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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
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Topic: Women

Women voters in Indian democracy: A silent revolution

Women voters in India have increased over the years and the way they vote has a strong impact on re-election outcomes, finds study.

Modi, before asking your ‘Muslim sisters’ to vote for you, uphold your Raj Dharma

About time PM Modi realises that Muslims have been demonised so thoroughly by BJP that it’s an impossible feat to make Muslims trust him.

Garden Vareli ads with three Miss Indias made the everyday saree a fashion statement

Top actresses and models – Namrata Shirodkar, Madhu Sapre, Aishwarya Rai and Lisa Ray – were a part of the ads, which gave the saree a new modern twist.

Indian liberals want to support everything Muslim, but that’s not the way to equal rights

Equal rights for Muslim or Hindu women cannot be earned from within the ambit of religion, it requires one to move out of the structure of organised religion.

Google’s algorithms discriminate against women and people of colour

The racism on Google is certainly not limited to the search result images it displays. It is also evident in its autocomplete function.

Army begins process to induct women as military police for the first time

The move comes nearly two years after Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said the armed force would begin recruiting women as jawans.

Women’s heart attack symptoms are different, and medicine needs to catch up

During a heart attack, women are more likely to present uncharacteristic symptoms. But treatment guidelines are based on data collected primarily from men.

In age of amnesia, it is easy to forget Bilkis Bano’s fight and the failure of chowkidars

As India votes, Bilkis Bano’s victory should be a stark reminder of past injustices, of politicians who tread over bodies of many like her for their aspirations.

The robots are coming and women’s work faces the greatest risk of automation

New research shows more than 70 per cent of the jobs deemed to be at high risk are held by women.

Freda Bedi, the ‘English girl married to a Punjabi’, who joined India’s freedom struggle

Andrew Whitehead writes about the revolutionary Freda Bedi, who was jailed for supporting the Indian national cause over Britain’s and later became a Buddhist nun.

On Camera

Maria Gomes feeds over 300 stray dogs. She challenges the popular image of a dog lover

Gomes cooks all day long, and undertakes two rounds: The first at 5 am, when she takes an autorickshaw around and makes 22 stops; the second at 5 pm, on her little bicycle.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

India provides Nepal with military equipment, medical supplies; PM Oli likely to visit next month

New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, trained dogs and horses to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P....

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?