Elderly population in India expected to double by 2050: UNFPA India chiefIndia boasts a substantial youthful population, with 252 million people aged between 10 and 19 years, the UNFPA India head said. She highli...
21 Jul, 2024, 11.30 AM IST
Study reveals dire health risks for pregnant women in India amid climate changeA recent government-backed study in India highlights the escalating health risks faced by pregnant women due to climate change. Rising temp...
09 Mar, 2024, 11.46 PM IST
CBIC issues circular to encourage women participation in tradeThe CBIC issued two circulars on International Women's Day to promote women participation in trade and gender-specific infrastructure facil...
09 Mar, 2024, 08.12 PM IST
ICRIER report outlines plan for gender-sensitive land ports in IndiaThe report by ICRIER notes that presently very few women ‘users’, whether as traders, transporters or logistics operators, actually visit t...
14 Jun, 2023, 12.54 PM IST
Tata Technologies to hire 1,000 women engineers to promote gender diversityThe company has launched its gender diversity-focused hiring campaign while encouraging women to join it for engineering a better world, Ta...
30 May, 2023, 04.41 PM IST
Women faced higher levels of unemployment in 2021 due to the pandemic: ReportWomen workers paid the highest price for Covid-19.
25 Nov, 2022, 08.05 PM IST
Rajnath Singh approves revised 'scales of accommodation' for armed forces personnel; JCOs to get car garagesThe ministry said the "scales of accommodation" aimed at optimisation of defence land usage by using multi-storeyed construction and auster...
13 May, 2022, 12.33 AM IST
NDA gears up to train first batch of girl cadets from JuneAkin to their male counterparts, girls of the age group 16-and-half to 19 years will undergo three years of military training after success...
22 Mar, 2022, 05.48 PM IST
Target is to make all integrated check posts gender friendly in 3 years: LPAI's Aditya MishraAs pointed out in the NTFAP 2022-23, gender mainstreaming is the "only parameter on which India has not performed as well as its regional c...
23 Oct, 2021, 01.03 PM IST
What I want from Budget 2020: Early and regular health screening for women who remain key stakeholders in India's $5 trillion goalSuneeta Reddy of the Apollo Group feels that the Govt should close gender gaps in education.
17 Jan, 2020, 06.34 PM IST
No more menswear stores: This shopping centre is NYC sells genderless clothingThe ascent of Generation Z, Smith explained, is the moving force.
06 Dec, 2019, 06.41 PM IST
Many states became open defecation free, achieved 100 pc toilet coverage since Swachh Bharat Mission launch: Economic SurveyAs on 14 June 2019, 30 States/UTs are 100 per cent covered with individual household latrine (IHHL).
04 Jul, 2019, 02.35 PM IST
India Inc looks at wider LGBTQ inclusionGodrej India Culture Lab to help cos shape up policy for transgender people, to come out with manifesto highlighting their condition.
10 Dec, 2018, 11.49 PM IST
Most CXOs’ goals skip gender diversityShowcasing why the needle hasn’t really moved, the study said less than one-third of responding companies have gender diversity goals as pa...
28 Dec, 2017, 10.39 AM IST
IMF favors three structural reforms in IndiaDeputy Director Asia Pacific Department of IMF, Kenneth Kang, said the favorable outlook for Asia was an important opportunity for India to...
14 Oct, 2017, 09.47 AM IST
Gender parity to boost India's economic growth: IMFAs per a recent IMF study, India's GDP can expand by 27 per cent if the number of women workers increases to the same level as that of men.
15 Nov, 2015, 02.40 PM IST
Business, labour leaders ask G20 nations to stimulate growthIndia and other members of G20 bloc were asked by the international business and labour communities to unleash their potential to stimulate...
04 Sep, 2015, 08.09 PM IST