Women
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Eating walnut linked to healthy life in women
Health | Feb 26, 2020, 04:21 PM ISTEating walnuts is one of those simple habits that can influence health during later years in life.
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Why most young women are stressed about their sex lives
Relationships | Feb 24, 2020, 05:15 PM ISTAll women completed a questionnaire that assessed their sexual wellbeing in terms of desire, arousal, responsiveness, orgasm, and self-image.
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Women, children join rally against child abuse in Chennai
News | Feb 23, 2020, 02:30 PM ISTHundreds of people took to streets to rally against child abuse in Chennai on February 23
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Budget 2020: ₹ 28,600 cr earmarked for women-related program
Business | Feb 01, 2020, 04:52 PM ISTThe first full-time woman Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget in Parliament on Saturday. In this budget, the Finance Minister proposed ₹ 28,600 allocation for programs that were specific to women.
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Task force to be set up for recommending marriageable age for women: Nirmala Sitharaman
Business | Feb 01, 2020, 01:08 PM ISTPresenting 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 | Feb 01, 2020, 08:23 AM ISTBudget 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 | Jan 28, 2020, 06:53 PM ISTAccording 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 | Dec 28, 2019, 09:19 AM ISTMaharashtra 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 | Dec 06, 2019, 11:53 PM ISTThe 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 | Dec 04, 2019, 06:44 PM ISTThe 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 | Nov 27, 2019, 09:57 AM ISTWomen'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 | Nov 25, 2019, 07:16 PM ISTWomen 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 | Nov 21, 2019, 03:27 PM ISTPope 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 | Nov 16, 2019, 03:00 PM ISTThe 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 | Nov 13, 2019, 10:34 AM ISTIn 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 | Nov 06, 2019, 11:46 PM ISTBengaluru 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 | Nov 06, 2019, 10:59 AM ISTTripathi 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 | Nov 02, 2019, 07:40 PM ISTAccused 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 | Oct 28, 2019, 12:21 PM ISTThe 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 | Oct 12, 2019, 09:01 AM ISTSix pink vehicles launched under 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao,' campaign in J&K's Rajouri, to mark the International Girl Child Day 2019.