Women Empowerment

Coming down heavily on a Mumbai college which had barred students from wearing burqas and hijab on campus, the Supreme Court asked the institution's authorities how they were empowering women by telling them what to wear.

The Indian government has increased its budget for the welfare and empowerment of women, marking a 218.8 per cent rise from FY14 to FY25.

An 18-year-old rickshaw driver from a village in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh is overjoyed on meeting King Charles III at Buckingham Palace after she collected a prestigious women's empowerment award in London this week.

From extending maternity leave benefits to relaxation in labour laws to providing creches, the policies led by the Modi government have enabled a significant number of women to join the workforce.

The empowerment of women is his commitment and women need to be provided opportunities to go beyond the traditional roles in society, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told NDTV in an exclusive interview today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to NDTV on a range of topics on his campaign trail in Patna today.

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.

Mitsuko Tottori was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Japan Airlines in January. This announcement was hailed as a milestone for women's empowerment but it also sent a shockwave across the country's corporate section.

At the toss, former Indian cricket team Sanjay Manjrekar talked about the initiative before saying, "now back to serious business".

Congress today released its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections with a focus on unemployment, women's empowerment and a socio-economic caste census, among other things. "The Constitution of India shall remain our sole guide," the manifesto read.

Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday urged women entrepreneurs to use digital technology to help small businesses become resilient and champions of change.

Union Minister Smriti Irani delivered a powerful keynote address on women empowerment today at NDTV's 'Indian Of The Year' award ceremony. The award was given to the women of India.

Once a homemaker, Sharmila Yadav always wanted to be a pilot and is now living her dream remotely, flying a heavy-duty drone across the skies to cultivate the country's picturesque farmlands.

Emphasizing the importance of the Uniform Civil Code recently passed by the Uttarakhand Assembly, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday said that women will have the right to live, the right to self-defence and the path to their empowerment wi

The empowerment of women through entrepreneurship and ease of living has gained momentum in the last 10 years, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday while highlighting that female enrolment in higher education has gone up by 28

Coming down heavily on a Mumbai college which had barred students from wearing burqas and hijab on campus, the Supreme Court asked the institution's authorities how they were empowering women by telling them what to wear.

The Indian government has increased its budget for the welfare and empowerment of women, marking a 218.8 per cent rise from FY14 to FY25.

An 18-year-old rickshaw driver from a village in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh is overjoyed on meeting King Charles III at Buckingham Palace after she collected a prestigious women's empowerment award in London this week.

From extending maternity leave benefits to relaxation in labour laws to providing creches, the policies led by the Modi government have enabled a significant number of women to join the workforce.

The empowerment of women is his commitment and women need to be provided opportunities to go beyond the traditional roles in society, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told NDTV in an exclusive interview today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to NDTV on a range of topics on his campaign trail in Patna today.

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.

Mitsuko Tottori was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Japan Airlines in January. This announcement was hailed as a milestone for women's empowerment but it also sent a shockwave across the country's corporate section.

At the toss, former Indian cricket team Sanjay Manjrekar talked about the initiative before saying, "now back to serious business".

Congress today released its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections with a focus on unemployment, women's empowerment and a socio-economic caste census, among other things. "The Constitution of India shall remain our sole guide," the manifesto read.

Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday urged women entrepreneurs to use digital technology to help small businesses become resilient and champions of change.

Union Minister Smriti Irani delivered a powerful keynote address on women empowerment today at NDTV's 'Indian Of The Year' award ceremony. The award was given to the women of India.

Once a homemaker, Sharmila Yadav always wanted to be a pilot and is now living her dream remotely, flying a heavy-duty drone across the skies to cultivate the country's picturesque farmlands.

Emphasizing the importance of the Uniform Civil Code recently passed by the Uttarakhand Assembly, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday said that women will have the right to live, the right to self-defence and the path to their empowerment wi

The empowerment of women through entrepreneurship and ease of living has gained momentum in the last 10 years, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday while highlighting that female enrolment in higher education has gone up by 28