[ad_1] Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: While pitching National Pension System as an attractive investment option, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman Wednesday sought broadening its coverage, with a special focus on gig and platform workers & women, and suggested that its best get subscribers when they are young so that the full […]
[ad_1] US defense secretary Pete Hegseth (Pic credit: AP) US defense secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday announced new directives for the military, including implementing gender-neutral physical fitness standards and eliminating what he described as “woke” culture from the armed forces. The announcement came during an in-person meeting with military officials at the Marine Corps base […]
[ad_1] Two women lost their lives on Saturday while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the UK on a makeshift boat carrying other migrants, French officials said. Rescuers found the women in cardiac arrest but were unable to save them. A couple and their child suffering from hypothermia were taken to a […]
[ad_1] An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shoved a woman into a wall and then pushed her to the ground at a New York City immigration courthouse has been “relieved of his current duties,” an ICE official said Friday, CNN reported.The incident, captured on video Thursday, has drawn widespread outrage as families across the […]
[ad_1] Martha Alicia Mendez Aguilar, known as “La Diabla,” a high-ranking member of Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), was arrested on 2 September 2025 in Ciudad Juárez during a joint US-Mexican operation. She is accused of running a horrific trafficking ring targeting impoverished pregnant women, luring them to remote locations under false pretences, and […]
[ad_1] Displaced Palestinians flee northern Gaza Strip as they walk carrying their belongings along the coastal road, near Wadi Gaza Israeli strikes across Gaza on Wednesday left more than 80 Palestinians dead, in one of the heaviest tolls reported in recent weeks, as per BBC. Hospitals in Gaza City said most of the victims were […]
[ad_1] Image used for representative purposes The Taliban government is purging books written by women from Afghanistan’s male-only university system and outlawing gender studies courses, the latest blows in a campaign against women’s rights since the group returned to power four years ago.More than 600 books, many of them written by women, were included in […]
[ad_1] Three French women including a niece of notorious jihadist propagandists went on trial on Monday, accused of travelling to the Middle East to join the Islamic State group and taking their eight children with them.One of the women is Jennyfer Clain, a 34-year-old niece of Jean-Michel and Fabien Clain, who claimed responsibility on behalf […]
[ad_1] At the 2022 NCAA swimming championships, Riley Gaines finished in a tie for fifth place with Lia Thomas in the 200-yard freestyle. Just a day earlier, Thomas made history by winning the 500-yard freestyle as the first openly transgender Division I champion. Gaines later said she was surprised by the tie and frustrated when […]
[ad_1] Purbi Singhbhum, September 5 (Udaipur Kiran) — In a major step towards empowering women and recognizing their contribution to the workforce, Tata Motors has handed over the complete operations of its LP Trim Line (Fitment Line) at Plant 3 to women employees. The inauguration took place on Friday in the presence of Plant Head […]
