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Anita Anand | No ‘outsourcing’ of policy: Don’t target NGOs, try to fight ‘male preference’

Anita Anand | No ‘outsourcing’ of policy: Don’t target NGOs, try to...

Recently, an opinion piece by three members of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council suggested that...

4 Nov 2024 12:12 AM IST

The study found that 30 per cent of the parents who said they had five or more children had a heart condition such as coronary heart disease, angina or congestive heart failure. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

More children more heart trouble for parents

A big family size makes both the mother and father more vulnerable to cardiovascular diseases: Study.

27 March 2019 7:25 PM IST

Even as casual traveller holidaying in Kerala some 15 years ago, the vibrancy and wellbeing of the people, their communities and the regional environment was notable.

Population Matters

A growing number of people in developing countries are emulating unsustainable, high consuming lifestyles.

9 Jun 2019 6:22 AM IST

The condom rap addresses men and encourages the use of condoms as contraception and a safe sex practice. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

World Population Day: Rap song to promote use of condoms

Campaign #CondomBole reaches out to youth with message of male responsibility in family planning.

11 July 2019 12:05 PM IST

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Supreme Court rejects PIL to make two-child policy mandatory

The PIL was filed in the apex court seeking direction to the Union Government to implement the 'two-child policy'.

9 March 2018 3:08 PM IST

A bench of Justices MB Lokur and Deepak Gupta, which criminalised sex with a minor wife in a landmark verdict on Wednesday, referred to a study conducted on child marriages, based on 2011 census. (Photo: Representational/File)

UP govt's 'shagun' to newly-weds include condoms, pregnancy test

To promote family planning, the kit has a marriage registration form, contraceptive pills, and a home pregnancy testing...

15 May 2018 7:33 PM IST

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Maha: Botched surgeries kill 1, doctor mistook intestine for fallopian...

Five others were undergoing treatment after alleged botched up family planning operations.

24 Jan 2017 10:57 AM IST

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Family planning and the state

We get celebrities to give their take on a current issue each week and lend their perspective to a much-discussed topic.

9 July 2017 12:15 AM IST

Nurses hold babies at the Xiyuege Centre, or Lucky Month Home, in Beijing. (Photo: AFP)

Baby boom after China abandons one-child rule

Ms Zheng and her husband were employees of state-owned enterprises and faced losing their jobs if they violated the ban.

30 Dec 2016 1:46 AM IST

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No govt job for those with more than 2 children: draft

The minister also said he will consider including a provision for giving 50 per cent reservation to women in government...

9 April 2017 3:18 PM IST

The sons and not daugters also had a problem remembering things they saw in their daily lige

Father's doing cocaine risk son's loss of memory

Sons of male cocaine addicts are at a higher risk for learning deficits

24 Feb 2017 9:43 AM IST

Going on a low carb diet will increase your fertility. (Photo: Pixabay)

Go 'low carb' to increase fertility chances

Not many know that certain foods and diet changes can increase your chances of conceiving a baby.

24 Dec 2017 1:10 PM IST