Category: Society

Five key lessons about women and work in India

By Rohini Pande, Charity Troyer Moore and Jennifer Johnson While marginally more women work in India than in Pakistan (27…

9 years ago

Women, it’s high time you own those five days

By Swara Bhaskar I skulked home one afternoon from school in a particularly muggy hot Delhi summer month and spent…

9 years ago

Centre’s efforts towards developing women ‘unwavering’: PM

New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government's efforts towards the development of women…

9 years ago

Google celebrates International Women’s Day with doodle

New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Global internet search giant Google on Tuesday marked the International Women's Day with one of…

9 years ago

Snapdeal, FLO collaborate to bring women entrepreneurs online

New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Online marketplace Snapdeal and FICCI Ladies Organization (FLO) have signed an agreement to kick-start the…

9 years ago

Women feel dowry most severe form of gender disparity: Survey

New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Most Indian women feel that dowry is the most severe form of gender disparity when…

9 years ago

Protecting women’s dignity a collective responsibility: President

New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Women's right to equal opportunities and a dignified life must be respected, President Pranab Mukherjee…

9 years ago

Tripura tea vendor mother takes Class 10 exam with daughter

By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, March 7 (IANS) Twenty years is a long time to carry through the dream of passing…

9 years ago

‘Women intend to quit jobs due to gender bias, harassment’

New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Working women, especially those in the private sector, desire to quit their jobs for a…

9 years ago

Female professors less often rated as ‘brilliant’ and ‘genius’

New York, March 7 (IANS) Students in the US two to three times more often describe male professors as "brilliant"…

9 years ago

Bihar kids to get pulao in mid-day meal

Patna, March 7 (IANS) Millions of schoolchildren in Bihar schools will soon be served 'pulao' once a week as part…

9 years ago

E-mail inventor Ray Tomlinson dies at 74

New York, March 7 (IANS) Internet pioneer Ray Tomlinson, who is credited with the invention of e-mail, has died at…

9 years ago

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon protest service cuts

Beirut, March 6 (IANS) Palestinian refugees in north Lebanon Tripoli held a sit-in on Saturday to protest the continuing reduction…

9 years ago

Air India to fly longest flight with all-women crew

New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Air India will commemorate International Women's Day on March 8 by operating the longest all-women…

9 years ago

Goa among top destinations for Indian women travellers

  Panaji, March 5 (IANS) Goa has emerged as one of the top three tourism destinations in the country preferred…

9 years ago

Ancient burial ground found near Bethlehem

Jerusalem, March 5 (IANS) Archaeologists discovered a 4,000 years old necropolis near the Palestinian town of Bethlehem, according to a…

9 years ago

Noida Authority plans old age home cum orphanage

Noida, March 5 (IANS) The Noida Authority plans to construct an old age home cum orphanage to take care of…

9 years ago

Google.org funds 3 Indian non-profit organisations

New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Google's philanthropic arm Google.org on Friday announced grant funding of $8,00,000 to three Indian non-profit…

9 years ago

Mumbai firm grants ‘period’ leave to women since 2010

Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) A small Mumbai firm has been granting fully-paid 'period leave' to all its women employees since…

9 years ago

Filipino transforms into ‘Superman’ after surgeries

Manila, March 4 (IANS) A Filipino man has transformed himself into a carbon copy of "Superman" after a series of…

9 years ago



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