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Garbage Truck Carries Medicines In Chennai, Civic Body Suspends Doctor
The Greater Chennai Corporation has cancelled the services of a contract doctor after a controversy erupted over medicines allegedly being transported in a garbage collection vehicle to a government health centre in north Chennai.
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"Gains Of 10 Years In Gender Ratio Wiped Out": Yogendra Yadav Slams SIR
The Special Intensive Revision of voter lists in Bihar has wiped out 47 lakh adults and 16 lakh women in one stroke, election analyst and activist Yogendra Yadav told the Supreme Court today.
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Woman Activist Who Entered Sabarimala Won't Be Invited To Ayyappa Minister
Kerala Devaswom Minister V N Vasavan on Sunday made it clear that Bindu Ammini, one of the women activists who entered into the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple in 2019, will not be invited to take part in the upcoming Global Ayyappa Sangamam.
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'Kerala Congress MLA Messaged Me On Telegram, Asked For Sex': Trans Woman
Kerala transgender activist Avanthika Vishnu - who said Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil sexually harassed her - told NDTV she was initially hesitant about coming forward with the allegations because of his political standing.
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Iran Threatens Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi With 'Physical Elimination'
Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for women's and human rights in Iran, has received death threats from Tehran, the Nobel Committee said Friday.
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Hungarian Newspaper Publishes Pics Of Women In Short Skirts Without Consent, Faces Backlash
Women's rights activists and social media users condemned Metropol's feature, calling it invasive and objectifying.
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'Emotional Explosions, Turmoil Are Universal': International Booker Winner
Journalist, lawyer, author and activist Banu Mushtaq, whose "Heart Lamp" won the International Booker Prize, said her stories of Muslim women from traditional south Indian families had resonated with the global audience.
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Tamil Minister's "Disgusting" Comment On Sex Workers Triggers Furious Row
Tamil Nadu's Forest Minister K Ponmudy's misogynistic remarks - laced with caste undertones - have landed Chief Minister MK Stalin in trouble, inviting fierce criticism from women's rights activists, the opposition, and within his DMK.
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Who Is Aruna Roy, Indian Activist On BBC's 100 Women Of The Year 2024 List
Aruna Roy is an Indian social activist and co-founder of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan.
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"Makes Muslim Women's Condition Pathetic": Centre On Triple Talaq In Supreme Court
The practice of 'triple talaq' is "fatal for the social institution of marriage" and "makes Muslim women's condition very pathetic", the government argued Monday in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court.
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Iranian Woman Arrested For Singing In Public Without Hijab, Whereabouts Unknown
This arrest is the latest example of Iran's strict enforcement of the mandatory hijab laws, which human rights activists have widely criticised.
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8% Women Candidates Contested First 2 Phases Of Lok Sabha Polls
Women constituted only eight per cent of the total 2,823 candidates in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha elections, with political activists saying it reflects a deeper issue of gender bias and that talk of women's empowerment rings hollow.
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275 Custodial Rape Cases Filed Between 2017-22: Data
More than 270 cases of rape in custody were registered from 2017 till 2022, according to NCRB data, with women rights activists attributing such instances to a lack of sensitisation and accountability within law enforcement systems.
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AAP's Swati Maliwal Had To Take Rajya Sabha Oath Twice. Here's Why
Swati Maliwal, former chairperson of Delhi commission for women, took oath as a member of Rajya Sabha this afternoon. But the activist, known for her feisty statements on issues concerning safety of women, had to take the oath of office twice.
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BJP Women Workers Barge Into Kerala Top Cop's House, Allege Lapses In Murder Probe
BJP Mahila Morcha activists on Saturday barged into the premises of the official residence of DGP Sheikh Darvesh Sahib in Thiruvananthapuram, alleging lapses in the police probe into the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in Idukki.
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Garbage Truck Carries Medicines In Chennai, Civic Body Suspends Doctor
The Greater Chennai Corporation has cancelled the services of a contract doctor after a controversy erupted over medicines allegedly being transported in a garbage collection vehicle to a government health centre in north Chennai.
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"Gains Of 10 Years In Gender Ratio Wiped Out": Yogendra Yadav Slams SIR
The Special Intensive Revision of voter lists in Bihar has wiped out 47 lakh adults and 16 lakh women in one stroke, election analyst and activist Yogendra Yadav told the Supreme Court today.
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Woman Activist Who Entered Sabarimala Won't Be Invited To Ayyappa Minister
Kerala Devaswom Minister V N Vasavan on Sunday made it clear that Bindu Ammini, one of the women activists who entered into the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple in 2019, will not be invited to take part in the upcoming Global Ayyappa Sangamam.
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'Kerala Congress MLA Messaged Me On Telegram, Asked For Sex': Trans Woman
Kerala transgender activist Avanthika Vishnu - who said Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil sexually harassed her - told NDTV she was initially hesitant about coming forward with the allegations because of his political standing.
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Iran Threatens Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi With 'Physical Elimination'
Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for women's and human rights in Iran, has received death threats from Tehran, the Nobel Committee said Friday.
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Hungarian Newspaper Publishes Pics Of Women In Short Skirts Without Consent, Faces Backlash
Women's rights activists and social media users condemned Metropol's feature, calling it invasive and objectifying.
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'Emotional Explosions, Turmoil Are Universal': International Booker Winner
Journalist, lawyer, author and activist Banu Mushtaq, whose "Heart Lamp" won the International Booker Prize, said her stories of Muslim women from traditional south Indian families had resonated with the global audience.
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Tamil Minister's "Disgusting" Comment On Sex Workers Triggers Furious Row
Tamil Nadu's Forest Minister K Ponmudy's misogynistic remarks - laced with caste undertones - have landed Chief Minister MK Stalin in trouble, inviting fierce criticism from women's rights activists, the opposition, and within his DMK.
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Who Is Aruna Roy, Indian Activist On BBC's 100 Women Of The Year 2024 List
Aruna Roy is an Indian social activist and co-founder of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan.
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"Makes Muslim Women's Condition Pathetic": Centre On Triple Talaq In Supreme Court
The practice of 'triple talaq' is "fatal for the social institution of marriage" and "makes Muslim women's condition very pathetic", the government argued Monday in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court.
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Iranian Woman Arrested For Singing In Public Without Hijab, Whereabouts Unknown
This arrest is the latest example of Iran's strict enforcement of the mandatory hijab laws, which human rights activists have widely criticised.
-
8% Women Candidates Contested First 2 Phases Of Lok Sabha Polls
Women constituted only eight per cent of the total 2,823 candidates in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha elections, with political activists saying it reflects a deeper issue of gender bias and that talk of women's empowerment rings hollow.
-
275 Custodial Rape Cases Filed Between 2017-22: Data
More than 270 cases of rape in custody were registered from 2017 till 2022, according to NCRB data, with women rights activists attributing such instances to a lack of sensitisation and accountability within law enforcement systems.
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AAP's Swati Maliwal Had To Take Rajya Sabha Oath Twice. Here's Why
Swati Maliwal, former chairperson of Delhi commission for women, took oath as a member of Rajya Sabha this afternoon. But the activist, known for her feisty statements on issues concerning safety of women, had to take the oath of office twice.
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BJP Women Workers Barge Into Kerala Top Cop's House, Allege Lapses In Murder Probe
BJP Mahila Morcha activists on Saturday barged into the premises of the official residence of DGP Sheikh Darvesh Sahib in Thiruvananthapuram, alleging lapses in the police probe into the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in Idukki.
