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  Task force to be set up for recommending marriageable age for women: Nirmala Sitharaman

  Business | February 01, 2020 13:08 IST

  Presenting the Budget for 2020-21, Sitharaman said Rs 9,500 crore has been provided for senior citizens and Divyangs, while Rs 35,600 crore has been allocated for nutrition related programme in FY21.

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  Budget 2020: What women expect from Nirmala Sitharaman?

  Business | February 01, 2020 8:23 IST

  Budget 2020: The last budget, presented in July, emphasised on self-help groups (SGHS) and announced that every woman member of SGHS, holding a Jan Dhan account will be allowed an overdraft of ₹ 5,000.

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  Cosmetic nose surgery makes women 3 years younger

  Beauty | January 28, 2020 18:53 IST

  According to the researchers, the results were even more dramatic in women over 40, some of whom were estimated to look seven years younger after rhinoplasty.

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  Maharashtra Home Minister Shinde for stringent law to prevent atrocities against women

  India | December 28, 2019 9:19 IST

  Maharashtra Home Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday stressed the need for a stringent law to curb atrocities against women.

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  Vice President Venkaiah Naidu expresses concern over atrocities against women

  India | December 06, 2019 23:53 IST

  The Vice President advised police departments to be prompt in ensuring that every complaint or grievances brought to their notice was registered. He stressed the need to conclude inquiry, prosecution, and trial in a time-bound manner to make sure that justice was delivered on time.

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  Twitter representatives appear before parliamentary panel examining cyber security of women

  India | December 04, 2019 18:44 IST

  The Twitter India officials made a presentation on the issue before the parliamentary panel on women empowerment.

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  Women's revealing outfits may be result of status anxiety: Study

  Lifestyle | November 27, 2019 9:57 IST

  Women's appearance enhancement is driven partly by status anxiety and income inequality, the study found.

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  Violence against women also depends on the neighbourhood they reside in: Study

  Lifestyle | November 25, 2019 19:16 IST

  Women who spend longer periods of their early lives in less affluent neighbourhoods are at a greater risk of experiencing violence during their early adulthoods at the hands of their intimate partners, according to a new study.

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  Pope Francis in Thailand calls for action to protect women, children

  World | November 21, 2019 15:27 IST

  Pope Francis called Thursday for women and children to be protected from exploitation, abuse and enslavement as he began a busy two days of meetings in Thailand, where human trafficking and forced prostitution help fuel the sexual tourism industry. Francis pleaded for action against one of the region’s greatest scourges at the start of his weeklong visit to Asia.

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  3 Andhra women not allowed Sabarimala darshan

  India | November 16, 2019 15:00 IST

  The three women who were barred today came from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. They were part of a group of pilgrims who were stopped for checking by the police at Pamba base camp.

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  Women represent 29.2% of Microsoft workforce globally

  World | November 13, 2019 10:34 IST

  In technical roles alone, Microsoft has 49 per cent more women, 48 per cent more Hispanic/Latinx, and 67 per cent more African American/Black employees than three years ago.  

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  India far ahead of US, Europe in women's tech equity

  India | November 06, 2019 23:46 IST

  Bengaluru headquartered global software major Infosys had a women employee share of 37 per cent at the end Q2, 2019-20, translating to roughly 88,446 employees.

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  Pak exporting terror, stifling women’s voices for narrow political gains: India at UNSC

  World | November 06, 2019 10:59 IST

  Tripathi pointed out that a trend in which in order to accommodate those who cannot fulfill the commitments of providing all women units to peacekeeping missions, mixed units are being given preference by diluting the policy frameworks.

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  Woman asks for money to buy liquor, gets set on fire by man

  Crime | November 02, 2019 19:40 IST

  Accused Sanjay Rajbangshi had beaten Lakshmi Karmakar with a rod on Friday night after she demanded money from him for consuming liquor, Chandannagar Police Commissioner Humayun Kabir said.

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  UP Police retrieve woman's body from funeral pyre

  India | October 28, 2019 12:21 IST

  The woman identified as Poonam died under mysterious circumstances on Sunday and on receiving information from common friends, her father Rajpal and brother Satyavir reached her home in Chola Chauki village and found her lying dead on a cot.

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  Jammu & Kashmir: Pink vehicles launched for women in Rajouri

  India | October 12, 2019 9:01 IST

  Six pink vehicles launched under 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao,' campaign in J&K's Rajouri, to mark the International Girl Child Day 2019.

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  NDRF set to induct women personnel in its news battalions

  India | September 19, 2019 11:58 IST

  The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) would induct women personnel in its new battalions within the next year, a top official said. The Union government had in 2018 made a proposal to attach women contingents to NDRF battalions in the country.

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  Afghan women determined to vote in presidential polls

  World | September 07, 2019 11:45 IST

  Activist Muqadasa Ahmadzai, 25, was a child when the Taliban ruled the country for five years from 1996. She works for women in Nangarhar, one of the most dangerous provinces where the Taliban and the Islamic State (IS) insurgent groups dominate vast territories, Efe news reported on Saturday.  

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  No-FIR in women's cases to attract FIR against UP cops

  India | August 30, 2019 12:23 IST

  Each police station in the state will have this decree pasted on notice board cautioning the station in-charge. Failure to take up complaints from women may also lead to an FIR under Section 166A of the IPC against the officers.  

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  Delhi cabinet gives 'in principle' nod to free bus travel for women

  India | August 29, 2019 17:27 IST

  The approval was given in a meeting of Delhi Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The scheme will begin from October 29, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said.