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Resignation in Protest: MP woman judge quits over elevation of senior she accused of harassment and discrimination

In a powerful act of protest, Judge Aditi Gajendra Sharma resigns after the elevation of a senior she accused of caste-based harassment, calling out the judiciary’s silence, systemic bias, and betrayal of its own ideals

Maternal mortality down to 122 per 1 lakh, still highest in the world

In response to an unstarred question asked in the Lok Sabha as to incidence of maternal death occurring in the country, Minister of State of Health and Family Welfare Mr. Ashwini Kumar Choubey said that the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), i.e., death of mothers at the time of giving birth, has come down to 122 deaths per 1,00,000 live births.

WCD Ministry offers up cookie-cutter answers to queries on domestic violence

When asked about cases of domestic violence over the last three years, Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD) Smriti Irani responded in Parliament with old figures.

Sabrimala activist Bindu Ammini attacked in Kerala

A man from a radical Hindutva outfit attacked her with chilli powder and pepper spray outside the Kerala Commisserate

Women Speak From Margins of Ayodhya Dispute

Not the loss of a mosque, but the disregard for Muslims causes anguish.

Unnao accident witness claims murder bid on self

Awadhesh Singh says he was attacked by a truck the same way that the Unnao rape case survivor was attacked in July this year

Here today, gone tomorrow: Where is Nithyananda hiding?

Even as Nithyananda live streams his sermon, MEA says they have no information on him

MP’s ‘Padman’: Villager sets up sanitary pad manufacturing unit

His factory now employs 15 women who also raise awareness about menstrual hygiene

Assam gov’t makes sanitary napkins mandatory in factories

The decision was taken in the Assam cabinet meeting, chaired by CM Sarbananda Sonowal, to promote women’s hygiene

In Odisha’s Residential Schools For Tribal Girls, Education Comes At A Cost

Momita Batra (left) and Karma Mandali, both aged 14,...

UP’s dis-honourable dad kills daughter for loving the ‘wrong’ man

22-year-old woman killed over relationship with a man who belonged to the same caste in a crime curiously dubbed ‘honour’ killing

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