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- India
SC directs states, UTs to furnish updated details on prisons
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed all the states and Union territories to furnish updated details relating to jails, including the sanctioned capacity of each prison and steps taken to check…
- India
Viral video of harassment at Goa beach triggers arrest of 3 from Karnataka
Panaji: The Goa police have arrested three men from neighbouring Karnataka, days after a viral social media video showed them allegedly harassing two female foreign tourists on a beach, officials said on…
- Opinions
Bihar reels under the uncalculated increased risks in upping the number of female police personnel
Without sounding a misogynist, one needs to put the facts straight. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may boast that the appointment of 35% female constables is a move in the direction of…
- Opinions
Flexible for whom? The hidden inequalities behind women’s work in gig economy
By Shraddha Pratapa and Manisha Dhulipala Every morning at 7-00 am, Rehana logs into the Urban Company app, hopeful the algorithm will finally send her a job. Most days, she waits. Hours…
- India
Elections once again – and it’s press play on sexist slurs against women politicians
New Delhi: Elections are open season for targeting women politicians, a familiar pan-party, pan-country sexist sub-text again in play in Election 2024 with BJP’s star candidates Hema Malini and Kangana Ranaut, and…
- Hyderabad
‘Thematic polling booths’ send out a message of inclusivity
Hyderabad: The Election Commission had established 180 theme-based polling booths across 15 constituencies in Hyderabad for the Assembly elections today, November 30. The polling stations were set up to lure the voters…
