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Monday, July 28, 2025
TopicGender inequality index

Topic: Gender inequality index

India slips 28 places, ranks 140 among 156 countries in WEF’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021

PTI -
According to the report, the estimated earned income of women in India is only one-fifth of men's, which puts the country among the bottom 10 globally on this indicator.

Lack of jobs in India affects women more than men

Smriti Sharma -
In India, female labour force participation fell from 35% in 1990 to 27% in 2018.

Until 2016, India was on course to break into soft power group of 30 nations. Then it fell

Jonathan McClory -
It is systemic issues like corruption, poverty, inequality, gender inequality, and pollution that weigh on global perceptions of India.

Men are first authors in 3 times as many academic papers published in India as women

Sandhya Ramesh -
According to the first large-scale analysis of gender in Indian research publishing, the gender gap doesn’t fluctuate much between different fields.

Essential to distinguish religion from practices for Muslim women to progress

M. Hamid Ansari -
Substantive gender equality is a prerequisite for women to become active and equal partners in the creation of a humane society.

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Opinion

Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

D.K. Singh -
One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Muslims never held Akbar in high regard. Hindus made him ‘Great’

Bihar voter list revision is not anti-democratic—India can’t let illegals influence polls

Economy

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

Udit Bubna -
SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

Defence

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

National Interest

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

Shekhar Gupta -
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.

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