Sex Selection

Supreme Court quashed a Gauhati High Court verdict setting aside an order of penalty of withholding 50 per cent pension of a former employee of the Service Selection Board in a sexual harassment case levelled by a woman, who was his junior.

The states were selected using a composite measure, including metrics such as incidence of COVID-19, child sex ratio, women getting married before 18 years, annual dropout ratio and women aged between 15 and 24 years using hygienic methods during the menstrual cycle.

France striker Karim Benzema "will not be excluded" from selection for the national team if a guilty verdict is delivered against him in an ongoing sex tape trial, according to French football federation president Noel Le Graet.

Moments before jury selection was set to begin yesterday in a trial that was expected to feature testimony about billionaire sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein's alleged abuse of underage women, the case settled, ending nearly a decade of legal wrangling between Epstein and a lawyer who represents the women.

Under attack from opposition on the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal case, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said that some "select" people were focusing on negative things and called for taking note of positive developments in the state.

But in today's time of rampant emotions but selective expression, should you really be sharing your feelings with a crush? Absolutely

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.

While mystery persists over the process to "purify womb" and get a "super baby" - over which a tussle is on between activists and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in Kolkata -- an Ayurveda textbook has revealed an intriguing process to conceive a boy.

The study, which is one of the largest of its type ever conducted, included 243 males who were randomly selected to receive a dose of testosterone gel.

Chandigarh: Haryana has been infamous for having worst sex ratio in India. However, the state has shown a great improvement recently. For the first time in the history of the state, Haryana has touched the 950 mark for the sex ratio at birth, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said. Sincere efforts towards the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign...

Pune: Five years ago, Pune gynaecologist Dr Ganesh Rakh took a special initiative in his 5-bed hospital. He launched a scheme that waived off medical bills on the birth of a girl child. Little did he know that this small initiative by him will turn into a national campaign on saving the girl child. “We started on a modest scale on January 3, 201...

Nadia Murad, a survivor of the ISIS atrocities, was selected to be the of the United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for human trafficking on September 16, 2016. The formal UN announcement states, "During her Ambassadorship, Nadia will focus on advocacy initiatives and raise awareness around the plight of the countless victims of trafficking".

China officially ended its one child policy today with the signing into law of a bill allowing all married couples to have a second child as it attempts to cope with an ageing population and shrinking workforce.

The Supreme Court today asked all states and union territories to submit by the month-end their quarterly reports with the Centre on issues including registration of birth, to ascertain the girl child ratio in the country.

The Supreme Court today ordered Yahoo!, Google and Micrsoft's Bing to stop displaying ads for sex determination tests as India tries to battle its dwindling number of girls.

Supreme Court quashed a Gauhati High Court verdict setting aside an order of penalty of withholding 50 per cent pension of a former employee of the Service Selection Board in a sexual harassment case levelled by a woman, who was his junior.

The states were selected using a composite measure, including metrics such as incidence of COVID-19, child sex ratio, women getting married before 18 years, annual dropout ratio and women aged between 15 and 24 years using hygienic methods during the menstrual cycle.

France striker Karim Benzema "will not be excluded" from selection for the national team if a guilty verdict is delivered against him in an ongoing sex tape trial, according to French football federation president Noel Le Graet.

Moments before jury selection was set to begin yesterday in a trial that was expected to feature testimony about billionaire sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein's alleged abuse of underage women, the case settled, ending nearly a decade of legal wrangling between Epstein and a lawyer who represents the women.

Under attack from opposition on the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal case, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said that some "select" people were focusing on negative things and called for taking note of positive developments in the state.

But in today's time of rampant emotions but selective expression, should you really be sharing your feelings with a crush? Absolutely

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.

While mystery persists over the process to "purify womb" and get a "super baby" - over which a tussle is on between activists and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in Kolkata -- an Ayurveda textbook has revealed an intriguing process to conceive a boy.

The study, which is one of the largest of its type ever conducted, included 243 males who were randomly selected to receive a dose of testosterone gel.

Chandigarh: Haryana has been infamous for having worst sex ratio in India. However, the state has shown a great improvement recently. For the first time in the history of the state, Haryana has touched the 950 mark for the sex ratio at birth, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said. Sincere efforts towards the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign...

Pune: Five years ago, Pune gynaecologist Dr Ganesh Rakh took a special initiative in his 5-bed hospital. He launched a scheme that waived off medical bills on the birth of a girl child. Little did he know that this small initiative by him will turn into a national campaign on saving the girl child. “We started on a modest scale on January 3, 201...

Nadia Murad, a survivor of the ISIS atrocities, was selected to be the of the United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for human trafficking on September 16, 2016. The formal UN announcement states, "During her Ambassadorship, Nadia will focus on advocacy initiatives and raise awareness around the plight of the countless victims of trafficking".

China officially ended its one child policy today with the signing into law of a bill allowing all married couples to have a second child as it attempts to cope with an ageing population and shrinking workforce.

The Supreme Court today asked all states and union territories to submit by the month-end their quarterly reports with the Centre on issues including registration of birth, to ascertain the girl child ratio in the country.

The Supreme Court today ordered Yahoo!, Google and Micrsoft's Bing to stop displaying ads for sex determination tests as India tries to battle its dwindling number of girls.