women
- India
50% of women aged 15-24 still use cloth for menstrual protection: NFHS-5
New Delhi: About 50 percent of women aged 15-24 years still use cloth for menstrual protection, according to the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) report, with experts attributing it to a…
- India
Railway launches ‘baby berths’ for passengers travelling with kids
New Delhi: To make train journey more comfortable for women passengers travelling with infants, the railways has fitted foldable “baby berths” on the side of lower main berths of the Lucknow Mail…
- Telangana
Telangana has highest number of working women in India: NFHS report
Hyderabad: According to The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) report, Telangana state has the highest population of working women in India. NFHS shows that about 38.6 percent of women work in Telangana.…
- Opinions
Rape is always the rapist’s fault
Syeda Ruqia Zaidi When people think of rape, they might picture an unknown person attacking someone. But the reality is that more than half of all people who are raped know the…
- India
25% women aged 18-29, 15% men aged 21-29 married before reaching legal age: NFHS-5
New Delhi: About 25 per cent of women aged 18-29 and 15 per cent of men aged 21-29 got married before reaching the minimum legal age of marriage, according to the latest…
- Telangana
Telangana: only 16 police stations for women in the state
Hyderabad: Telangana has only 16 police stations dedicated to serving and addressing women’s issues. According to the Data on Police Organizations (DoPO) released by the Union Home Ministry’s Bureau of Police Research…
- India
Monkey menace in Karnataka; single women targeted
Uttara Kannada: In a rare incident, authorities and residents of Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district are struggling to trap a monkey which has attacked more than 10 single women. The menace has become unbearable…
- Entertainment
‘Lock Upp’: Saisha Shinde says trans women are stripped publicly to prove their gender
Mumbai: The reality show ‘Lock Upp’ hosted by Kangana Ranaut keeps throwing up stories that tug at the heart strings of the audience. One such story was shared by Saisha Shinde, who…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Widows, single women living in extreme poverty in old city, reveals survey
Hyderabad: Widows, divorced and abandoned women are living in extreme poverty in the old city of Hyderabad. Their male children are doing daily wage jobs after dropping out of school. As per…
- India
Yogi govt withdraws decision to post women as PS to ministers
Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has withdrawn its decision to post women employees as private secretaries (PS), assistant PS, review officers (RO), and assistant ROs with the newly-appointed ministers.…
- India
Participation of women in Parliament much less than desired: CEC
New Delhi: Stating that the first Lok Sabha had 15 women MPs while the 17th Lok Sabha had 78, Chief Election Commissioner, Sushil Chandra on Saturday rued the fact that the participation of…
- Health
Study finds origins of diabetes may diff in men, women
Ottawa: Researchers have looked at how fat tissue from different parts of the body may lead to diabetes onset in men and women. The findings of the study were published in the…
- Delhi
All-women gang of robbers busted in Delhi, 4 held
New Delhi: Delhi Police have arrested four women, who had forcibly robbed a 25-year-old man in the Dwarka area of the national capital, an official said on Wednesday. The accused have been…
- Lifestyle
Study explores challenge of humour in workplace for women
Washington: New research at the University of Missouri shows that using humour in the workplace is more challenging for women than men and can depend on a variety of factors, such as…
- Hyderabad
TRS MLC Kavitha advises employers to hire more women
Hyderabad: TRS MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha advised employers to hire more women keeping in mind that the pandemic affected them more and it led to many women not coming back to the workspace.…
