Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on two-day Gujarat visit from Sunday; will pay tribute to SEWA founder Ela Bhatt"Hillary Clinton will visit the SEWA reception centre in Ahmedabad between 2:45-4:00 pm and interact with its members. She will also delive...
Women's rights activist, SEWA founder Ela Bhatt passes away“It is with profound grief that we announce the passing away of our beloved and respected founder, Smt. Elaben Bhatt, a pioneer in advocati...
Noted women empowerment activist and SEWA founder Ela Bhatt passes away at 89Aside from being a noted women rights activist and lawyer, Ela Bhatt was also a Gandhian.
Poor policy behind weak pandemic fight, says Mahatma Gandhi's grandsonGandhi called for the need to reconsider the country's economic policy as the one that encouraged industrialisation and urbanisation, causi...
Would pass women quota bill when we have majority in RS: M Venkaiah NaiduNoting that gender inequality was having a serious impact on economic development, Venkaiah said focus should be on gender empowerment to e...
PM to inaugurate 3-day National Women's Parliament tomorrowThe vision of NWP is to enable and encourage social, political and economic empowerment of women in all strata of the society.
- Demonetisation has caused inconvenience at all levels: activist Ela Bhatt
Speaking at an event after releasing books on "Empowerment of home-based workers in India", "Innovative interventions to promote gender jus...
Ready to discuss AgustaWestland helicopter deal in parliament: Manmohan Singh, PMPrime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday broke his silence on the AgustaWestland helicopter deal, and said his government was willing to dis...
Ready to discuss all issues in Parliament: PM on chopper scamIt has also claimed that the government had kept Parliament in the dark over the internal probe being carried out by the Defence Ministry o...
PM hopeful of comprehensive law to deal with crimes against womenPrime Minister Manmohan Singh today hoped Parliament would "urgently" pass amendments to strengthening criminal laws in 'crimes against wom...
Amul brand builder Verghese Kurien was the maker of modern Gujarat: Ela BhattKurien brought out the cooperative energies of Gujarat for common good. Generations of Gujaratis have grown up on the strength of milk secu...
- RBI Central Board reviews economic scenario ahead of monetary policy review
Ahead of the monetary policy review later this month, Central Board of RBI met to discuss the key economic and financial developments.
- The ‘real’ truth behind Yunus’ Grameen story
The feud in Bangladesh between PM Hasina and Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank is being portrayed as a modern-day replay of the "Mahabhara...
- IITs can play major role in changing India
Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan on Sunday said that IITs can play a major role in changing India if they are more practical.
- Icrier report fails to take larger picture into account
The ICRIER report on the impact of organised retailing on the unorganised sector in India is a brilliant example of the use of research to ...
- Ruia to fund 'The Elders' group
Essar Group Chairman Shashi Ruia joins Richard Branson and Peter Gabriel to fund The Elders group.
- Human security as important as national: Ela Bhatt to CBI
The social activist in a talk called ‘Freedom and Security: Women’s View’ also put questions to the government on governance. ``Does urban ...