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Live Now Women don't need support, we seek respect from our peers at the workplace: Welspun's Dipali Goenka at IITM Summit
Women don't need support but all they seek is respect from heir peers at the workplace. Our peers and colleagues need to be empathetic and sensitive towards the situation of gender inequality at workplaces in India and help us change that for the better, said Dipali Goenka, CEO and Director of Welspun. She was speaking at a panel on...
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Live Now Google unveils USD 25 million in grants aimed at empowering women in India
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, on Monday, announced a range of programs and a grant of USD 25 million to nonprofits and social enterprises working on empowering girls and women. "We are today launching a global http://Google.org Impact Challenge for women and girls. We will provide USD 25 million in grants to non-profits and social enterprises doing important work to...
- 9 hrs ago
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Live Now This DU prof's book explores how boys are treated in Indian households and how that impacts their behaviour as men
Patriarchy, gender discrimination and violence against women have been talked about and discussed for years. But while a lot of focus these days is on correcting and punishing this mindset, people like Anubha Yadav believe that there should be more discourse on the root cause -- how families raise boys. That's what her latest book...
- 9 hrs ago
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Live Now India among five countries that account for half the number of child brides in the world: UNICEF
Five countries, including India, account for about half of the total child brides in the world, according to a new analysis released by the UNICEF said on the occasion of International Women's Day. According to the analysis 'COVID-19: A threat to progress against child marriage', 10 million additional child marriages may occur before the end of the...
- 10 hrs ago
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Live Now Students of Jammu and Kashmir's Kathur receive tablets for excelling Board exams
Tablets were distributed among the meritorious students -- who have excelled in board examinations -- in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district on Monday. Ten meritorious students from Billawer, Basholi, and Kathua were given the free of cost digital learning tab for support in their higher studies. The newly renovated resources centre for online classes is set up for...
- 10 hrs ago
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Live Now CBSE affiliation process for classes 1-7 in AP government schools could take at least a year
Less than two weeks after announcing that the CBSE system would be implemented for classes 1 to 7 in all government schools from 2021-22 academic year, the Andhra Pradesh government seems to have put it on hold with a top official on Monday saying obtaining accreditation would not come immediately as the process would take at least a year. The...
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Live Now Unlock AUD but don't make physical attendance mandatory: The curiously confusing demands of the SFI
Student activists affiliated with the SFI unit of Ambedkar University Delhi will conduct a protest on the university premises on Tuesday. The students are demanding that the administration reopens the university, based on the result of a survey that the organisation had conducted in early 2021. According to its results, 65 per cent of the students...
- 11 hrs ago
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Live Now Women's Day: MHA says Rs 200 cr given to states to set up women help desks in police stations
The Union home ministry on Monday said Rs 200 crore has been sanctioned to states and union territories (UTs) to set up women help desks in police stations and to strengthen anti-human trafficking units in all districts of the country. On the occasion of International Women's Day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah also said that women empowerment has always...
- 11 hrs ago
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Live Now Wearing face mask during rigorous exercise safe for healthy people, finds study
Researchers have found that wearing a face mask during vigorous exercise appears to be safe for healthy people. This suggests that masks could be worn safely to reduce COVID-19 transmission between people visiting an indoor gym. For the study, published in the European Respiratory Journal, the researchers carried out detailed testing on breathing, heart activity and...
- 11 hrs ago
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Live Now Removed from RSS-run school in UP for refusing to donate for Ram temple, alleges teacher
A teacher here has alleged that he was removed from an RSS-run school after he refused to donate Rs 1,000 for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, a charge denied by the institution. Yashwant Pratap Singh, who worked as an acharya (teacher) at Saraswati Shishu Mandir in Jagdishpur localilty, also claimed that the school has withheld his eight...
- 11 hrs ago
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