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- Hyderabad
18 percent women have cervical cancer in India, say doctors
Hyderabad: With cervical cancer month being observed in January, it is time to understand the causes and symptoms of the disease and its impact on women’s health. Cervical cancer is a malignancy…
- Telangana
Watch: Women stealing sarees worth Rs 10k by distracting shopkeeper in Sircilla
Hyderabad: A clever theft at a fabrics store in Mustabad mandal of Sircilla district in Telangana reveals a gang of women stealing sarees worth Rs 10,000 by distracting the shopkeeper, hiding them…
- Business
At least 2.2 crore women among 10 crore NSE investors
Ahmedabad: Retail investors are leading the Indian stock market and at least 2.2 crore of over 10 crore investors on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) are now women. There are approximately 10…
- Featured News
Opinion: Solution to end violence against women is return to morality
Desperate times call for desperate measures. These are certainly no ordinary times when the safety of women and girls is at stake. The brutal rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s…
- India
Women spend 7.2 hrs on unpaid domestic work compared to 2.8 hrs spent by men
Ahmedabad: Women in the working age category of 15 to 60 years spend 7.2 hours on unpaid domestic work compared to 2.8 hours spent by men, indicating they have “time poverty”, as…
- India
Work by self-help groups garnering praise from different parts of world: Nitish
Katihar: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday heaped praise on women associated with self-help groups for the work undertaken by them, as part of his government’s rural livelihoods project, to improve…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: GHMC’s women sanitation employees to undergo breast cancer screening
Hyderabad: About 400 women sanitation employees of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will undergo free breast cancer screening. In an endeavour to reach out to vulnerable women employees, KIMS Hospital is organising…
- India
FM launches new savings scheme for women with 7.5% fixed interest rate for 2 yrs
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Wednesday announced a ‘Mahila Samman Saving Certificate’ with a fixed interest rate of 7.5 percent for two years. The deposit can be made in the…
- India
WFI row wake-up call for sports bodies to prioritise women athletes’ safety
New Delhi: In an unprecedented move, India’s top wrestlers including Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and others, staged a protest against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh…
- India
Women should give birth to child between 22 and 30 years of age: Assam CM
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that women should give birth to children before they attain 30 years of age. Sarma was speaking at a function at Sankardev…
- Sports
ICC announces all-female panel of match officials for Women’s T20 World Cup
Dubai: In a significant first for world cricket, the ICC on Friday named an all-female panel of match officials, including the Indian trio of GS Lakshmi, Vrinda Rathi and Janani Narayanan, for…
- Bangalore
Congress sharply focuses on women voters in poll-bound Karnataka
Bengaluru: The Congress is sharply focusing on women voters promising cash transfers and separate manifesto months ahead of Assembly elections in Karnataka as it aims to wrest power from the BJP. Seeking…
- Middle East
Saudi to allow women in bikinis at country’s Red Sea project
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) will be allowing women to wear bikinis at the Kingdom’s giga project— Red Sea Project now known as Red Sea Destination, which is set to…
- Featured News
Covid Courts of Women is organized in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Vimochana, meaning liberation, is an NGO working for women’s rights in the area of domestic violence, providing remedial support and socio-legal aid to women is organizing Covid Courts of Women here…
- India
OIC asks Taliban to reconsider ban on women from working for NGOs
Kabul: Expressing concerns about the current developments in Afghanistan, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called on the Taliban to reconsider the decision to ban women from working for NGOs. OIC…
