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- World
Sandman author Neil Gaiman accused of sexual assault by 8 women: Report
British author Neil Gaiman faces allegations of sexual assault months after similar accusations emerged against him, according to a cover story in New York Magazine’s entertainment website Vulture. Eight women have accused Gaiman of assault, coercion…
- World
UN Report: 85,000 Women & Girls killed in 2023, one every 10 min
Vienna: About 85,000 women and girls across the globe were killed intentionally in 2023, with 60 per cent of the homicides committed by intimate partners or other family members, according to a…
- India
No place for derogatory language against women in court: CJI
Panaji: Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud on Saturday, October 19 said all forms of derogatory language, particularly against women, have no place in courts, noting that insensitive words can…
- India
Women shouldn’t accept token positions but fight for rights they deserve: Rahul
New Delhi: Calling for real empowerment of women, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday said women should not just accept token positions but fight for the rights…
- Featured News
Meet ‘Syeda X’: The everyday woman you don’t see
India’s informal sector occupies interstate migrants working in precarious conditions for lower wages, with inadequate legal and social support mechanisms. The vulnerability was exposed during the COVID-19 lockdown when thousands of migrant…
- India
2 women officers of Indian Coast Guard participate in foreign engagement
New Delhi: In a first, two women officers of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) were on board a patrol vessel on an overseas deployment. ICG offshore patrol vessel Sujay made a port…
- Telangana
KTR expresses regrets over comments on women
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao on Friday expressed regret over certain comments made by him, which were considered derogatory towards women traveling in RTC buses. The…
- Kolkata
Kolkata doctor murder: Thousands of women hit streets in Bengal demanding justice
Kolkata: Thousands of women from all walks of life gathered across West Bengal at midnight on Wednesday to protest the brutal rape-murder of a doctor on duty at a Kolkata hospital last…
- India
Sex ratio to improve to 952 women per 1,000 men by 2036: Govt Study
New Delhi: Sex ratio in India is expected to improve to 952 women per 1000 men by 2036 from 943 in 2011, according to a report ‘Women and Men in India 2023’…
- India
Centre asks states to focus on schemes on women and children’s nutrition, safety
New Delhi: WCD Minister Annapurna Devi on Saturday met her counterparts from states and union territories and other administrators, urging them to focus on three missions of the ministry i.e on children’s…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: DEET, We-Hub to conduct job fair for women
Hyderabad: State government-owned Digital Employment Exchange of Telangana (DEET) in collaboration with the WE-Hub will conduct a job fair for women On Thursday, August 8 at the Dr BR Ambedkar Open University…
- India
Madhya Pradesh: Over 31,000 women go missing in 3 years
A disturbing revelation from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled state came to light, thousands of women and girls have gone missing, but a vast majority of cases have remained unreported. According…
- Top Stories
Andhra govt to soon roll out free bus travel for women
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh’s Minister for Transport, Mandipalli Ramprasad Reddy said on Sunday that the state government will soon roll out a free travel facility for women in Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport…
- India
Odisha: Victory for four women candidates in Lok Sabha elections
Bhubaneswar: Four women candidates, all belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party, emerged victorious in the Lok Sabha elections in Odisha. A total of 29 candidates contested in the 21 Lok Sabha seats…
- India
Kumaraswamy’s remarks on Karnataka rural woman kicks up row
Janata Dal (Secular) president HD Kumaraswamy raked up a controversy by saying that women in rural areas of Karnataka have “lost their way” because of the five guarantee schemes introduced by the ruling…
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