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  India slips to 112th rank on WEF’s gender gap index; in bottom-5 on health, economic fronts

  Business | December 17, 2019 7:20 IST

  India has slipped four places to rank 112th globally in terms of gender gap amid widening disparity in terms of women's health and survival and economic participation -- the two areas where the country is now ranked in the bottom-five, an annual survey showed on Tuesday.

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  Raveena Tandon targets Salman and Aamir Khan, hints at gender inequality in Bollywood

  Bollywood | April 19, 2017 15:42 IST

  The issue of gender inequality in Bollywood is nothing new. The male stars have a longer lifespan and, are paid a lot more in the industry compared to their female counterparts. In such a scenario, Raveena Tandon had the most hilarious take.

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  Centre opposes triple talaq, urges SC to see practice in light on gender justice

  India | October 07, 2016 18:01 IST

  The central government today told the Supreme Court that it is against the practice of triple talaq that allows a Muslim man to divorce his wife by pronouncing the word ‘talaq’ three times. The

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  Gender pay gap? Most people think men, women paid equally

  India | February 16, 2016 15:06 IST

  Amid raging debate over gender pay gap globally, a survey by US-based career resource website Glassdoor has revealed that over 70 per cent of adults in 7 developed countries believe men and women are paid

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  Modi government lacks vision on women's issues: Brookings

  Politics | June 26, 2014 14:00 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has in the past one month demonstrated “a disturbing lack of policy vision on women's issues… and a feeble understanding of the sustained gross neglect” that Indian women