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MAKERS IndiaMeet Professor Annie Varghese, The PT Teacher Who Trained Five Women Olympic Athletes
Professor Annie Varghese from Thrissur’s Vimala College has trained five of Kerala’s 19 women Olympians.
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Unmarried Girls Do Not Engage in Carnal Activities: MP High Court. It’s Time They Stop Deciding For Us
The Madhya Pradesh High Court’s observation shows how premarital sex is still deemed a taboo in Indian society.
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Subhadra Kumari Chauhan: India’s First Woman Satyagrahi Who Penned Jhansi Ki Rani
In 1923, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan scripted history by becoming India’s first woman Satyagrahi. The writer and freedom fighter was a member of the Indian collective of nonviolent anti-colonialists to be arrested in the struggle for national liberation.
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Two Female Delhi Police Officers Show Grit And Gumption To Nab Serial Gangster
Two female Delhi Police officers help arrest the most wanted lady don Anuradha Chaudhary and serial gangster Kala Jathedi.
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Businessman Buys A Dozen Mangoes From 11-Year-Old Girl For Rs 1.2 Lakh; Find Out Why
Recently, a 11-year-old Jamshedpur girl- Tulsi Kumar managed to sell a dozen mangoes for Rs 1.2 lakh.
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Despite Being Fully Vaccinated, Rajasthan Woman Tests Positive For Delta Plus Variant
The new Delta Plus variant is slowly and steadily making its way across the country. In a new case, a fully vaccinated 65-year-old woman from Rajasthan’s Bikaner tested positive for this variant. According to media reports, the woman was asymptomatic and has completely recovered from the infection.
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Why Boycott Kareena Kapoor Khan Reminds Us Of Bollywood’s Age-Old Patriarchal Mindset
Amid the crises that India is grappling with, the country chose to target a top Hindi film actor for reportedly demanding a ‘fat fee’. However, this isn’t the first time that a female actor has been targeted for demanding a fair paycheck. The gender wage gap in Bollywood has been discussed several times in the past, but hardly any progress has been made so far.
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Meet Munmun Sarkar, West Bengal’s First Woman E-Rickshaw Driver To Offer Free Rides To COVID-19 Patients
Munmun Sarkar from West Bengal’s Siliguri has emerged as a frontline warrior by driving COVID-19 patients to hospitals for free on her e-rickshaw. Her service, which is available 24*7, has been a blessing for those who couldn’t afford to pay a high sum for ambulance services.
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Assam Entrepreneur Turns Plastic Waste Into Handloom Products, Provides Livelihood To Local Women
The rampant consumption of plastic waste has triggered a hazardous impact not just on the environment, but also on the health and well-being of humans. To address this pressing issue, a 47-year-old woman from Assam, Rupjyoti Saikia Gogoi, along with women from her collective ‘Village Weaves’ collect the waste (littered at the park), and use it to weave handloom products like handbags, table mats, doormats, and more.
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COVID-19: Free Ambulance Service In Pune For Women, By Women
While India grapples with the second wave of COVID-19, several cases of sexual abuse against women patients were reported by media outlets. To address this gender-based discrimination, Ninebee Foundation started Stree Safe - a free ambulance service in Pune run by women, for women.
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Teenage Basketball Ace Asmat Kaur Taunque Signs Up With California Institute of Technology
Punjab-born Asmat Kaur Taunque (17) has been selected by the California Institute of Technology for her extraordinary basketball skills. An alumnus of the National Basketball Academy (NBA) India Women’s Camp, Taunque will now be the fourth-ever Indian (and woman) to have played college basketball in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
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Pinarayi Vijayan’s Cabinet 2.0 Welcomes Three New Women Leaders
The newly-elected Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan has brought in several new faces as part of his new cabinet. While the absence of women stalwarts like KK Shailaja (also known as Shailaja Teacher) who played a leading role in the fight against coronavirus is sorely missed, the fresh brigade of women ministers, including Prof R Bindu, Chinchu Rani and Veena George hold a lot of promise.
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This Entrepreneur From Nizamabad Is Empowering Local Women To Become Financially Independent
Although there is an environment of doom and gloom during the pandemic, some stories of hope restore your faith in humanity. Such is the case with 30-year-old Latha Nadukuda, a resident of Nizamabad, who has emerged as an inspiration for many young women in rural areas.
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Indian Army Inducts First Batch Of Women In Military Police
In a landmark move, the first batch of 83 women soldiers have been inducted into the Corps of Military Police Centre and School (CMP C&S) at the Dronacharya Parade Ground in Bengaluru. With a surge in cases during the COVID-19 second wave, the attestation parade was a low-key affair.
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Mary Kom, Two Other Boxers Begin Training At ASI Pune Ahead of Asian Championship And Tokyo Games
Boxing champion MC Mary Kom, also known as ‘Magnificent Mary’ is one of the three Olympic-bound boxers, who will train at the Army Sports Institute (ASI) in Pune. A six-time Olympic winner, Kom will join Lovlina Borgohain (69 kg), who is already at the facility. The other participant is Simranjit Kaur (60kg), who will begin her practice after completing her isolation, post COVID-19 recovery.
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The Hundred 2021: BCCI Grants No Objection Certificates To Four Indian Women Cricketers
Prominent names from India’s women’s cricket team — Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma and Jemimah Rodrigues — will represent the country in the inaugural edition of The Hundred 2021, to be held in the United Kingdom.
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Meet Sheila Devi, The 92-Year-Old Woman From Kota Who Battled COVID-19 In 12 Days
As India reels under the devastating second wave of the COVID-19 crisis, there is a tale of hope. A 92-year-old woman — Sheila Devi — has recovered from the infection in just 12 days.
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BJP’s Chandana Bauri, A Daily Wage Labourer’s Wife, Scripts History in Bengal’s Saltora
In a historic win, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Chandana Bauri (30) — wife of a daily wage earner — defeated Sontosh Kumar Mondal of Trinamool Congress (TMC) by over 4,000 votes and gained a foothold in West Bengal’s Saltora constituency. Her win in the Bengal Assembly elections 2021 is noteworthy as Bauri belongs to a humble background.
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Mamata Banerjee’s Landslide Victory Against Saffron Politics Hinges On Women And Welfare
Even as the second wave of COVID-19 continues to engulf India, the country erupted in cheer on May 2 as news of Mamata Banerjee or Didi’s stupendous win in the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections broke out on national television. In many ways, it was a befitting reply to the mass carnage that the country is currently witnessing, courtesy the central government led by Modi and his close aide, Amit Shah
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Coronasomnia: Women Suffer More From Poor Sleep Cycles Due To Pandemic-Induced Stress, Say Experts
More people than ever are finding it hard to deal with ‘coronasomnia’ or as the name suggests, insomnia induced by pandemic-related stress. In March 2020, the International Institute of Sleep Sciences in Mumbai conducted a randomised study of 150 people, out of which 25-30 percent of people were found to have non-restorative sleep patterns. The numbers are only going to rise, believe experts.