter-caste marriages
26-year-old Sonu Sharma from Hisar is a worried man. "I am still unmarried. There are as it is not enough girls and then the restrictions don't leave us with much," he says.
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Foetuses found in a drain in Maharashtra's Beed
Maharashtra is notorious for its low sex ratio. And now, in yet another shocking incident, the police in Beed have recovered foetuses in a drain.Police have filed an FIR against unknown persons and are investigating if these were sex selective abortions."On June 9, we got information that a foetus was found near a river body. On June 10 also we fou...
