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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
TopicWomen empowerment

Topic: women empowerment

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot says ‘ghoonghat’ custom must be abolished to empower women

CM Ashok Gehlot said women will be able to come forward and play a constructive role in nation-building only when they are not forced to cover their faces.

Defeating our weakness our duty, PM Modi says on Dussehra

PM Modi called for taking forward women empowerment, protecting their dignity while also pitching for conserving energy, avoiding single-use plastic, reducing food wastage.

RSS chief Bhagwat says men can hunt & do labour, not balance household with work like women

On women empowerment, Mohan Bhagwat says it will only happen through women, and men shouldn’t think they know better.

BJP hands a job list to its women MPs — demand 3-hour work for ‘homemakers’

BJP’s wishlist for empowerment of women and protection of transgenders has come in the form of an agenda document given to its 34 women MPs.

Women with more socially aware female friends bring up daughters better: World Bank study

Study concludes that women with socially aware friends feed their daughters a more protein-rich diet and give them fewer household chores.

In first public address, Priyanka Vadra places women before men

Congress colleagues say it's deliberate attempt to woo women voters who constitute over 48 per cent of the total electorate.

Rahul Gandhi promises to get women’s quota bill passed if Congress comes to power in 2019

Congress president accuses Modi govt of making country insecure for women, says its not paying attention to the bill.

In exchange of letters, govt seeks Congress support to pass bills on women empowerment

For women empowerment, govt seeks Congress support on bills like instant triple talaq and nikah halala, besides reservation.

Essential to distinguish religion from practices for Muslim women to progress

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

Qandeel Baloch was right, Pakistan will never have another diva like her

Qandeel Baloch she was not afraid to call out the hypocrisy of the society she lived in. Sanam Meher, in this excerpt from her book 'The Sensational Life and Death of Qandeel Baloch' talks of the fierce Pakistani actor.

On Camera

The politics of air pollution—how they are fooling the citizens

Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.

India’s Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code is struggling to deliver. It’ll take a decade to clear backlog

The Centre is considering an increase in the National Company Law Tribunal's bench capacity, while the Standing Committee of Finance suggests fast-track courts. 

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.