Tag: Female

The Election Commission (EC) will put in special efforts to ensure a higher voting percentage among women in Gujarat in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) P. Bharathi said Thursday. “We have observed that in Gujarat, female voting is a little bit less than male voting. ...

Lalit Kala Akademi chief’s powers curbed by Culture Ministry Syllabus: Preliminary Examination: Indian Polity and Governance Main Examination: General Studies II: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Key Points to Ponder: • What’s the ongoing story-IN AN ...

Washington —  A U.N. report released Friday about the prevalence of female genital mutilation around the globe is drawing attention to the practice among the Dawoodi Bohra community, a Muslim minority sect based in India. India is not on the UNICEF list of 31 countries released Friday. But the ...

‘Aurat ne janam diya mardon ko, mardon ne usse bazaar diya, jab dil chaaha masla-kuchla, jab ji chaaha dhutkaar diya (Woman gave birth to men, they placed her in the market. Trampled upon her when they saw fit, cursed her when they desired).’The lyrics of this timeless, heart-wrenching song, ...

ISLAMABAD —  Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have reportedly warned of barring female journalists and women at large from media platforms unless they comply with a dress code requiring that only their eyes be visible. The Afghanistan Journalists Center, or AFJC, a press freedom organization, said the warning was issued ...

Maryam, Nawaz Sharif’s eldest daughter and apparent political heir, becomes the first female chief minister of Punjab province.Islamabad, Pakistan – Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of three-time former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has been elected the chief minister of the key province of Punjab – the country’s first woman to ...

LAHORE: Maryam Nawaz, a prominent figure in the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has made history by becoming the first woman chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province. The announcement came following a decisive victory in the election, where she secured a remarkable 220 votes, leaving her opponent, Rana Aftab Ahmad of ...

ISLAMABAD —  The Taliban have reportedly allowed female high school graduates in Afghanistan to enroll in state-run medical institutes for the new academic year that begins in March. The enrollment process has begun in more than a dozen Afghan provinces, following a directive from the Ministry of Public Health ...

After senior journalist Nikhil Wagle was attacked by BJP workers as he headed to the ‘Nirbhay Bano’ meet at Nilu Phule auditorium in the city on Friday evening, several of his lady colleagues especially from MVA, also suffered injuries in a similar attack on them. NCP's Supriya Sule has ...

Srinagar, Jan 25: In a major initiative to promote tourism activities, the Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to register and train 100 female tourist guides, to upscale their skills, officials said on Thursday.   The Directorate of Tourism, Kashmir has decided to register more female tourist guides and ...