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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicWomen doctors

Topic: women doctors

From Rashid un-Nisa to Anandibai Joshi, how women shaped India’s literary history

A seminar organised by the All India Women’s Conference paid tribute to the 'literary mothers' and pioneers who chronicled the female experience.

First woman chief of AIIMS is ready to speak of Indira Gandhi, VIP culture & anti-Sikh riots

Sneh Bhargava took over as AIIMS director the day Indira Gandhi was assassinated. At 95, she’s released her memoir, still wears heels, and recounts being asked, “How will a woman run AIIMS?”

Action plan to check violence, create safe conditions for doctors: SC’s mandate to National Task Force

SC nominates senior medical professionals from diverse backgrounds as NTF members, directs them to give interim report within next three weeks.

I am a woman doctor and I was taught to keep quiet. Kolkata rape shattered my bubble

We kept quiet because of the fear of upsetting our higher-ups, who could fail us in our training exams. We kept quiet because our female seniors had been one lucky moment away from getting raped.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.