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Women marching ahead in all areas with determination: President Murmu

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday said women are today marching forward in all areas with determination and hard work. Women are excelling in every field, be it guarding the country's borders or flying aircraft, and they are making the country proud, she said in an address at a civic reception hosted in her honour at the Punjab Raj Bhavan here. "Our daughters are marching forward in all areas with determination...they are excelling in every field. From guarding the country's borders to being fighter plane pilots, and from being entrepreneurs to IAS and IPS officers, and doctors They are moving ahead in all fields," Murmu said. Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit also spoke on the occasion. Earlier in the afternoon, the President graced the 90th anniversary celebrations of the Indian Air Force at Sukhna lake. She said a batch of 175 trainees of IAS had come to the Rashtrapati Bhavan and 52 of them were women. Murmu referred to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's contrib

Women farmers are helping transition to natural farming in Andhra Pradesh

The state's natural farming programme must ensure that women are empowered as they move to cleaner, greener farming, and do not just become a means to an end

PM lauds collective commitment of all Indians to strengthen Nari Shakti

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded the collective commitments of 130 crore Indians to strengthen Nari Shakti, stated Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Wednesday

Inclusive roads: New batch of women cab drivers starts training in Delhi

In all, 450 applications received so far for driving lessons

Miles to go to fulfil PM Modi's Nari Shakti pledge for India in 2047

The rising share of women in the police force and aviation are among the few sunshine areas in a landscape of low, slow, or declining progress of women

PM Modi urges all to respect women, support Nari Shakti in I-Day speech

Addressing the nation for the ninth time from the historic ramparts of Red Fort on the occasion of Independence Day, PM Narendra Modi called for a 'change in the mentality' towards the woman

Rajasthan: Churu administration launches 'Computer Sakhi' for rural women

With an aim to empower rural women, the Churu district administration has launched 'Computer Sakhi' to train about 70,000 people for basic programmes and internet.

Progressive advertisements have positive impact on business, says ASCI

The GenderNext study found that a majority of mainstream advertising continues to use non-aspirational portrayals of women.

There is an unconscious bias in many industries, companies: Katrina Fotovat

Katrina Fotovat is looking to help support women entrepreneurs and women employees to help better shape their own and their community's economic future

To empower women, handicraft centres provide training in J&K's Pulwama

Women here are encouraged to learn abilities such as embroidery, crewel, tailoring, and stitching through the government's special skill development programs

India at forefront of uplifting and empowering women: Smriti Irani at UN

Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani said that India has been at the forefront of uplifting and empowering women at the socio-economic and political front

BJP leaders hail Karnataka HC hijab verdict, says it will empower women

Several BJP leaders on Tuesday hailed the Karnataka HC order upholding the ban on wearing hijab in schools, saying the entire debate on the issue should be seen from the context of women empowerment

India's gender empowerment enigma

The troubling resistance to criminalising marital rape neatly encapsulates the concerns of a violently patriarchal society

At UNSC, India highlights govt initiatives like Mudra to empower women

Highlighting the initiatives taken by the Indian government for women empowerment, India on Tuesday said it offers a unique template for gender-sensitive governance and equal access to education

Pakistan launches national gender policy framework to empower women

Pakistan on Tuesday launched the country's National Gender Policy Framework, an initiative aiming to empower women across the nation and intensify the gender's participation in the public sphere.

Nita Ambani launches women empowerment platform 'Her Circle' in Hindi

Founder-Chairperson of Reliance Foundation, Nita Ambani, on Tuesday announced the expansion of women empowerment platform 'Her Circle' into multilingual space, with the launch of its Hindi app.

Women's Day: Meet three entrepreneurs on a mission to empower women at work

International Women's Day: We spoke to three women whose enterprises have inculcated a strong sense of responsibility that helps their women staff get fair pay and an equitable working environment

Govt will keep focusing on women empowerment with emphasis on dignity: PM

Modi lauded Indian women's achievements on International Women's Day on Tuesday, and said his government will keep focusing on women empowerment.

Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon to adapt NFTs into movies, TV Shows

Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine has partnered with World of Women (WoW), the NFT collective, for the adaptations of non-fungible tokens

Raising women's marriage age will enable girls to become self reliant: PM

PM Modi on Wednesday said that the purpose for raising the age of marriage for girls from 18 to 21 years has been proposed to empower 'desh ki beti' so that they get enough time to complete education