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Women quota in parties, EC's role for inner-party democracy: Experts suggest to One Nation One Election panelA group of experts suggested reservation for women in political parties. They want the Election Commission to oversee inner-party democracy...
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Quality of learning (teaching) is strainedA recent nationwide survey reveals significant learning gaps among Indian students, with many in Classes 6 and 9 struggling with basic comp...
13 Jul, 2025, 11.00 PM IST
"Will negotiate a fair balance," Piyush Goyal optimistic of wrapping up FTA with EU by year endIndia aims to finalize a Free Trade Agreement with the European Union by year-end. Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal sees minimal disagreement...
02 Jun, 2025, 08.04 AM IST
‘Separate rooms, budgets on film sets’. Malayalam Actress raises alarm on drug menace on movie set. Who is Sandra Thomas?Producer Sandra Thomas has ignited controversy in the Malayalam film industry by alleging widespread drug use on film sets. She claims the ...
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Just 8 per cent of women candidates in first two phases of Lok Sabha pollsLok Sabha polls reveal gender bias with low female representation. Parties delay Women's Reservation Bill implementation affecting women's ...
28 Apr, 2024, 01.40 PM IST
International Women's Day 2024: Here are easy essay and speech ideas for studentsInternational Women's Day 2024: Explore the significance of International Women's Day 2024 through essay and speech ideas for students. Top...
06 Mar, 2024, 05.11 PM IST
NCERT to bring balanced perspective of all genders in new curriculum, textbooks: Parliamentary panelThe panel had earlier recommended that to address the under-representation of women and girls in school textbooks or them being depicted on...
20 Dec, 2022, 10.50 AM IST
Different personal laws affront to nation's unity: Centre to Delhi HCIn the affidavit, the Centre also said the petition is not maintainable as formulation of the UCC is a "matter of policy", which has to be ...
08 Jan, 2022, 01.44 PM IST
BCCC asks TV channels to exercise restraint on portrayal of gender-based violenceThe BCCC advisory comes two weeks after the Union government granted statutory recognition to a self-regulatory complaint-redressal mechani...
01 Jul, 2021, 12.44 PM IST
Indian court calls for sweeping reforms to respect LGBT rightsJudge Anand Venkatesh of the Madras High Court ruled in favour of the couple, who had complained that police had subjected them to harassin...
07 Jun, 2021, 09.30 PM IST
India committed to build equal post-COVlD world for us, our daughters: Smriti Irani at UN"Women numerically constitute half of the humanity but their influence transfuses all dimensions of society, polity and economy. In India, ...
02 Oct, 2020, 09.31 AM IST
UN Chief honours Indian reformer Hansa Mehta's role in shaping Universal Declaration of Human RightsMehta's contribution, along with that of other inspirational women, although not part of the official drafting committee of the document, i...
07 Dec, 2018, 01.03 PM IST
Addressing wage gap can increase women workforce: FicciWelcoming the draft National Policy for Women 2016, industry body Ficci said addressing the wage gap and creating satisfactory working cond...
21 May, 2016, 06.48 PM IST
Gender equality key to national development: ExpertA national policy with an action plan backed by resources is the need of the hour to solve gender equality issues in the country, according...
12 Nov, 2015, 07.58 PM IST
Govt retrieves 6-year-old report ahead of talks on police reformsThe group of ministers (GoM) had examined the ARC's report on improving public order only once so far, in August 2012.
25 Feb, 2013, 04.36 AM IST
- Most public places not women friendly, activists tell government
Following the outrage over the gangrape of a 23 year old in the capital, WCD ministry today held consultations with legal experts, activist...
28 Dec, 2012, 09.20 PM IST