INDIA

Asiya Zaidi and Nawaz Ahmed -March 11, 2022

Safe and sound? Not yet!

Safe and sound? Not yet!

Introduction of the commissionerate system in Noida and Greater Noida has improved relations between the public and the police but commuting in overcrowded transport is a major pain point for women who live in the area. 

PTI -March 11, 2022

Gahlot assures protesting state anganwadi workers of addressing grievances soon

Gahlot assures protesting state anganwadi workers of addressing grievances soon

A day after taking over as the Women and Child Development Minister, Kailash Gahlot on Thursday assured agitating anganwadi workers of addressing their grievances soon.

Judith Mariya Antony -March 8, 2022

Covid may reappear in June: IIT Kanpur study suggests possibilities

Covid may reappear in June: IIT Kanpur study suggests possibilities

Though the average man on the street is hoping against hope that the pandemic is over,  the medical fraternity and government authorities are planning how to counter the fourth wave of Covid-19. One prediction says it will strike around 22 June and end on 24 October

PTI -March 7, 2022

Batla encounter: Delhi High Court to resume hearings

Batla encounter: Delhi High Court to resume hearings

The high court said the reference received from the trial court will be heard along with the appeal filed by Ariz Khan against capital punishment.

Jayali Wavhal -March 7, 2022

‘Transition was a matter of life and death’: Dr Aqsa Sheikh

‘Transition was a matter of life and death’: Dr Aqsa Sheikh

In this candid conversation with Jayali Wavhal, Dr Aqsa, who is also the first trans woman to head a Covid vaccination centre in India, talks about how life has been different since she transitioned.

Patriot Bureau -March 4, 2022

They dare to be different: women in male-dominated professions

They dare to be different: women in male-dominated professions

These city women have cut a trail-blazing path through professions usually dominated by men. And they’ve done it with panache  

Chander Shekhar Luthra -March 2, 2022

She came, she played, she won

She came, she played, she won

India’s sporting landscape is changing. The 15 Olympic medals won in the last century were all claimed by men. Then came Karnam Malleswari, the weightlifter who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. A glass ceiling was broken.

PTI -February 25, 2022

‘Waste-to-Art’ theme park to have statues of freedom fighters at ITO

‘Waste-to-Art’ theme park to have statues of freedom fighters at ITO

The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Thursday decided to develop Shaheedi Park at ITO to pay tribute to freedom fighters where it will install statues of 11 heroes of the ‘Freedom Movement’ under its ‘Waste-to-Art’ concept, civic officials said. These moves come ahead of civic body polls, as all the three civic bodies North, […]