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Scientists are studying the sex ratio of Olive Ridley hatchlings emerging from Rushikulya river, following a mass hatching event. This year's analysis is crucial as sand temperatures, influenced by climate change, are known to affect hatchling sex. Local efforts and industrial cooperation helped minimize mortality during the event.

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In Hamirpur, where the sex ratio is skewed, a family defied social stigma by grandly celebrating the birth of their second daughter. A festive procession with 11 cars, live music, and dancing marked the joyous occasion, drawing praise and inspiring a shift in societal attitudes towards girl children.

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John Abraham's production house, JA Entertainment, has reportedly signed actress Kashmira Pardeshi for an upcoming Hindi film. Pardeshi, recently lauded for her role in the web series ‘Glory’, is set to make a significant move in Bollywood. While project specifics remain under wraps, her potential involvement in 'Force 3' or another production has ignited fan interest.

Deep-rooted son preference fuels sex-selective abortions in India, leading to millions of fewer female births by 2030. Despite legal bans, illegal networks facilitate prenatal sex determination and terminations, driven by cultural pressures and financial anxieties. While some areas show slow improvement in sex ratios, demand for sons persists.

The Uttarakhand Board of School Education (UBSE) released detailed statistics for the 2026 Class 10 and Class 12 results, highlighting participation, pass percentages, and gender-wise performance. Class 10 recorded a 92.10% pass rate, while Class 12 stood at 85.11%. Girls outperformed boys in both exams. Bageshwar district topped performance charts in both categories. The board also announced merit lists, division-wise results, and improvement exam data, with Akshat Gopal and joint toppers leading the state rankings.

Global warming's hidden impact on pregnancies is emerging, with a new study suggesting hotter temperatures may lead to fewer baby boys being born. Research across India and Sub-Saharan Africa indicates a correlation between elevated heat during gestation and a slight shift in the male-to-female birth ratio, potentially linked to biological vulnerabilities.

The overall sex ratio — the number of females per 1,000 males — is falling across the world.

Haryana is known for skewed sex ratio and the state’s craze for sons is also reflected in the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) data as waiting list for adoption of a male child from Haryana is more than double than that for adoption of a female child from the state.

This is bad news for Chhattisgarh. The state, which boasted of a high sex ratio at birth (SRB) of 975 females for every 1000 males in the 2001 Census, has all the reasons to worry as it has witnessed a decline of 6.15% (falling to 915) a decade later in the 2011 Census Report.

Uttarakhand's sex ratio (number of females per 1,000 males) at birth was found to be the worst in the country at 844, and Kerala's the best, at 974, according to the Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical Report 2020, released by the Registrar General of India (RGI) on September 22.

Gurgaon-the most progressive city of Haryana has figured among districts having lowest sex ratio even as overall sex ratio of Haryana has increased to 879.

Among children up to 15 years old, there are 1.8 crore fewer girls than boys — the sex ratio at 914 girls per 1,000 boys remaining the same as a decade ago.

Two religious communities of India, Sikhs and Jains, have turned the corner on child sex ratio while all others showed further dips, as did the national average, according to fresh Census 2011 data released on Wednesday.