Jharkhand has recorded the highest percentage, as high as 5.8, of underage girls getting married, according to the latest demographic sample survey the Registrar General and Census Commissioner. The percentage…
As per the Sample Registration System Statistical Report 2020, released on September 22, Uttarakhand’s sex ratio (number of females per 1,000 males) at birth was found to be the worst…
Read:ExplainSpeaking: How to read the latest Human Development Report | Explained News,The Indian Express India ranked 132nd, in the medium human development category, among 191 countries and territories on the…
A teenage girl in India has died after she was set on fire by an alleged stalker — who became irate when she rejected his marriage proposal. LAWS RELATED TO…
Daughters are no liability, the Supreme Court has said while dealing with a matter relating to the payment of maintenance to a woman by her father. The observation from a…
Read: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/number-of-girls-adopted-in-india-outstrips-boys/articleshow/92928031.cms Of the 2991 domestic ‘in-country’ adoption made between April 2021 and March 2022 as many as 1698 were girls. It is also corroborated from the data of CARA…
Ministry of Women and Child Development has issued detailed guidelines for ‘Mission Shakti’ scheme. The Government of India has launched ‘Mission Shakti’ – an integrated women empowerment programme as umbrella…
As per the annual Gender Gap Report 2022 of the World Economic Forum (WEF) released in Geneva India was ranked low at 135th place in terms of gender parity, despite…
The latest UN population report was released on Monday (11/07/2022). · Global life expectancy, which stood at 72.8 in 2019, “slowed down…due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic” and…
Recent months saw a rise in prices of oil, natural gas, and fertilizers, due to global developments, Green hydrogen is an emerging option that will help reduce India’s vulnerability to…
