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A New Drug Solriamfetol May Solve The 'Shiftwork Disorder' Crisis
A new drug known as Solriamfetol has been developed to combat early morning fatigue that affects early morning workers. It has been specially designed to improve alertness and fatigue and improve sleepiness.
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India-UK Free Trade Deal Empowers Indian Women Across Sectors
The India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), set to be formalized on Thursday, is expected to be a major turning point for women entrepreneurs and workers across India.
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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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A New Drug Solriamfetol May Solve The 'Shiftwork Disorder' Crisis
A new drug known as Solriamfetol has been developed to combat early morning fatigue that affects early morning workers. It has been specially designed to improve alertness and fatigue and improve sleepiness.
-
India-UK Free Trade Deal Empowers Indian Women Across Sectors
The India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), set to be formalized on Thursday, is expected to be a major turning point for women entrepreneurs and workers across India.
-
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."
