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37% Delhi women drinking more alcohol since Covid pandemic, shows survey

Over 37 per cent of women in Delhi believe that their alcohol consumption has increased in the last three years, indicating the impact of the pandemic on alcohol habits, a survey has claimed. Over 45 per cent women said that the reason for their increased drinking frequency was stress, the survey said. The survey conducted by the Community against Drunken Driving (CADD), an NGO, cited the pandemic, the ensuing lockdown, increased availability of alcohol, and changed expenditure pattern, as factors that contributed to the increased drinking among women. Out of the 5,000 women surveyed, 37.6 per cent of women agreed that their alcohol consumption has increased, the CADD said in a statement. "42.3 per cent women considered their increase more sporadic and occasion-based. Respondents also agreed that many were also trying to make up for lost time, since early 2022 when things started opening up and thus alcohol was being had on more occasions and in more quantities," the statement ...

Kejriwal inaugurates four Mahila Mohalla Clinics exclusively for women

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday inaugurated four Mahila Mohalla Clinics, developed as special primary healthcare facilities exclusively for women

How digitisation and access to the internet are leaving Indian women behind

The pandemic reinforced the importance of access to mobile and mobile internet for information, healthcare, education as well as e-commerce, financial services and income-generation opportunities

IndusInd Bank secures Rs 1,243 cr from DFC for giving micro loans to women

IndusInd Bank on Friday said it has secured a loan of over Rs 1,243 crore from the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) for expanding the bank's microfinance lending to women in select states. IndusInd Bank has executed a commitment letter with the United States International Development Finance Corporation for the loan worth USD 150 million, IndusInd Bank said in a release. The private sector lender plans to use the proceeds to expand its microfinance lending to women borrowers in rural communities of Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The bank said it aims to boost access to finance for women borrowers under this programme. It will also help in uplifting the livelihoods of these women and their families, IndusInd Bank said. This project advances DFC and the bank's commitment to economically empower women customers. Asserting its commitment towards financial inclusion and making credit available to large swathes of unbanked and underbanked in the ...

Diversity in India Inc: Sexual harassment plaints below pre-pandemic levels

This four-part series examines diversity, equity, and inclusion in Corporate India. Part 3 examines sexual harassment in the age of remote work - and the absence of awareness

Diversity in India Inc: Women got only 21 out of every 100 new jobs in FY22

This is the second of a four-part series examining diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in corporate India. Part 2 looks at a decline in the representation of women in the workforce

Nicotine in 1 cigarette stops women's brains from producing estrogen: Study

This may explain a variety of behavioural differences in smokers, including the reason why women have a higher resistance to quitting than males.

Best of BS Opinion: Chinese chequers on the LAC, women on boards, and more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

Behind the good wife

Gandhi's great-grandson recreates Kasturba's life from her diary and presents a woman bound by a patriarchal society but hardly a doormat

Fighting for dignity: 'Iranian women are furious' over headscarf death

The tears come quickly to Masih Alinejad when she talks about the messages she's received in recent days from women in Iran protesting against their government after a young woman died in police custody over a violation of the country's strict religious dress code. They talk about the risks, possibly fatal ones, in facing off against government forces that have a long history of cracking down on dissent. They share stories of saying goodbye to their parents, possibly for the last time. They send videos of confrontations with police, of women removing their state-mandated head coverings and cutting their hair. I feel the anger of people right now through their text messages, Alinejad told The Associated Press in New York City, where the 46-year-old opposition activist and writer in exile has lived since fleeing Iran following the 2009 election. They have been ignored for years and years, she said. That is why they are angry. Iranian women are furious now. The spur for this latest .

Outgoing judge Indira Banerjee hopes appointment of more women in SC

Outgoing senior woman Supreme Court judge Justice Indira Banerjee Friday hoped that more women would be appointed as judges of the top judiciary in the coming days. Justice Banerjee, who is the fifth senior-most judge in the apex court would be demitting office after serving for over four years. Besides her, other women judges in the apex court are Justices Hima Kohli, B.V. Nagarathna, and Bela M Trivedi. Justice Banerjee was the eighth woman judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court and now with her retirement, there would be three women judges in the apex court. The Supreme Court, which came into being on January 26, 1950, has seen very few women judges since its inception and in the last over 72 years -- only 11, starting with Justice M Fathima Beevi in 1989. Other female judges appointed to the apex court were -- Justices Sujata V Manohar, Ruma Pal, Gyan Sudha Misra, Ranjana P Desai, R Banumathi, and Indu Malhotra. On the last working day, Justice Banerjee shared the ceremon

