ANGLE DAUGHTER

Female foeticide in India  is the  abortion  of a female foetus outside of legal methods. The frequency of female foeticide in India is assumed to be an estimation derived from its high birth sex ratio, that is the ratio of boys to girls at birth. The natural ratio is assumed to be between 103 and 107, and any number above it is considered as suggestive of female foeticide. According to the decennial Indian census, the  sex ratio  in the 0 to 6 age group in India has risen from 102.4 males per 100 females in 1961, [1]  to 104.2 in 1980, to 107.5 in 2001, to 108.9 in 2011. [2] The child sex ratio is within the normal natural range in all eastern and southern states of India, [3]  but significantly higher in certain western and particularly northwestern  states  such as  Maharashtra ,  Haryana ,  Jammu & Kashmir  (118, 120 and 116, as of 2011, respectively). [4]  The western states of Maharashtra and Rajas...

Madhya Pradesh Cabinet approves law seeking death for rape of children aged 12 or below Bhopal:  The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet on Sunday approved the death sentence for rape convicts who are involved in cases involving minor girls of the age of 12 years and below. The resolution that awards the death sentence to gang rape convicts has also been passed. The amendment in penal code to increase the fine and punishment for rape convicts was also approved by the state cabinet. The state's home minister Bhupendra Singh had earlier stated that this move will be taken to curb the rising crimes against women in Madhya Pradesh. There have been multiple reports of rape and sexual assault from the state in the past two months.  Earlier this month, four people, including a 67-year-old man and a woman, were arrested for the gang-rape of a 10-year-old girl in the state's capital. According to the police, the woman, known as Suman Aunty to the 10-year-old girl,...