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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
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Topic: NCW

Women’s commission slaps notice on BJP MLA Sadhana Singh for her ‘transgender’ remark

Singh came under stringent criticism for calling BSP chief Maywati a 'blot on womankind' and 'worse than a transgender'.

NCW wants police to probe Jadavpur University professor who compared virginity to sealed bottle

The professor had written a post on Facebook on virginity of women which he deleted later.

NCW serves notice to Rahul Gandhi for ‘misogynistic’ remarks referring to Nirmala Sitharaman

The NCW has taken suo moto cognisance of Rahul Gandhi's remarks at a Jaipur rally where he attacked Prime Minister Modi for "running away" from the Rafale debate in Parliament.

Women’s commission welcomes passage of Triple Talaq bill in Lok Sabha

National Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Sharma said she has seen the sufferings of the Muslim women due to absence of this legislation.

Amid #MeToo storm, NCW decides to review Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act

A key issue identified by NCW is lack of an authority to ensure a proper mechanism exists to monitor implementation of law.

India’s national panels on rights & civil liberties lie vacant, toothless under Modi govt

From NHRC and NCW to child rights and information panel, several crucial commissions are headless and simply too short-staffed to perform their tasks.

Women’s commission tells govt to direct media houses to form sexual harassment committees

Over the last few days, the National Commission for Women has received a number of sexual harassment complaints against persons in print and digital media houses.

On Camera

New labour codes make India’s workforce competitive with China—and build Viksit Bharat

By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.

Data shows investments worth Rs 12 lakh cr on the ground in UP—1/3rd of commitments made since 2017

UP govt had received investment commitments of Rs 4.28 lakh crore during the investors summit in 2018, and Rs 33.5 lakh crore during the global investors summit in 2023.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.