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10 Safest Destinations In India For Solo Women Travellers
Travelling as a solo woman in India is about confidence, awareness, and choosing the right destinations.
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Woman Confronted In-Laws Over Husband's Alleged Affair, Beaten Up: UP Cops
A woman has filed a case against her husband and seven in-laws, alleging mental and physical abuse after she complained to them about her husband's refusal to engage in a physical relationship since their marriage a year and a half ago, police said o
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"Revolutionary": K Kavitha, In London, On India Passing Women's Quota Bill
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Kavitha Kalvakuntla, a staunch advocate for women's rights, voiced her optimism about a brighter future for women after the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill 2023 in parliament.
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National Girl Child Day 2023: Date, History And Significance Of The Day
National Girl Child Day is observed every year in India on January 24 to promote awareness about the rights of a girl child and to promote the importance of their education, health, and nutrition.
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Gang-Rape With Iron Rod, Said Women's Rights Officer; Made Up, Say UP Cops
Ghaziabad Gang-Rape: A Delhi woman's alleged gang-rape and torture in Ghaziabad has turned out to be a story "cooked up" to frame some men in a property feud, the police claim. The woman allegedly also paid some associates to "publicise" the case.
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India, UK Ask Taliban To Allow Afghan Girls To Return To Secondary School
India and UK have expressed their serious concern about the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, violations of human rights and the hampered access of girls and women to education, a joint statement said.
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International Womens Day 2022: Know About This Day That Honours The Achievements Of Women And Promotes Their Rights
The United Nations declared March 8 as International Women’s Day in 1975
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No Conspiracy, Foreign Funding In Inter-Faith Marriages, Say Kanpur Cops
Eleven of 14 inter-faith marriages in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, involved criminality, but there is no evidence of conspiracy or foreign funding, the Kanpur police have said, contradicting claims about the so-called "love jihad". Over the past months, Chief Ministers of several BJP-ruled states have promised to bring laws to combat "love jihad" -- a te...
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Triple Talaq Cases Dropped By 82% Since Law Against It Came Into Force: Minister
There has been about 82 per cent decline in triple talaq cases since the law against the "social evil" was put in place, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Wednesday, terming August 1, when the legislation came into being as, "Muslim women's rights day".
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World Population Day 2020: Focus On "Health, Rights Of Women And Girls"
World Population Day: "How to safeguard the health and rights of women and girls now" amid the pandemic is the theme of this year's World Population Day. Dr Natalie Kanem, Executive Director, UNFPA, wrote on Twitter, "In times of crisis, protecting sexual and reproductive health and rights is imperative...".
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Human Rights Global Buzzword After Article 370 Removed: Finance Minister
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir denied the women from the state inheritance rights and this was a "serious human rights violation" that no one spoke about but human rights has become a "global buzzword" following the revocation of the temporary constitutional provision.
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India Shreds Pakistan For "Weaponising" Women's Rights Issues At UN
India has slammed Pakistan for "weaponising" women's rights issues for self-serving political gains in Jammu and Kashmir, saying it is ironical that a country where violations of women's right to life in the name of "honour" go unpunished, is making "baseless" statements about it in India.
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UP Cop Speechless As Class 11 Student Asks Tough Questions On Unnao Case
Under national scrutiny over its poor handling of a teen rape survivor's case against a BJP lawmaker, the Uttar Pradesh police on Wednesdaydelivered a lecture to students about women's safety only to end up being schooled.
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On Triple Talaq Bill, Government, Opposition Clash Again: 10 Points
A fresh bill to outlaw the Muslim practice of a man divorcing his wife instantly by uttering "talaq" thrice, which got stalled in the upper house of parliament and lapsed, was introduced in the Lok Sabha today. The government countered the opposition's charge that it was a "discriminatory" bill by pointing out that the Supreme Court's order ...
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Indian Girl Students Fight To Stay Out After Dark: Foreign Media
Late one night in the fall, about 200 female students in Bhopal, a city in central India, held a rare demonstration on their college's basketball court. Their very presence there was an act of protest: Women were not allowed to be outside their dormitories after dark, just one of many restrictions on their movement.
