Gender

New Delhi: Madhabi Puri Buch has been appointed as the new chairperson of market regulator SEBI, making her the first woman chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India. Buch…

Meramandali: Continuing its journey of inclusivity, Tata Steel Meramandali (TSM), Dhenkanal, has deployed four female operators as Stacker-cum Reclaimers (SCR) in its raw material handling…

New Delhi: Growing protests over unfair discrimination has forced State Bank of India (SBI) to temporarily withdraw a controversial circular which deemed pregnant women ‘unfit’ for…

New Delhi: According to the State Bank of India (SBI), women who are over three-month pregnant are 'temporarily unfit. Not surprisingly,  the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has issued a…

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday passed a proposal to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years, the same as men. Following the Cabinet’s approval, the…

New Delhi: Teachers in Kerala have rejected to follow the sari dress code and the Higher Education Minister of the state, Dr R Bindu, also thinks so. One cannot mandate teachers in higher…

Lucknow: In a landmark decision, the married daughter of a government official who dies during his service will now be entitled to government jobs from the deceased dependent quota in Uttar…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has the second-highest rate of crime against women and girls in the country. Gender-based atrocities reached an alarming high during the COVID-19 pandemic. Quoting the…

New Delhi: Moral policing around what women should wear and how dressing up by women should be portrayed seems to have become the order of the day with a string of ads being withdrawn almost…

Kabul: The trailblazers of women's rights in Afghanistan, more than 220 female Afghan judges are in hiding due to fear of retribution under Taliban rule. Some former female judges are in…