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Sex determination of foetus devalues girls, says Delhi HC

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Published on Oct 28, 2025 03:54 am IST

Over 120 FIRs registered in Haryana against illegal abortion practices

He said the health department has been implementing reverse tracking of all medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) and abortion cases beyond 12 weeks, particularly pertaining to women who already have one or more daughters.

Published on Aug 13, 2025 07:02 am IST

Ludhiana: MRI, CT scans are the new weapons of female foeticide, say radiologists

Radiologists demanded ban on “unsupervised teleradiology for scans”, saying no scans should be reported without an in-house radiologist. (HT Photo for representation)

Published on May 01, 2025 06:44 am IST

Will men go extinct? Study finds Y chromosomes are shrinking in the world

Y chromosome determines the sex of the baby and is responsible for the development of male sexual organs. (Pexels)

Updated on Aug 28, 2024 05:59 pm IST

Unregulated USG machines available online cause rise in illegal sex determination cases

Health officials stressed the importance of maintaining ethical standards within the medical community while ensuring that government expectations of transparency are met (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Aug 02, 2024 07:32 am IST

Tamil Nadu YouTuber reveals gender of unborn child in video, lands in trouble

YouTuber Mohamed Irfan(Instagram/Irfan's View)

Published on May 22, 2024 03:50 pm IST

Private hospital in Karnataka under scanner over foeticide

Private hospital in Karnataka under scanner over foeticide

Updated on May 14, 2024 07:35 am IST

Karnataka govt transfers probe into sex determination racket to CID

Police said 11 people, including two doctors, have been arrested so far; the accused conducted 242 abortions of female foetuses

Updated on Dec 02, 2023 01:33 am IST

Bihar: 118 ultrasound centres sealed in 6 districts for violations under PNDT Act

Violations were found at 119 ultrasound centres out of the 532 inspected in Patna between May 29 and June 14 (Representative Photo)

Updated on Jun 16, 2023 04:24 pm IST

Gender discrimination: Gurugram’s relentless pursuit of a male child

A team of officials from the Gurugram health department and Red Cross raided a sex determination clinic in Delhi in November 2017, and seized the machinery.

Updated on May 27, 2019 09:14 am IST

Plea to decriminalise PNDT Act rules rejected

The petition challenging the provisions of the act was filed by the federation of obstetricians and gynaecologists.

Updated on May 04, 2019 01:34 am IST

To promote girl child, Delhi govt plans award

In India, there are just 919 females children between the ages of 0 and 6 for every 1,000 males of the same age, according to Census 2011 data.(Picture for representation)

Published on Mar 13, 2019 01:38 am IST

Maharashtra issues guidelines for scrapping sonography machines

A woman getting her sonography done at Beed city, Beed district, India.(HT File Photo)

Updated on Sept 25, 2018 05:36 am IST

Uttarakhand’s declining sex ratio exposes gaps in govt drive

A signboard displayed at a community health centre warns against sex determination at Raipur in Dehradun.(HT File)

Updated on Aug 05, 2018 11:12 pm IST

Gurugram has no cell to curb prenatal sex selection tests

Though only two cases of violation of PCPNDT Act were registered in Gurugram till March, 2018, the numbers would have been higher if there was a PNDT cell in the district, says a government official. (Photo only for representational purpose)(HT File Photo)

Updated on Jul 24, 2018 02:15 pm IST

Gene responsible for male sex development has been identified

This gene is responsible for male sex development.(Shutterstock)

Published on Jun 15, 2018 02:20 pm IST

How lower temperature turns a baby turtle into a male

Temperature determines whether the turtle which is born is male or female.(Shutterstock)

Updated on Jun 08, 2018 03:03 pm IST

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