Chinese people protest female foeticide
July 13th, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 13 (IANS) Many people in China are concerned over people's preference for baby boys than girls and inclination for gender tests and abortions.In one such display of growing ... Read more...
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Migrants causing birth ratio problem in Shanghai
June 30th, 2012 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 30 (IANS) A population and family planning commission in China's Shanghai city has said most children born outside its family planning policy last year were born to migrants ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
China’s gender imbalance still grave
March 29th, 2012 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 29 (IANS) China's gender ratio stood at 117.78 boys for every 100 baby girls in 2011, a decline from 119.45 in 2009 and 117.94 two years ago.This has ... Read more...
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Two women show the way forward in backward Rajasthan village
September 20th, 2011 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
Barmer, Sep 20 (IANS) When villagers see these two young sisters, Fatima and Jainab, teaching at a madrassa in this small village of Rajasthan's Barmer district, they hardly believe it. ... Read more...
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Lack of exercise increases heart risk among kids
May 13th, 2011 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 13 (IANS) Children who are healthy but inactive can unwittingly risk invitation to future heart problems.A team of Swedish and Danish researchers studied 223 children -- 123 boys ... Read more...
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Leading girls from hell to humane society (With Images)
March 29th, 2011 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) In a western Mumbai suburb stands a six-storey building housing 100 girls, mostly minors, who are being educated, given vocational training and psychological counselling. One thing ... Read more...
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Sex selection to lead to 20pc more men than women by 2030 in India
March 15th, 2011 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 15 (ANI): A new study has warned that in the next two decades, large parts of India will have an excess of young men by up to 20 percent because ... Read more...
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Haryana town dedicates Lohri to girl child
January 14th, 2011 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Karnal (Haryana), Jan 14 (IANS) The state may be infamous for its skewed sex ratio of 824 females per 1,000 males, but some in this town tried to make a difference with ... Read more...
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Fertility treatment can lead to male babies
September 29th, 2010 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 29 (IANS) Certain types of In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) treatment may enhance odds of having a boy.Some methods tip the gender balance to as many as 128 boys being born ... Read more...
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Vitamin A controversy: 12 Haryana girls hospitalised again
September 5th, 2010 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Sirsa (Haryana), Sep 5 (IANS) Days after nearly 100 schoolgirls fell ill on being administered a Vitamin A dose, 12 of them were re-admitted to a hospital with the same symptoms in ... Read more...
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Vitamin A controversy: Seven Haryana students hospitalised again
September 2nd, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
Sirsa (Haryana), Sep 2 (IANS) The controversy over nearly 100 girls taking ill in a Haryana town after being administered a Vitamin A dose in school raised its head again when seven ... Read more...
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2,500 women audition on Facebook to be in musician’s video
July 24th, 2010 - 6:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 24 (ANI): An unknown musician looking for beautiful women to appear in the video for his debut single has been besieged by 2500 of them on Facebook after he ... Read more...
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Chinese men to find it tougher to get wives
July 11th, 2010 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 11 (IANS) Young Chinese men of marriageable age will soon find it tougher to look for a wife because there will be 24 million more young men than women of ... Read more...
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Male-female birth ratio improves in China
June 4th, 2010 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 4 (IANS) The annual male-female birth ratio in China was recorded 119 boys to 100 girls last year, narrowing the gap for the first time since 2006.
The figure indicated that ... Read more...
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Gender inequality widespread in Asia: UNDP (Lead)
March 8th, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Despite vibrant economic growth in Asia-Pacific area including India, the region has not done much to assimilate women in the mainstream and bridge the deep gender inequality, ... Read more...
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Valdiserri Sodini’s child’s mother?
August 6th, 2009 - 6:48 pm ICT by IBNS
Aug 6 (IBNS) George Sodini, in his website, has mentioned Lee Ann Valdiserri as the mother of his child.George Sodini is the man who shot up the LA Fitness center in Pittsburgh ... Read more...
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Junior World Squash Championships underway in Chennai
July 31st, 2009 - 9:25 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, July 31(ANI): The 16th World Junior Men Squash Championship and 13th World Junior Women Squash Championship with participants from over 28 countries is being played at Chennai.Over 100 girls and ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Booming Malay sex sector requires no stimulus package
May 25th, 2009 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, May 25 (ANI): While most industrialists can be seen craving for more and more stimulus packages amid the ongoing recession, solicited sex in Malaysia is one sector that seems far ... Read more...
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Over 100 girls’ school destroyed in FATA by Taliban: UN
April 3rd, 2009 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Apr.3 (ANI): Months of suppressive acts and attacks on educational institutions, teachers, and students has created a 'shocking situation' in the Swat Valley with over 100 girls' school being destroyed ... Read more...
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Hot climates make for more baby girls, colder boys
April 1st, 2009 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 1 (ANI): If you and your husband want a baby boy, then go live in the hills, suggests a new study.A research has found that women living in cooler climates ... Read more...
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Exam stress: students taking memory pills, smoking
March 5th, 2009 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Pressure to perform in exams is causing school students - from Class 9 to 12 - to pop memory-enhancing pills, smoke, eat junk food and suffer blackouts, ... Read more...
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Carol-singing brownies banned from shopping centre over safety fears!
November 28th, 2008 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 28 (ANI): Carol singing Brownies and Guides have been banned from a British shopping centre for the first time in 20 years over health and safety fears.Girls, who range ... Read more...
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World’’s most popular list - Maxim Hot 100 comes to India
August 7th, 2008 - 9:35 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, August 7 (ANI/Business Wire India): Maxim HOT 100 is one of the most globally sort after and celebrated franchise property of the worlds largest Men''s magazine ''Maxim''.It is ... Read more...
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Man United stars shocked over rape charge against teammate Evans
December 19th, 2007 - 2:23 pm ICT by admin
London, Dec.19 (ANI): Manchester United stars are said to be in shock after a teammate was arrested on suspicion of rape.
Defender Jonny Evans, 19, was being held in custody in the ... Read more...
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