Study decodes how females and males experience depression

IANS | October 8, 2025 10:54 AM

New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) A team of Australian researchers has decoded important genetic differences in how females and males experience depression for the first time, an advance that could pave the way for more targeted intervention and treatments.

India’s sex ratio at birth improved with 917 females per 1,000 males in 2021-23: Centre

IANS | October 6, 2025 5:54 PM

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Strengthening the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act has led to an improvement in the Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB), with 917 females per 1,000 males recorded in 2021-23, said Aradhana Patnaik, Additional Secretary & Mission Director (NHM), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, on Monday.