Nifty 50 firms get dismal score on gender pay parityMost Indian companies show a persistent gender pay gap, with women earning less than men. Only a small percentage of companies reported pro...
19 Aug, 2026, 12.41 AM IST
Prioritise women boxers, better bet for 2028 Olympic medal: Akhil KumarIndian women boxers are a stronger medal bet for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. They delivered record-breaking performances at the recent C...
04 Aug, 2026, 02.10 PM IST
Women lead India's higher education boom, outpace men in GERWomen now lead India's higher education enrolment, with their Gross Enrolment Ratio reaching 31.2%. This trend has solidified over three ye...
09 Jul, 2026, 01.29 PM IST
Higher education enrolment hits record 4.5 crore; Female enrolment jumps 42.2% over a decade; STEM enrolment crosses 1 croreTotal student enrollment reached a record 4.50 crore in 2023-24, showing significant growth. Women's participation rose substantially, cont...
09 Jul, 2026, 12.29 AM IST
India slips to 131st position in Global Gender Gap Index 2025India's gender parity ranking slipped to 131 out of 148 countries in the World Economic Forum's 2025 report, despite improvements in econom...
12 Jun, 2025, 11.08 AM IST
India ranks 129th on Global Gender Gap index, Iceland on top: WEFIndia dropped to 129th place in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index 2024, while Iceland retained the top spot. India ranks f...
12 Jun, 2024, 12.01 PM IST
India should vigorously pursue G20 agenda: Commonwealth Gen-SecyCommonwealth General-Secretary Patricia Scotland has urged India to prioritize gender parity and inclusive approaches in its pursuit of the...
02 Sep, 2023, 03.43 PM IST
India climbs eight places to 127 in global gender index, says WEF reportIndia has moved up eight positions to rank 127 out of 146 countries in terms of gender parity in the World Economic Forum's annual Gender G...
21 Jun, 2023, 04.08 PM IST
India ranks low at 135th for gender parity; worst for health and survival, says WEFOn the health and survival subindex, India ranked the lowest at 146th place and figured among the five countries with gender gaps larger th...
13 Jul, 2022, 04.57 PM IST
View: Solving for the almost missing women as entrepreneursWomen own only 13.76% of the enterprises and are founders of 6% of the Indian start-ups. Start-ups with at least one woman co-founder raise...
18 Nov, 2021, 09.20 PM IST
Sebi aims for real gender parity at India IncThe development comes as gender parity at the workplace is a key issue globally.
29 Sep, 2020, 02.16 PM IST
How women can bridge the large gender pay gapYour career is undeniably the biggest investment of your working life. Where the gender pay gap exists, it means that for the same work, yo...
02 Mar, 2020, 06.30 AM IST
India must promote gender parity, push exports: Amitabh KantIndia must promote gender parity and push exports to grow at 9-10 per cent annually in the next three decades, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant ...
16 Oct, 2018, 07.20 PM IST
'To achieve pay parity, understand pay practices'The American company recently announced that it had closed the wage gap between its male and female employees in India. This followed the c...
12 Feb, 2018, 11.04 PM IST
Adobe India almost achieves gender parity in salariesThe company also anticipates that there will remain no wage gap between white and non-white employees in the US. Adobe's US and India emplo...
09 Sep, 2017, 03.48 PM IST
Adobe Systems launches gender pay parity policyAdobe is working on closing the gender wage gap in the US by the end of its current fiscal year, in November, with women paid $1 for every ...
08 Sep, 2017, 12.20 AM IST
India lowest among APAC nations in women's advancement: ReportAcross the region, New Zealand had the highest overall Index score of 77, followed by Australia (76), the Philippines (72.6) and Singapore ...
07 Mar, 2015, 03.47 PM IST