Sexual Selection

Supreme Court quashed a Gauhati High Court verdict setting aside an order of penalty of withholding 50 per cent pension of a former employee of the Service Selection Board in a sexual harassment case levelled by a woman, who was his junior.

Journalist Priya Ramani told a Delhi court on Monday that she was "targeted selectively" through a criminal defamation complaint by former Union minister MJ Akbar "to halt the avalanche of allegations of sexual misconduct" against him" following the #MeToo movement in 2018.

A Hyderabad-based woman journalist, who was nominated for the third season of the reality show 'Bigg Boss Telugu', has alleged that organisers of the show asked for sexual favours in exchange for being selected for the final round.

For more than a year, Manisha Ravindra Kohli, a mother of two, has been driving her saffron- coloured auto through the chaotic streets of Thane, an eastern suburb of Mumbai. She lucked out when she was selected for a government scheme that reserves 5% of rickshaw permits for women.

Inside the hallowed halls of Harvard University, one of the most exclusive colleges in the world, there are ever more hallow, exclusive halls: those of the university's "final clubs," or undergraduate social clubs known for their selectivity and secrecy. But now, in the age of trigger warnings and raging debates about sexual assault on campus, one ...

Arvind Kejriwal today alleged that an official in Delhi's cricket body DDCA, which is in the middle of a fierce political row between his government and the Centre, had asked a woman to "come at night" if she wanted her son to be selected for a Delhi team.

Female butterflies tend to mimic warning colourations that ward off prey better than their male counterparts, say researchers, shedding light on predator-prey relations in the wild.

Since in many species, sperm is males' only contribution to reproduction, biologists have long puzzled about why evolutionary selection, known for its ruthless efficiency, allows them to exist.

It all started after a woman shooter, selected to participate for a trap event in international junior shooting competition at Suhl, Germany last month, had complained to the NRAI and Sports Ministry accusing two of her team members of making sexual and derogatory comments.

Ayesha said the career records of the girls were also scrutinised by the inquiry committee to confirm if there was indeed any injustice done to them in selection matters.

Despite objections by women's groups, President Pranab Mukherjee today signed the ordinance on sexual assault which was passed by the union cabinet on Friday. Women's rights groups had urged the President yesterday not to sign the ordinance, saying the cabinet had selectively accepted the recommendations of the Justice JS Verma commission.

Supreme Court quashed a Gauhati High Court verdict setting aside an order of penalty of withholding 50 per cent pension of a former employee of the Service Selection Board in a sexual harassment case levelled by a woman, who was his junior.

Journalist Priya Ramani told a Delhi court on Monday that she was "targeted selectively" through a criminal defamation complaint by former Union minister MJ Akbar "to halt the avalanche of allegations of sexual misconduct" against him" following the #MeToo movement in 2018.

A Hyderabad-based woman journalist, who was nominated for the third season of the reality show 'Bigg Boss Telugu', has alleged that organisers of the show asked for sexual favours in exchange for being selected for the final round.

For more than a year, Manisha Ravindra Kohli, a mother of two, has been driving her saffron- coloured auto through the chaotic streets of Thane, an eastern suburb of Mumbai. She lucked out when she was selected for a government scheme that reserves 5% of rickshaw permits for women.

Inside the hallowed halls of Harvard University, one of the most exclusive colleges in the world, there are ever more hallow, exclusive halls: those of the university's "final clubs," or undergraduate social clubs known for their selectivity and secrecy. But now, in the age of trigger warnings and raging debates about sexual assault on campus, one ...

Arvind Kejriwal today alleged that an official in Delhi's cricket body DDCA, which is in the middle of a fierce political row between his government and the Centre, had asked a woman to "come at night" if she wanted her son to be selected for a Delhi team.

Female butterflies tend to mimic warning colourations that ward off prey better than their male counterparts, say researchers, shedding light on predator-prey relations in the wild.

Since in many species, sperm is males' only contribution to reproduction, biologists have long puzzled about why evolutionary selection, known for its ruthless efficiency, allows them to exist.

It all started after a woman shooter, selected to participate for a trap event in international junior shooting competition at Suhl, Germany last month, had complained to the NRAI and Sports Ministry accusing two of her team members of making sexual and derogatory comments.

Ayesha said the career records of the girls were also scrutinised by the inquiry committee to confirm if there was indeed any injustice done to them in selection matters.

Despite objections by women's groups, President Pranab Mukherjee today signed the ordinance on sexual assault which was passed by the union cabinet on Friday. Women's rights groups had urged the President yesterday not to sign the ordinance, saying the cabinet had selectively accepted the recommendations of the Justice JS Verma commission.