Supreme Court orders ban on mass sterilisation

The apex court noted evidences of poor quality of care at mass sterilisation camps

A case for India’s stray dogs

Sterilising and vaccinating the dogs who live in our communities effectively and humanely controls their population, prevents rabies and reduces …

The Indian stray dog debate: Nobody is looking at the pets

The Animal Welfare Board of India’s ABC policy ignores pets and randomly vaccinates and sterilises some homeless dogs. This policy has …

Official document exposes government’s intent to incentivise sterilisation

Fourteen women had died and 140 others were left ill after a botched sterilisation drive in Chhattisgarh

Family planning in India: alternative approaches

According to the United Nations 2016 data, the current population of India stands at 1.3 billion and the country has the fastest growing …

Cross Hairs - December 16-31, 2014

Contraceptive use among women rises in western states, Goa tops the charts: NFHS-5 data

Use of injectables and male sterilisation tools continued to be low across all states in the region 

A matter of debate: Should stray dogs be fed in public places?

A recent blogpost on DTE drew a lot of interest. Here is a look

Thirteen women die after undergoing sterilisation at government camp in Chhattisgarh

Locals claim negligence as doctors rushed to meet targets

Indian, African women living near national parks being sterilised, claims Dutch expose

Television series Zembla has also claimed that shoot-at-sight orders were very much in place at Kaziranga National Park

Killing with compassion: Why feeding dogs in public places must stop!

It is time for individuals to accept personal responsibility in stray dog management

Population populism: UP bill should empower, not control people

Solution to population problem lies in ensuring socio-economic development by addressing issues of adolescent sexual and reproductive health, …

Deadly target

Health experts blame Centre's over-emphasis on women's sterilisation for the Chhattisgarh tragedy

Use of contraceptives in Bihar doubles in 5 years: NFHS-5

Female sterilisation was the most common method of contraception in the state

Operation cover-up

Rat poison theory offered by the Chhattisgarh government to explain the sterilisation deaths is a facade, finds an investigation by Jyotsna Singh.…