Equality
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Women's Equality Day: Five landmark decisions that gave women equal rights in India
India | Aug 26, 2025, 02:31 PM ISTEvery year on August 26, Women’s Equality Day is observed to celebrate women's accomplishments and to emphasise the continued need for gender equality and empowerment worldwide.
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Women’s Equality Day 2025: Speech, poster and drawing ideas to celebrate equality
Events | Aug 20, 2025, 08:01 PM ISTWomen’s Equality Day 2025 is here! Celebrate with creative posters, heartfelt speeches, and empowering drawings that honour women’s rights and equality.
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International Women's Day: UN calls for making rights, equality, empowerment a reality for all women
World | Mar 08, 2025, 06:41 AM IST"When women and girls can rise, we all thrive," said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message ahead of the International Women's Day. Yet, "instead of mainstreaming equal rights, we are seeing the mainstreaming of misogyny."
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'Men too have pride and dignity, not just women,' says Kerala High Court
India | Dec 11, 2024, 06:41 PM ISTKerala: The actor Balachandra Menon was given interim protection from arrest by the court on October 30 and it was extended from time to time till Wednesday when his plea was allowed. The Justice Hema Committee was constituted by the Kerala government after the 2017 actress assault case.
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US says it's engaged with India, other countries for equal treatment of all religious communities
World | May 21, 2024, 09:48 AM ISTThe US Department of State said it is deeply committed to protecting and promoting universal respect for the freedom of religion. These remarks came after an observation made in a New York Times report on the Muslim population in India.
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Empowering transgender community: Free education at public varsities in Maharashtra
Education | Dec 07, 2023, 02:06 PM ISTMaharashtra's public universities have taken a progressive initiative towards the transgender community. Public universities are going to offer free education to the transgender community. All eligible students will now benefit from complimentary education in these universities.
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Iceland PM joins thousands of women on strike against unequal pay, gender-based violence
World | Oct 24, 2023, 11:38 PM ISTIceland is known as one of the most gender-equal countries in the world. However, despite several strikes to raise awareness, the issues of the pay gap and gender-based violence have persisted in the Nordic country.
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How Women's Equality Day was celebrated in Kashmir
India | Aug 26, 2020, 02:11 PM ISTKashmir observed Women's Equality Day today by commemorating the hard work done by the women of Lolab despite the challenges and difficulties.
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High Court directs equal clothing, washing allowance for employees
India | Dec 01, 2019, 12:40 PM ISTIt added that all staff members assist judges, whether inside or outside the court, and their services are indeed indispensable for proper functioning of the court. In their petition, the court employees had submitted that there was discrimination in grant of allowance for uniform and washing clothes on the basis of their designation.
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Pak will engage with India on 'basis of equality'; ball in New Delhi's court, says Pak FM Qureshi
India | Jun 15, 2019, 02:58 PM IST"Yes, the meeting did take place, there was a handshake and exchange of pleasantries," Qureshi told Geo News. He accused the Indian government of being in the "election mindset" to keep their "vote bank intact".
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Kurdish women fighters, an unprecedented example of equality in Middle East
World | Oct 31, 2014, 01:21 PM ISTMadrid: The Syrian city of Kobane, where resistance against jihadis of the Islamic State (IS) has become a symbol of Kurdish unity, is also an unprecedented example of equality for its women, who fight side