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10 Safest Destinations In India For Solo Women Travellers
Travelling as a solo woman in India is about confidence, awareness, and choosing the right destinations.
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Woman Confronted In-Laws Over Husband's Alleged Affair, Beaten Up: UP Cops
A woman has filed a case against her husband and seven in-laws, alleging mental and physical abuse after she complained to them about her husband's refusal to engage in a physical relationship since their marriage a year and a half ago, police said o
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"Revolutionary": K Kavitha, In London, On India Passing Women's Quota Bill
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Kavitha Kalvakuntla, a staunch advocate for women's rights, voiced her optimism about a brighter future for women after the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill 2023 in parliament.
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National Girl Child Day 2023: Date, History And Significance Of The Day
National Girl Child Day is observed every year in India on January 24 to promote awareness about the rights of a girl child and to promote the importance of their education, health, and nutrition.
-
Gang-Rape With Iron Rod, Said Women's Rights Officer; Made Up, Say UP Cops
Ghaziabad Gang-Rape: A Delhi woman's alleged gang-rape and torture in Ghaziabad has turned out to be a story "cooked up" to frame some men in a property feud, the police claim. The woman allegedly also paid some associates to "publicise" the case.
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India, UK Ask Taliban To Allow Afghan Girls To Return To Secondary School
India and UK have expressed their serious concern about the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, violations of human rights and the hampered access of girls and women to education, a joint statement said.
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International Womens Day 2022: Know About This Day That Honours The Achievements Of Women And Promotes Their Rights
The United Nations declared March 8 as International Women’s Day in 1975
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No Conspiracy, Foreign Funding In Inter-Faith Marriages, Say Kanpur Cops
Eleven of 14 inter-faith marriages in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, involved criminality, but there is no evidence of conspiracy or foreign funding, the Kanpur police have said, contradicting claims about the so-called "love jihad". Over the past months, Chief Ministers of several BJP-ruled states have promised to bring laws to combat "love jihad" -- a te...
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Triple Talaq Cases Dropped By 82% Since Law Against It Came Into Force: Minister
There has been about 82 per cent decline in triple talaq cases since the law against the "social evil" was put in place, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Wednesday, terming August 1, when the legislation came into being as, "Muslim women's rights day".
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World Population Day 2020: Focus On "Health, Rights Of Women And Girls"
World Population Day: "How to safeguard the health and rights of women and girls now" amid the pandemic is the theme of this year's World Population Day. Dr Natalie Kanem, Executive Director, UNFPA, wrote on Twitter, "In times of crisis, protecting sexual and reproductive health and rights is imperative...".
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Human Rights Global Buzzword After Article 370 Removed: Finance Minister
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir denied the women from the state inheritance rights and this was a "serious human rights violation" that no one spoke about but human rights has become a "global buzzword" following the revocation of the temporary constitutional provision.
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India Shreds Pakistan For "Weaponising" Women's Rights Issues At UN
India has slammed Pakistan for "weaponising" women's rights issues for self-serving political gains in Jammu and Kashmir, saying it is ironical that a country where violations of women's right to life in the name of "honour" go unpunished, is making "baseless" statements about it in India.
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UP Cop Speechless As Class 11 Student Asks Tough Questions On Unnao Case
Under national scrutiny over its poor handling of a teen rape survivor's case against a BJP lawmaker, the Uttar Pradesh police on Wednesdaydelivered a lecture to students about women's safety only to end up being schooled.
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On Triple Talaq Bill, Government, Opposition Clash Again: 10 Points
A fresh bill to outlaw the Muslim practice of a man divorcing his wife instantly by uttering "talaq" thrice, which got stalled in the upper house of parliament and lapsed, was introduced in the Lok Sabha today. The government countered the opposition's charge that it was a "discriminatory" bill by pointing out that the Supreme Court's order ...
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Indian Girl Students Fight To Stay Out After Dark: Foreign Media
Late one night in the fall, about 200 female students in Bhopal, a city in central India, held a rare demonstration on their college's basketball court. Their very presence there was an act of protest: Women were not allowed to be outside their dormitories after dark, just one of many restrictions on their movement.
