Ratio skewed in class, too

India may pride itself on becoming a knowledge economy, but gender parity in primary and secondary education still remains a distant prospect. If a family can send only one child to school, it is generally the son, leaving the gap between girls and boys in education very wide.....

 TB cases triple in Capital

Despite a monetary incentive from the government, vasectomy has failed to emerge as a popular choice of family planning, says the annual health report of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). The report also points to an alarming rise in tuberculosis cases in the Capital - from 6,146 positive cases in 2006 to 19,865 in 2007.

 Muslim girl under 18 can marry on attaining puberty: HC

“The marriage of a Muslim girl after reaching puberty but before turning eighteen is valid because the personal laws to which she is subject permits it,” Allowing Afsana to chose whether she would stay with her husband, against whom her mother has lodged a criminal case of kidnapping, or live with parents...

 India's gay rights movement comes out

Aggrieved Indians have long taken their causes to the streets. From Mohandas Gandhi's nationalist campaigns to contemporary marches against racy movies, protests are as Indian as spicy curry.....

 Next door to Delhi, teen fights off child marriage

Child marriages are not an alien concept meant for faraway villages and moffusils with indistinguishable names; they take place just next door to the Capital. The victim of one such marriage, 14-year-old Sheetal Mandal, forced her family to have her impending marriage — and “doom” ...........

 Battling child abuse

The scourge of child pornography has not been readily understood by the officialdom in India, and few opinion-makers understand the problem fully.

 Delhi HC asks ministries to set differences aside on gay rights

The government is expected to make its stand clear on the issue which arose after HC recently browsed through affidavits filed by the home ministry and National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) — which falls under the health and family welfare ministry — and realized both had taken a divergent stand on decriminalizing of homosexuality.