Women
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NDRF set to induct women personnel in its news battalions
India | Sep 19, 2019, 11:58 AM ISTThe 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 | Sep 07, 2019, 11:45 AM ISTActivist 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 | Aug 30, 2019, 12:23 PM ISTEach 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 | Aug 29, 2019, 05:27 PM ISTThe 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.
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Woman dies after private clinic diagnoses her as 'HIV positive', CM orders probe
India | Aug 28, 2019, 04:17 PM ISTThe chief minister informed the state Assembly that the director of the health services would be asked to look into the incident and submit a report within a fortnight.The issue was raised in the Assembly by Rohru Congress MLA Mohan Lal Brakta.
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Pictures of women on matrimonial site morphed, misused in YouTube video: Marriage portal files complaint
India | Aug 02, 2019, 01:10 PM ISTIn a shocking revelation, a matrimonial website has alleged the pictures of women on the portal have been misused. In its complaint, the marriage portal has said the images of women registered on the matrimonial site have been morphed and have been used in a video on YouTube. The police have registered a case into the matter.
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Mumbai: Two women drown while swimming off Juhu beach
India | Jul 21, 2019, 09:00 PM ISTAccording to some eyewitnesses, the two allegedly disregarded warnings by locals and beach guards not to venture into the choppy sea.
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Woman set on fire by in-laws after argument over filling water
India | Jul 18, 2019, 08:19 PM ISTA 40-year-old woman was Thursday set on fire allegedly by her in-laws following an argument overfilling water from a tap located in their property, police said.
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Gujarat: Thakor community bans cellphones for unmarried women
India | Jul 16, 2019, 11:24 PM ISTMembers of the Thakor community in Gujarat's Banaskantha district have issued a diktat banning unmarried women from carrying mobile phones and fining parents of youngsters opting for inter-caste marriages. The diktat was passed "unanimously" in a meeting on July 14 by elders of the community from 12 villages in the district's Dantiwada taluka, a leader from the community said Tuesday.
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Delhi: High Court declines plea against free Metro ride for women
India | Jul 10, 2019, 02:59 PM ISTThe Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea challenging the Delhi government's proposal to make Metro ride free for women.
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Telangana woman forest official, other staff booked for abetment to suicide
India | Jul 09, 2019, 03:52 PM ISTA woman Forest Range Officer in Telangana has been booked for abetment to suicide after a boy complained to police that his father tried to kill himself after forest officials entered their agricultural land, police said.
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Supreme Court rejects plea seeking women's entry into mosques
India | Jul 08, 2019, 04:11 PM ISTA bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said: "Let a Muslim woman come and challenge it. Then we will consider."
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Three women among four Naxals killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh
India | Jul 06, 2019, 11:07 PM ISTThe encounter broke out early morning in the forest of Sendbahra village under Mechka police station limits when security forces were out on an anti-Naxal operation, Director General of Police (DGP) D M Awasthi told reporters.
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Bodies of two women found in a house in Jaitpur
India | Jun 27, 2019, 05:28 PM ISTA neighbour called the police and told them that foul smell was emanating from the house.
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Women's agricultural labour cause of malnutrition in rural India
World | Jun 26, 2019, 11:20 AM ISTIn most of rural India, women work as agricultural and family farm labourers, in addition to performing nearly all the childcare and household duties.
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After 31 days of protests, woman buried in Kerala
India | Jun 13, 2019, 12:43 PM ISTAnnamma's funeral took place with a bishop of the Mar Thoma Church leading the prayers and the parish vicar of the Thuruthikkara Jerusalem Mar Thoma Church.
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Delhi woman forges signatures, withdraws Rs 3.6 lakh from namesake's account
India | Jun 08, 2019, 08:36 AM ISTThe lady complainant, a resident of Vipin Garden in Dwarka's Uttam Nagar, alleged that someone had withdrawn Rs 3.62 lakh from her bank account.
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India asks why so few women elected to lead UNGA
World | May 01, 2019, 03:26 PM ISTIndia has called for introspection by UN members on why only four women have been elected presidents of the General Assembly in its seven decades.
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High job stress can lead to weight gain in women
Health | Jan 26, 2019, 06:16 PM ISTEfforts to reduce work-related stress can likely achieve a decrease not only in weight gain but also in the incidence of ill health, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
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New AIIMS study reveals women who consume non-veg less prone to diseases
India | Jan 24, 2019, 12:06 PM ISTFor a survey, women were divided on the bases of their dietary preferences - vegetarianism and non-vegetarianism. The findings have left researchers bewildered.