Women of new India breaking the glass ceiling, lakhs blessing me today: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said he enjoys the blessings of lakhs of mothers and described women as his biggest strength and inspiration. Addressing a convention of self-help groups at Karahal in Sheopur district after releasing three of the eight cheetahs flown in from Namibia earlier in the day into a special enclosure at the Kuno National Park, PM Modi said his mother would be very much pleased with the outpouring of blessings from women. The prime minister said if he is not occupied with anything important he prefers to celebrate his birthday with his mother, who lives in Gandhinagar, to seek her blessings. PM Modi also said normally he doesn't remember his birthday, but on Saturday he was blessed by lakhs of women, which will make his mother very happy. Just now, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar spoke about my birthday. Normally, I don't remember it. If not engaged with anything important I prefer to seek

Women may be more emotional, shouldn't be apologetic: Justice Asha Menon

Delhi High Court judge, Justice Asha Menon Friday said many times women are overwhelmed by a situation and maybe more emotional but they should not be apologetic about it. Many a time we are overwhelmed by a situation which is more emotional and very difficult to handle. Probably as a woman we may be more emotional. I don't find we should be apologetic because we are made with steel, ultimately, women, so I would always salute all strong women," the lady judge said. Justice Menon, who demitted the office on Friday, was speaking at the farewell programme organised by the high court. Justice Menon, who will turn 62 on Saturday, made the statement while recalling an old incident when she was a judicial officer at Tis Hazari District Court here. She said earlier she wanted to take a transfer from Tis Hazari court to another court near her home to take care of her son, who was a year old and was having some health issues. She said one day after taking her son to a doctor, she held the

Amazon, Apple to provide digital training to women in Indo-Pacific

The program, undertaken within the broader 14-nation Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, is focused on Brunei, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

Educated women are risk to Hungary's future says government study

As per the study, highly educated women tend to be more picky than men about the educational status of their spouses

Think what can we do for women workforce, says Prime Minister Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday India could achieve targeted results, in line with Vision 2047, by making right use of women power. Delivering his inaugural address via a video link, at the two-day conference of labour ministers and secretaries of states and Union Territories here, the PM said, We have to think what more can we do for our women workforce, particularly in the emerging sectors. We can make good use of the women power by adopting flexible work hours, which is the future need. Noting that India lagged behind in deriving benefits of the first three Industrial Revolutions, Narendra Modi said quick decisions need to be taken, and also implemented fast, so that the country took advantage of the ongoing fourth Industrial Revolution. We have to get ready fast, he said. Referring to the growth of online services, Modi said right policies and efforts would make India a global leader in the domain. The Prime Minister said the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Schem

'Anthropologically, gods don't belong to upper caste,' says JNU VC

Amid a slew of caste-related violence in the country, JNU Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit on Monday said anthropologically gods do not belong to the upper caste and that even Lord Shiva could be from scheduled caste or tribe. Delivering the Dr B R Ambedkar Lecture Series titled 'Dr B R Ambedkar's Thoughts on Gender Justice: Decoding the Uniform Civil Code', she also said the "status of shudras given to women in Manusmriti" makes it extraordinarily regressive. "Let me tell all women that all women according to Manusmriti are shudras so no woman can claim she is a brahmin or anything else and it is only by marriage that you get the husband or father's caste on you. I think this is something which is extraordinarily regressive," she said. Taking about the recent caste violence involving a nine-year-old Dalit boy, she said that no god belonged to the upper caste. "Most of you should know the origins of our gods anthropologically. No god is a brahmin, the highest is a ...

Cong should reprimand Priyank Kharge for demeaning remarks on women: BJP

If a woman from Karnataka wants a job, she will have to get on to the couch and men can land a job only by paying a bribe, Priyank Kharge had alleged hitting out at the BJP dispensation in Karnataka

Women will be inducted in Maharashtra Cabinet in next expansion: Fadnavis

Fadnavis said in Mumbai, There will be women in next cabinet expansion for sure. Earlier, people were critical of us for delay in the cabinet expansion, but now they have come up with something new

450+ women workers get bicycles under power the pedal campaign: Greenpeace

In a bid to empower women from low-income groups, Greenpeace India has delivered bicycles to over 450 women labourers in Delhi and Bengaluru as part of the 'power the pedal' campaign