Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is in trouble with the Indian Radiological and Imaging Associations who’ve raised questions about the actor’s knowledge of sex of the unborn child that SRK and Gauri are set to welcome in …
11 doctors across the state have been suspended by the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) for violating the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act. Last week ten other doctors were issued a warning. The …
If you are a gay couple or a single man/woman looking for a surrogate then India’s no longer the place for you. A new Home Ministry directive has sought to put in place stringent rules regarding medical visas given to …
Expressing concern over the "alarming decline" in in Jammu and Kashmir's sex ratio - 883 females per 1,000 males - a minister said the government will continue to crackdown on illegal sex determination clinics. Health Minister …
While one-year-old Chirag takes small steps in the courtyard, his mother Savita Bhati lies still with swollen legs on a cot at her sprawling residence in west Delhi. Bedridden due to chronic osteoporosis, Savita gave birth after …
The fertility industry is a major part of India’s medical tourism industry thanks to the low costs and lack of regulations. According to some reports India’s fertility industry is worth a whopping Rs 13,033 cr (1.5 billion …
The Haryana health department recently caught three persons including a doctor for allegedly conducting sex-determination tests and sealed the ultrasound machine at Saunda village on Monday. This is a part of the government’s …
To curb rampant sex-determination tests and prevent a fall in the gender ratio, the Uttarakhand government directed district magistrates to ensure regular inspection of 522 private and 79 government-run ultrasound centres. The …
Satyamev Jayate’s efforts to highlight female foeticide might have had some negative effects as well as all private sonography centres remained shut throughout Rajasthan on Wednesday. This caused considerable distress to …
One can't help but wonder whether the state governments were unaware about female foeticide before Satyamev Jayate's first episode. Suddenly all the state governments seem to have found the measures that should have been taken …
After well-known actress Madhuri Dixit reportedly turned down Maharashtra's offer as brand ambassador for tourism, the state has sought megastar Aamir Khan's support for its various public welfare schemes that aim to protect girl …
Has Satyamev Jayate forced state governments to take female foeticide seriously? It seems so. Yesterday Aamir Khan met Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot to discuss the female foeticide situation in the state and convinced him see if …
