Women
Post surgery she gets her female gender identity voter card

It will be a defining moment in the life of Manvi Vaishnav, 31, who will exercise her franchise on December 14 using her new Election Photo Identity Card (EPIC).

Sexual harassment is as old as hills, but Weinstein case has exploded the issue

#MeToo hashtag came into being as long as a decade ago to build social solidarity among survivors of sexual assault in Canada who may not otherwise have been able to properly access institutional support systems.

To raise number of women employment, policies must change behaviour before they change beliefs

Girl students rapidly catching up with boys in India made headlines recently. They already outnumber boys in post-graduation studies and will soon exceed them at graduation levels too.

Gurmehar Kaur figures among Times ten names of Next Generation leaders of the world

Delhi University Lady Shri Ram college student Gurmehar Kaur has been listed as one of Time magazine 10 next generation leaders for the year 2017. The 20-year old has been hailed as a “free-speech warrior”.

Nobel laureate Malala attends her first lecture at Oxford University on Monday

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, who had been offered a place to study at the University of Oxford after her A-level results, attended her first lecture on Monday.

Jammu girl wins ‘Mrs Universe Humanity’ pageant held in South Africa

Suhasini Sudan Maheshwari, a native of Jammu city, won the “Mrs Universe Humanity” pageant held at Durban in South Africa, recently.

Saudi Arabi to allow car driving to women from next summer

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday announced that women will be allowed to drive for the first time in the ultra-conservative kingdom next summer, fulfilling a key demand of women's rights activists who faced detention for defying the ban.

India’s first Kurta Clad woman wrestler Kavita to fight at WWE

Allow us to introduce you to Kavita Devi, police officer and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) champion hailing from Haryana, who is as famous for her saffron kurta as she is for her fights. Her inspiration had been The Great Khali.

Minor went for abortion but gives birth

A 13-year-old Mumbai girl, who recently became the first in the country to get the go-ahead from the judiciary to terminate pregnancy at 32 weeks of gestation, delivered a baby boy at JJ Hospital on Friday. 

Big relief for aggrieved women contesting triple talaq cases pending in various courts, SC judgment renders invalid

The ramifications of the Supreme Court 's verdict on Tuesday declaring triple talaq as unconstitutional will have a bearing on all pending cases in different courts where Muslim women have challenged divorce given to them under "talaq-ebiddat (instant divorce)" and their marital status is likely to be restored.

64-yr old gives birth to baby boy

The Meenas, devastated and lonely after the sudden death of their 31-year-old son in 2015, didn't lose hope. The Delhi-based couple opted for in vitro fertilization (IVF) and Chameli Meena delivered a healthy baby boy in March this year, at age 64.

38-year-old Bulgarian delivers baby mid-air over Atlantic Ocean

It was an incredible moment for crew members and passengers of Lufthansa flight LH543, which took off from Colombian capital Bogota on July 25 with 191 passengers.

No arrest without ascertaining veracity of charges in dowry cases, says SC

Expressing concern over disgruntled wives misusing the anti-dowry law against their husbands and in-laws, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed that no arrest or coercive action should be taken on such complaints without ascertaining the veracity of allegations.

Comedian Lilly Singh appointed UNICEF's Global Goodwill Ambassador

Indian-origin Canadian YouTube sensation, comedian and author, Lilly Singh was on Saturday appointed Unicef's Goodwill Ambassador at a special event here.

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