Tag: womens

Former Pakistan cricket captain Bismah Maroof remembers the look of befuddlement that quieted the typically beaming face of her two and a half year old daughter, Fatima, as she bid a tearful goodbye to her national teammates in Karachi on Thursday. “She had never seen us like this,” Maroof, ...

After T20 and One day Internationals (ODI), the Kashmir willow cricket bat is finally debuting in Women’s International Cricket. Valley based sports company, GR8 Sports said its cricket bats and equipment will be used by about half a dozen International cricketers of West Indies women’s team against Pakistan during ...

Throughout my time as an undergraduate student in Delhi University, my peers and I had to guard ourselves from groping hands in crowded buses as we learnt to kick the man trying to rub himself against us. It was a daily struggle in Delhi’s buses.We did not know what ...

GULMARG, Feb 22: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs and Youth Affairs & Sports, Nisith Pramanik today flagged off women’s mountain ski event at Kongdoori Phase 1 here during the ongoing 4th edition of Khelo India Winter Games.After flagging off the event, the Union ...

“The cuts have had a devastating impact on the Foreign Office’s work on sexual and reproductive health, and has damaged the UK’s reputation as a credible and serious partner ,” said Ms Champion.After the government cut its foreign aid budget from 0.7 per cent to 0.5 ...

NL Correspondent Jammu Tawi: Capri Global Capital Ltd., a leading non-banking financial company, is making waves in women's development & upskilling through its transformative CSR initiatives. Allocating an impressive INR 392 Lakhs this fiscal year, the philanthropic arm of Capri Global Capital Ltd. has partnered with renowned social organizations ...

In her first ODI knock, it was fitting that Phoebe Litchfield batted with Meg Lanning. On her debut in January 2023 against Pakistan, the then-19-year-old left-handed opener scored a match-winning 78* and shared a partnership worth 137 runs with the now-retired legend of the game.After that game, in which ...

Hockey India on Sunday named the Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams for the upcoming FIH Hockey5s World Cup to be held in Muscat, Oman. While the FIH Hockey5s Women’s World Cup 2024 will be held between January 24 and 27, the FIH Hockey5s Men’s World Cup 2024 will ...

Renowned women’s rights activist Dr V Mohini Giri died Tuesday following a brief illness. She was 86. Dr Giri was the former Chair of the National Commission for Women (NCW) (1995–1998) and of the Central Social Welfare Board. She was also the Chairperson of the Guild of Service, a ...

New Delhi: The Parliament on Monday passed two Bills to extend provisions of the women’s reservation law to the legislative assemblies of Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir with the Rajya Sabha clearing them with a voice vote.The Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation ...