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West Bengal elections: High-pitched campaign for 152 seats in first phase ends; voting on April 23The high-pitched campaign for West Bengal's first phase of assembly elections concluded Tuesday, with the BJP and TMC clashing over elector...
Four candidates for UN secretary-general audition this week. That's far fewer than in 2016Four candidates are vying to become the next United Nations Secretary-General. This selection process unfolds in a world marked by deep div...
Women voters now India’s most decisive political force, reservation only a matter of timeWomen are increasingly influencing Indian elections. Their voter turnout has surged, surpassing men in recent polls. This electoral power i...
Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam: From the shadows to the centre stageIndia is set to implement the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, a law reserving seats for women in Parliament and state assemblies. This move a...
TN SSLC Board Results 2026 Date and Time update: When and where to download Tamil Nadu Class 10 scorecards? Check direct link, alternative websites and moreTN SSLC Class 10 results 2026: Tamil Nadu's Class 10 answer sheet evaluation has begun and results are expected on May 20, with results for...
US Elections: If Harris wins, here's whyKamala Harris Presidential Election: Analysts believe if Vice President Kamala Harris wins the election, it will be attributed to a success...
View: Gender diversity needs workThis year, 797 women candidates contested the general elections, constituting 9.6% of the total 8,337 candidates. Only 74 of them won a sea...
Global equality champion Iceland set to elect woman as presidentIceland is set to elect a woman as president for the second time. Two women, Katrin Jakobsdottir and Halla Tomasdottir, are leading in the ...
XX chromosome factor: Women voters could rewrite India's polityIt will be a transformative moment in the social fabric of India, inspired by growing empowerment of women. Over the last decade, a range o...
Women's day off: Massive women's strike in Iceland targets gender pay gap and violenceTens of thousands of women and non-binary individuals in Iceland, including Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdóttir, are organizing a historic s...
WEF recognised need to count women participation in local bodies in its gender gap report: Smriti IraniThe World Economic Forum (WEF) ranked India at 135 out of 146 countries in its Global Gender Gap (GGG) Index for 2022. India's rank has bee...
Women voting in Gujarat slips; it's better in various other statesThe female voter turnout was as high as 69.52% in the 2012 assembly polls, slid to 66.11% in 2017 and has dropped to 61.75% in the 2022 ass...
Voter gender ratio rises by 10 to 29 pts across 5 election-bound states in 5 yearsThe voter data may be a good indicator: All the five poll-going states have shown a big improvement in their gender gap ratio between the 2...
Women crucial to Joe Biden's win, even as gender gap held steadyIn Congress, the big news was significant gains for Republican women, and overall a record number of women will serve in the 117th Congress...
Women are on track to earn the same as men -- in 202 yearsThe economic opportunity gap -- based on participation, pay and advancement in the workforce -- remains the area that’ll take the longest t...
Apple says it has achieved pay equity in US"Women earn one dollar for every dollar male employees earn. And underrepresented minorities earn one dollar for every dollar white employe...
WEF: Gender parity has to be a men's issue tooIn a session on gender parity at the WEF, government and business leaders agreed that addressing gender gap has to be a men's issue too.