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Registration must for ultrasound? IMA flags privacy and ethical concerns, wants Haryana govt to rethink decision

The Times of India 24 Mar 2025
'This will also prevent unwanted pregnancies from being terminated in the informal sector,' the letter noted, addressing concerns over female foeticide and the risk of driving abortion services ...
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Delhi minister Pankaj Singh launches portal to curb illegal sex determination

Hindustan Times 21 Mar 2025
The Act provides for the prohibition of sex selection for regulation of prenatal diagnostic techniques used to detect genetic abnormalities or illegal sex determination that leads to female foeticide, among other things ... Also Read ... URL Copied ... ....
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Haryana sets up ‘state task force’ to improve sex ratio, announces stringent measures

Hindustan Times 19 Mar 2025
Additionally, a helpline (104) under NHM Haryana will track pregnant women with only girl children, providing counselling to discourage sex detection and female foeticide.
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The paradox of power: Why women leaders don’t always mean gender equality

Financial Express 18 Mar 2025
In India, the preference for a male child manifests in female foeticide and dowry burdens, signalling from birth that daughters are liabilities rather than potential leaders ... For female leaders, their gender becomes both a shield and a burden.
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2 centres to be set up for students to share business ideas: CM Bhagwant Mann

Hindustan Times 09 Mar 2025
(Sameer Sehgal/HT) ... Expressing concern over the social evil of female foeticide which is still prevalent in society, the CM said women have excelled in every walk of life and emerged as role models with hard work and success ... ....
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Wildbuzz | Art & nature heal the soul

Hindustan Times 09 Mar 2025
Gurleen Kaur, 25, is unable to hear or speak ... The bird appeared forlorn ... In a society vitiated by female foeticide and allied victimisation of the girl child, Gurleen’s working parents left no stone unturned to make both their daughters independent.
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Female poets in Sanskrit: A legacy lost to time?

Deccan Herald 08 Mar 2025
... women, being treated as equal citizens, equal opportunities… the list goes on.</p>.<p>Until then, however, I cannot resist but use the opportunity to talk about female poets in Sanskrit.
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Yamunanagar tops in state-level nutrition and gender ratio awards

The Times of India 08 Mar 2025
YAMUNANAGAR ... Strict enforcement of the PCPNDT Act (Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act) has also helped curb female foeticide ... .
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