INDIA
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.
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.
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
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.
‘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.
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
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.
‘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, […]
