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Priyanka Chopra Among 4 Indians In BBC's 100 Most Influential Women
Actor-producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas, aeronautical engineer Sirisha Bandla, Booker-winning author Geetanjali Shree and social worker Sneha Jawale are the four Indians on the BBC's '100 Women' list of influential figures of the year.
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India's Textile Industry Revs Up, Offering Good News For PM Modi
At Texport Industries' factories in south, thousands of mostly women workers are busy converting yarn and fabrics into T-shirts, shirts, spaghetti tops and kids' clothes for U.S. customers of Tommy Hilfiger and Kohl's Corp.
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Bhuj: The Pride Of India - Sonakshi Sinha's First Look As The "Heroic" Sunderben Jetha Madharparya
Sonakshi Sinha will play the role of "the brave social worker who took 299 women along with her to support the Indian Army!"
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Railways Hands Out Sanitary Pads To Migrants On Shramik Trains In UP
Railways employees on Thursday distributed sanitary pads inside Shramik special trains for migrant workers at Moradabad Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh on the occasion of Menstrual Hygiene Day.
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Indian Couple In Singapore Forced Bangladeshi Club Workers Into Prostition, Jailed: Reports
A married Indian couple, who ran two Hindi entertainment clubs in Singapore, was on Tuesday fined and sentenced to over six years in prison for exploiting three Bangladeshi women, coaxing one of them into prostituting, in the first conviction for labour trafficking in the country.
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Indian Guest House Worker Jailed For Sexual Assaults On Women In UK
An Indian guest house worker who pleaded guilty to sexual assault on two female guests in the north of England has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison.
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After Court Order, Spouses Of H-1B Visa Holders Can Work In US, For Now
In a temporary relief to thousands of Indians living in America, a US court has refused to strike down, for the time being, an Obama-era rule that allowed spouses of H-1B visa holders to work in America.
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Inside Two Indian Factories Aiming To Make iPhones Outside China
On a steamy summer morning, dozens of buses pull up outside a cluster of low-slung, blue buildings in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Women dressed in colorful salwar kameezes disembark, their dupatta body scarves billowing as they make their way past hibiscus bushes and posters proclaiming, "Our aim, no accident."
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US Lawmakers Seek To Protect Work Visa Of Spouses Of H-1B Holders
Two influential lawmakers from California have introduced a legislation in the US House of Representatives to protect work authorisation of H-4 visa workers, a significant number of whom are Indian-American women.
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Northern Railway Women Workers Demand Change In Uniform. Here's Why
The women have requested to change their uniform, which is either a salwar kameez or shirt and pant depending on the category of work.
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Female Participation In Urban Workforce In India Lower Than Rural Areas
The women worker participation rate in urban areas of India is low, states a report presented in united Nations. According to an estimate almost 120 million Indian women which is about 80% of the total female workers are employed in the rural sector.
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'The Nights Are Unbearable' Say Wives Of Men Stranded In Gulf
Most of the 'women left behind' married the men when they returned for a short break from working abroad, and 90 percent of them have never travelled to their spouse's country of work.
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Women Being Sold To Gulf Like In A Retail Shop, Says Andhra Minister
Women domestic workers from Andhra Pradesh are languishing in jails in Gulf states after attempting to flee abusive employers or overstaying their visas, said an Andhra Pradesh minister, urging the union government to help them.
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Daughters Of Domestic Workers Join Hands To Campaign For Their Rights
Many children also work in the services sector - in restaurants and hotels or middle-class homes where they cook, clean and even take care of other children.
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Family of Indian-American Women Killed in Mali Attack Remembers Her Fondly
Little did the relatives of Anita Datar, the 41-year-old Indian-American aid worker killed in the Mali hotel massacre, realise that her visit to the family in Pune in March this year would prove to be the last.
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Priyanka Chopra Among 4 Indians In BBC's 100 Most Influential Women
Actor-producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas, aeronautical engineer Sirisha Bandla, Booker-winning author Geetanjali Shree and social worker Sneha Jawale are the four Indians on the BBC's '100 Women' list of influential figures of the year.
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India's Textile Industry Revs Up, Offering Good News For PM Modi
At Texport Industries' factories in south, thousands of mostly women workers are busy converting yarn and fabrics into T-shirts, shirts, spaghetti tops and kids' clothes for U.S. customers of Tommy Hilfiger and Kohl's Corp.
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Bhuj: The Pride Of India - Sonakshi Sinha's First Look As The "Heroic" Sunderben Jetha Madharparya
Sonakshi Sinha will play the role of "the brave social worker who took 299 women along with her to support the Indian Army!"
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Railways Hands Out Sanitary Pads To Migrants On Shramik Trains In UP
Railways employees on Thursday distributed sanitary pads inside Shramik special trains for migrant workers at Moradabad Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh on the occasion of Menstrual Hygiene Day.
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Indian Couple In Singapore Forced Bangladeshi Club Workers Into Prostition, Jailed: Reports
A married Indian couple, who ran two Hindi entertainment clubs in Singapore, was on Tuesday fined and sentenced to over six years in prison for exploiting three Bangladeshi women, coaxing one of them into prostituting, in the first conviction for labour trafficking in the country.
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Indian Guest House Worker Jailed For Sexual Assaults On Women In UK
An Indian guest house worker who pleaded guilty to sexual assault on two female guests in the north of England has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison.
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After Court Order, Spouses Of H-1B Visa Holders Can Work In US, For Now
In a temporary relief to thousands of Indians living in America, a US court has refused to strike down, for the time being, an Obama-era rule that allowed spouses of H-1B visa holders to work in America.
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Inside Two Indian Factories Aiming To Make iPhones Outside China
On a steamy summer morning, dozens of buses pull up outside a cluster of low-slung, blue buildings in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Women dressed in colorful salwar kameezes disembark, their dupatta body scarves billowing as they make their way past hibiscus bushes and posters proclaiming, "Our aim, no accident."
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US Lawmakers Seek To Protect Work Visa Of Spouses Of H-1B Holders
Two influential lawmakers from California have introduced a legislation in the US House of Representatives to protect work authorisation of H-4 visa workers, a significant number of whom are Indian-American women.
-
Northern Railway Women Workers Demand Change In Uniform. Here's Why
The women have requested to change their uniform, which is either a salwar kameez or shirt and pant depending on the category of work.
-
Female Participation In Urban Workforce In India Lower Than Rural Areas
The women worker participation rate in urban areas of India is low, states a report presented in united Nations. According to an estimate almost 120 million Indian women which is about 80% of the total female workers are employed in the rural sector.
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'The Nights Are Unbearable' Say Wives Of Men Stranded In Gulf
Most of the 'women left behind' married the men when they returned for a short break from working abroad, and 90 percent of them have never travelled to their spouse's country of work.
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Women Being Sold To Gulf Like In A Retail Shop, Says Andhra Minister
Women domestic workers from Andhra Pradesh are languishing in jails in Gulf states after attempting to flee abusive employers or overstaying their visas, said an Andhra Pradesh minister, urging the union government to help them.
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Daughters Of Domestic Workers Join Hands To Campaign For Their Rights
Many children also work in the services sector - in restaurants and hotels or middle-class homes where they cook, clean and even take care of other children.
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Family of Indian-American Women Killed in Mali Attack Remembers Her Fondly
Little did the relatives of Anita Datar, the 41-year-old Indian-American aid worker killed in the Mali hotel massacre, realise that her visit to the family in Pune in March this year would prove to be the last.
