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On This Day, June 5: D-Day, Operation Blue Star, RFK assassination, AIDS epidemic, Marshall Plan and other key eventsOn This Day, June 5, history witnessed several defining moments across war, politics and social change. The date is associated with the D-D...
This day in history, May 30: From Joan of Arc's execution to the first Indy 500, women's pro baseball league debut and Mariner 9's launch to MarsThis day in history, May 30, has witnessed some of the world's most significant political, military, scientific and cultural developments. ...
Make her India Inc indispensable: Why women’s unpaid work and time poverty keep them out of labour marketIndian women spend significantly more time on unpaid household work than men. This time poverty limits their job opportunities and strength...
MGNREGA: Why dignity of work matters more than doles in rural welfareMGNREGA is not a dole but a dignity-based right to work that strengthens rural incomes, women’s participation and local assets. Proposed re...
Federal grants to fight child labour worldwide are axed in DOGE cutsThe Trump administration, under Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, has cancelled millions in grants aimed at combating global...
Indian American doctor's medical license revoked for harbouring 2 women as servants on low payDr. Harsha Sahni, an Indian American physician, had her medical license permanently revoked after pleading guilty to illegally recruiting a...
UK's Rishi Sunak suffers further blow as another Conservative lawmaker defects to LabourIn a stunning move just ahead of weekly prime minister's questions, Natalie Elphicke crossed the floor of the House of Commons to join the ...
View: UCC is a chance to set free DDLJ's Simran and respect Ramayan's KaikeyiPersonal laws, such as those related to marriage and divorce, treat women as powerless and in need of protection. Concepts like stridhan an...
Let 2022 be the year of sharing burden: Stressed mothers can use help in household choresMental load has been defined as the combination of cognitive labour and emotional labour.
View: Impact of pandemic on female labour force participationThe peculiar changes in rural employment over the year seem to signal distress-driven employment. Thus, the turnabout in the female LFPR sh...
Indian-American gets 188 months imprisonment for human traffickingThe 46-year-old Satish Kartan and his wife Sharmistha Barai (40) were found guilty of conspiracy to obtain forced labour and two counts of ...
Men vs women: It's 2017 - and guess who does more household chores?Gender becomes the biggest predictor of who will do what around the house when couples are in their forties.
Government to form labour room guidelines to reduce Maternal Mortality RatesUnder the Millennium Development Goal 5, the target is to reduce MMR by three quarters between 1990 and 2015.
Rent-a-husband for housework, anyone?That actual husbands do not get paid for such services could explain their legendary reluctance to bestir themselves to be useful when nece...
Now, a survey to find out how people spend their 24 hoursFocus of the survey will be women, especially since most studies simply ignore the amount of work that goes into keeping a household runnin...
Number of child labourer has declined: Government"The govt is implementing the National Child Labour Project scheme for rehabilitation of child labour since 1988 in the area of high concen...
War against caste oppression calls for fighting on multiple frontsIt is easy to change laws, even if this had become a challenge in the recent past of fractured electoral mandates. What is tough is to chan...
Escape velocity to beat the gravitational pull of povertyPeople have started brushing up on physics. If you are poor, 11.2-km-a-second (Earth) may be required to break out of the poverty trap.
- Government to quantify household works done by women in India
Government is considering quantifying values silently created by women in India and devise strategies to empower them.
Strengthen agri-nutrition linkActive public support can reverse a recent trend of worsening nutrition among the poor.