Curtains down on Assam's high-voltage campaign for April 9 assembly pollsThe campaign for the Assam Assembly elections has ended. Voters will decide the fate of 722 candidates on April 9. The BJP and Congress tra...
07 Apr, 2026, 05.50 PM IST
Pakistan's population crisis deepens as experts warn of national collapsePakistan is on the brink of a demographic disaster, experts cautioned at the conclusion of the Pakistan Population Summit on Tuesday, warni...
03 Dec, 2025, 03.33 PM IST
At UN, India tears into Pakistan over 1971 genocidal assault of 400,000 women, calls its Kashmir tirade ‘delusional’India has strongly criticized Pakistan at the United Nations Security Council. India highlighted Pakistan's past actions, including the 197...
07 Oct, 2025, 06.53 PM IST
Pakistan's gender gap index hits rock bottom, second worst globallyWomen's rights activists have issued impassioned pleas for both state and societal commitment to address gender disparities effectively.soc...
07 Jul, 2024, 06.40 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
Bangladesh: Now for political successBangladesh is more than Pakistan's defeat, both as an army and as an idea. The idea that died was that a nation could be built on the basis...
19 Dec, 2021, 11.29 PM IST
India slips to 112th place on gender gap; in bottom-5 on health, economic frontsIndia ranked a lowly 112, which is a four-places slip compared to last year's ranking. The ranking is majorly based on gender gap and gende...
17 Dec, 2019, 09.51 AM IST
Vigorous campaign to be launched against child marriage, dowry: Nitish KumarHe exhorted that the temple should play an active role in propagating against social evils like dowry and child marriage among devotees.
29 May, 2017, 08.45 PM IST
Give peace a chance, imperative for dialogue & development: Mehbooba MuftiThe Chief Minister said the govt has planned a major developmental programme for the state and asked the people to extend their cooperation...
27 Dec, 2016, 02.33 PM IST
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif terms honor killing a "stain" on countryNawaz Sharif termed 'honour killing' a blot on the society as he met Pakistan's first Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Ch...
15 Feb, 2016, 07.30 PM IST
India up five slots but still 130th on HDIIndia ranked a lowly 130 in the HDI even if up from last year's 135 in the list of 188 nations, thanks to higher life expectancy and gross ...
15 Dec, 2015, 01.04 PM IST
Nawaz Sharif leaves for US to attend UNGA annual sessionOn the sidelines of the session, Sharif will attend global leaders meeting on gender equality and women empowerment organised by China and ...
22 Sep, 2015, 03.43 PM IST
- India improves position to 105th on global gender gap index
India has moved up 8 points to 105th position in the global Gender Gap Index of 135 countries for 2012, from 113th position in the previous...
24 Oct, 2012, 06.43 PM IST
- India ranked at 115 on women empowerment scale: Survey
India has been ranked at a poor 115 by a global survey which looked into the level of economical empowerment of women in 128 countries.
16 Oct, 2012, 03.58 PM IST
- India, US to discuss key regional issues at Strategic Dialogue
India and the US are set to discuss a range of key issues like Pakistan and Afghanistan at their third Strategic Dialogue.
13 Jun, 2012, 02.18 PM IST
- India slips a notch on gender index
India slipped a notch to 114th rank, out of 134 countries, in the latest Gender Gap Review of the World Economic Forum (WEF) released on Mo...
10 Nov, 2009, 05.01 AM IST
- Renuka for un-biased microfinance
SAARC countries should adopt gender-friendly lending system to aid in economic empowerment of women, says Renuka Chowdhury.
27 Jul, 2007, 09.18 PM IST