Sex Ratio
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India’s sex ratio normalises slightly, study finds
The sex ratio at birth narrowed from 109 boys per 100 girls in 2015-’16 to 108 boys per 100 girls in 2019-’21, the Pew Research Center says.
Scroll Staff
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Reading list: Five articles that explain Haryana’s child sex ratio claims
The government has called a news report claiming that the state had inflated its girl child statistics baseless and incorrect.
Scroll Staff
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Climate change can tip the gender balance, but fish can tip it back
Warmer temperatures can throw off the gender balance in some species. But some fish can adjust their offspring's gender to compensate, but only if temperatures don't rise too high.
Jennifer Donelson, The Conversation
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Memoir: A journalist remembers the 1960s and how the Naxal movement was portrayed in books and films
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Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website; says she is mulling legal action
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Ordinary voters flagged Modi speech to Election Commission – and came up against a broken system
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Congress moves Madras HC seeking Election Commission action against Modi for propagating hate speech