'... because their parents wanted a boy.' 'But over 2 million women go every year due to sex-selective abortion, disease, neglect or inadequate nutrition,' says Devangshu Datta.
Netflix plans local studio in India push. Move comes as rival Amazon Prime Video lines up as many as 18 original shows for India.
Among key stocks, Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp, L&T, Wipro, ICICI Bank, Dr Reddy's Labs and ICICI Bank, all up between 1%-3%
Details were not immediately available ahead of a planned government briefing.
In 2015, India's domestic aviation market clocked 81 million flights.
Businesses that either take local communities for granted or see them as an obstacle to be 'managed' are skating on thin ice.
'There were absolutely no guidelines (on surrogacy) and poor women were being exploited.' 'These poor surrogate mothers do not understand the value of life. They only understand the value of money.' 'Germany and Britain banned it because they know surrogacy is exploitation of women's body. Therefore these foreigners were coming to India.'
This historic Vishaka judgement brought the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace into the mainstream discourse says Kanika Dutta.
In a major security breach at Tihar Jail, two undertrials scaled the wall of the ward they were lodged in and then dug a tunnel through the boundary wall to escape from one of the most high-security prisons in the country.
'What does the nation get out of the CBI's fabulous infrastructure? Very little that is useful.'
The stories of exclusions illustrate so tragically, the need of the hour is to bolster biometrics and 'smart' technologies with something more old-fashioned - the good old fashioned, compassionate human touch, says Geetanjali Krishna.
The broader markets outperformed the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices gained 0.4% each
The wheels turn for bicycles, as manufacturers go back to the basics. After motorised two-wheelers overtook cycle sales in the country, manufacturers are focusing on commuter segment again and reviving entry-level cycles.
Venkaiah Naidu said Aadhaar will not be made mandatory till the entire population gets such cards or UID numbers.
The rape of a young woman in New Delhi by Uber cab driver has raised the disturbing question of women's safety all over again.
'Officers have been made the scapegoat for political failure.' 'No effort has been made to find out who scuttled the prime minister's decision to introduce competitive bidding and why and at whose instance.'
It is high time old boys' clubs inside many large corporations come under serious scrutiny for protecting one of their own.
That it has been threatening to review this rule for a while is old hat anyway.
'India has an advantage because we produce more cotton and we have more workforce.'
Drunk driving can attract a fine up to Rs 50,000.
India had the highest number of unregistered children under age five between 2000 and 2012 and the second-highest number of child marriages, according to a UN report which said the country still needs to improve immunisation coverage and stop gender-based sex selection.
India's still male-dominated corporate environment wittingly and unwittingly contrives to put women employees on the back foot.
India will require new technical solutions and approaches to solve environmental problems.
Perhaps India needs to implement these for Achhe Din to happen.
Whether this happens because DGCA actually cares about the future of the national carrier or for other motives is not clear.
'By taking fingerprints, iris scans and other details of citizens, the State is becoming the custodian of its people.' 'The State can use this data according to its whims and fancies, which is not good in a democracy.' 'When the State looks at all the activities of its citizens, it becomes a police State.'
If doing business in India is a problem for even the richest, most educated scion of a business house, it is unlikely to be a breeze for the average rural Indian woman.
Exemptions, and the fact that farm income is outside the tax net, ensure that India's tax-GDP ratio stays low.
'Never trust a cab or rick driver.' 'Never share personal information.' 'Never hide your whereabouts from your family.' 'Don't party late with strangers or 'just met' friends.'
The BJP would seem just the sort of party that would embrace Aadhaar. Every other page of its manifesto makes some reference to changing governance in this country. So why is there no discernible difference in the positions of the BJP-led government towards Aadhaar and the dysfunctional approach of Chidambaram under the United Progressive Alliance, asks Rahul Jacob.
Time is running out: Will India manage to attain goals set by the UN.
Each story is sadder than the next, but what is most heartbreaking is to see the indifference shown towards these children by the police.
The top court rejected the Centre's vehement contention that there was no general or fundamental right to privacy under the Constitution.
'Poverty-stricken and drought-affected families in Bundelkhand and Marathawada are selling their children for as little as a few hundred rupees.'
The iconinc Zaveri Bazaar in south Mumbai does business of around Rs 3 trillion a year.
The DoT is wrongly asking subscribers to link their mobile numbers to Aadhaar in order to keep them active, says Gopal Krishna.
The central government has drafted a law to restrict wombs for hire, and there is much to be said on all sides.
Anant Gupta, HCL Technologies' chief has an amazing success formula to get things done.
'It is not about women today; it's about men.' 'We need to focus our energy on a war footing on men.' 'Let us start with a boy who is 10 years old.' 'If you don't concentrate on your son, the safe spaces for women will shrink further.'
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