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Women still bear disproportionate burden in many areas, shows NFHS-5 data

One in 10 women in the hinterland wanted ac­cess to family planning methods in 2019-20 but did not have an opportunity

Women officers appointed on board major warships: Navy chief

Women officers have been appointed on board major warships of the Indian Navy, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar said on Friday. Officials said around 28 women officers have been deployed so far in 15 major warships of the Indian Navy and the number is going to go up soon. Addressing a press conference ahead of Navy Day, Admiral Kumar said the Navy is fully prepared to induct and absorb women across a wide spectrum of roles and responsibilities in the force. "In consonance with the government of India's objective to empower women, we have taken measures towards providing additional opportunities for women officers in the Navy. Women officers have been appointed on board almost all major warships," he said. He said the modalities for downstream training of women as cadet entry at the National Defence Academy are being worked out. "The Navy is fully prepared in all aspects to induct and absorb women across the wide spectrum of roles and responsibilities," the Navy chief said

India women's football team's fighting show in vain as side loses to Chile

India displayed good fighting spirit as they went down 0-3 to Chile in their second game of the Women's International Football Tournament at the Amazon Arena in Manaus, Brazil on Monday.Striker Maria Urrutia gave Chile a first-half lead before two quickfire goals towards the end snuffed out any hopes of an Indian comeback.India made three changes to their starting line-up from the match against Brazil with M Lintoingambi Devi replacing Aditi Chauhan between the sticks and Martina Thokchom and Manisa Panna coming in for Kamala Devi and Dangmei Grace.The first chance of the match fell to the goal-scoring star of the game against Brazil, Manisha Kalyan, who met an in-swinging corner in the sixth minute but directed it straight at goalkeeper Endler.Chile then took control of the game and created their first opportunity in the 12th minute. Maria Rojas sent in a low cross from the right for Javiera Toro who made an audacious back-heel attempt to score but was thwarted by Linthoi.A minute ...

FIH Junior Women's World Cup in South Africa put on hold owing to Covid-19

The prestigious tournament was to be held in the Rainbow Nation from December 5 to 16

95% domestic workers earn less than Rs 10,000 per month, shows data

A higher proportion of women, scheduled castes, and other backward classes enrolled as domestic workers

The financial world has to rethink the way it caters to women: salt.com CEO

Shinjini Kumar, the firm's co-founder and CEO spoke to Raghu Mohan

Go Fashion sets IPO price band at Rs 655-690 per share

Go Fashion (India) Ltd, which owns women's wear brand Go Colors, on Friday said it has fixed a price band of Rs 655-690 a share for its Rs 1,014 crore initial public offering (IPO)

Modern women and their troubles

The ability for young parents to rely on the mother, mother-in-law or grandparents to bring up children is rapidly shrinking

Women's chess championship: India, Kazakh draw 1st match of Quarterfinal

India drew 2-2 against Kazakhstan in the first match of the quarterfinals of the FIDE World Women's Team Chess Championship here on Thursday. India's No.1 player D Harika drew Zhansaya Abdumalik on the top board as did R Vaishali on the second board against Dinara Saduakassova. Bhakti Kulkarni's loss to Meruert Kamalidenova on the third board was neutralised by Mary Ann Gomes on the fourth, with a fine 85-move win over Gulmira Dauletova. Harika, who had a good run in the FIDE Online Olympiad recently with 7.5 points from her nine games, could not force a win against Abdumalik. Vaishali, who has been in good form in this tournament, held higher-rated Saduakassova. Kulkarni (Elo 2149) faltered against lower-rated Kamalidenova but Gomes saved the blushes for India with a win in a marathon encounter against Dauletova. India and Kazakhstan will play the second match of the quarterfinal later tonight. In the other first matches in the quarterfinals, Russia took a big step towards a sp

Need bold leadership to end child labour, poverty, says Kailash Satyarthi

The Nobel laureate said that $52 bn can provide social protection for every child and every pregnant woman in low income countries

More female representation

Structural biases against women must be addressed

Where women took shelter from abuse, Taliban now in control

Over the past two decades, activists set up dozens of women's shelters around Afghanistan

Iceland misses out on Europe's first female-majority Parliament

Predictions failed to pan out that Jakobsdottir's coalition would struggle in face of calls from left for higher health-care spending and worries over climate change in North Atlantic island nation

Shout with anger, demand 50% reservation in judiciary: CJI to women lawyers

CJI said that it's an issue of thousands of years of suppression and women are entitled to the reservation and added, "It's a matter of right, and not a matter a charity."

SC rejects Centre's plea to delay NDA exam for women, says can't postpone

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it doesn't want women to be denied their right. The induction of women cannot be posted by one year, it said.

Social commerce firm Trell acquires Womaniya for undisclosed sum

Womaniya provides support and credible information subjects like menstrual health, child care, nutrition, fitness, and mental wellness

Ola e-scooter factory to be largest all-women plant globally: Aggarwal

Ola co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal on Monday said its electric scooter factory will be run entirely by women and employ over 10,000 women at full scale. "Aatmanirbhar Bharat requires Aatmanirbhar women! Proud to share that the Ola Futurefactory will be run ENTIRELY by women, 10,000+ at full scale! It'll be the largest all-women factory in the world!! Slightly smiling face," he said in a tweet. He also shared a video featuring the first batch of women hired to work at the facility. In a blogpost, Aggarwal said the company welcomed the first batch this week and "at full capacity, Futurefactory will employ over 10,000 women, making it the world's largest women-only factory and the only all-women automotive manufacturing facility globally". This is the first in a series of initiatives Ola is undertaking to create a more inclusive workforce and provide economic opportunities for women across the board, he added. Aggarwal said the company has invested significantly to train and upskill the

Bank of America taps new CFO, promotes three women to top roles

Alastair Borthwick, president of global commercial banking, will replace CFO Paul Donofrio next quarter, the company said Friday in an internal memo.

60% domestic workers not paid in lockdown, faced poverty, debt: Report

The 2020 lockdown and the partial state shutdowns have hurt millions of informal workers in India, with female workers bearing the brunt of the crisis

SC achieved mere 11% representation of women with great difficulty: CJI

The apex court presently has four women judges among the 33 sitting judges.