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Plea in Delhi HC seeks Rs 50 coins for visually impaired
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): An application has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking to formulate a policy to issue Rs 50 coins to provide equality of opportunity and ease of doing business to the visually challenged citizens of the country.
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Our ties based on Vietnam's cultural values and Indian philosophy of equal
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Ties between Vietnam and India are based on Hanoi's cultural values of patriotism and compassion and New Delhi's philosophy of equality, peace and humanism, springing from Buddhism and Hinduism, according to Vietnam National Assembly chairman Vuong Dinh
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DK Shivakumar condemns Karnataka Congress MLA's rape remark
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 17 (ANI): Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar on Friday condemned senior party leader KR Ramesh Kumar over his remark "to enjoy rape when it is inevitable" and said that the insensitive remarks against women are contrary to the values of gender
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UST honored as one of the '100 Best Companies for Women in India 2021' and
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 14 (ANI/PRNewswire): UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company has been recognized for the third consecutive time as one of the '100 Best Companies for Women in India 2021' for its exemplary efforts on gender diversity, inclusion and equa
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Odisha govt partners with UNCDF to advance women's economic empowerment
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 14 (ANI): The Odisha government through the Department of Mission Shakti and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), signed an agreement on Monday and launched the 'Mission Shakti - Living Lab' project to empower women economically and driv
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US to join gender equality pact at WTO ministerial meeting: US Trade Repre
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States will join the World Trade Organization's (WTO) gender equality pact at the organization's ongoing ministerial meeting in Switzerland, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced.
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Workers with HIV-AIDS continue to face stigma, discrimination: ILO
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 1 (ANI): "Myths and misconceptions" about HIV and AIDS continue to fuel stigma and discrimination at the workplace, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on Tuesday.
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Women's empowerment in UAE highlighted by its envoy
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): United Arab Emirates Ambassador to India Ahmed Albanna stressed the importance of Gender Equality and Women's Economic Empowerment while speaking with a group of women facilitated by Sanchita Mitra, National Coordinator for SEWA Bharat.
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If we want social equality, upper caste women should be pulled out of thei
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Anuppur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], November 25 (ANI): While talking about the rights of women, State Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bisahulal Singh on Wednesday said that upper caste and influential people restrict their womenfolk to the household, so if we want social equality, then these
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Shimla tops in NITI Aayog progress index for meeting sustainable developme
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI): Shimla has topped the NITI Aayog's Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) index that ranks 56 urban areas on progress towards meeting SDG indicators related to ending poverty, zero hunger, good health and well being, quality education, gender equality amo
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School in Kerala's Kochi adopts gender-neutral uniform for students
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], November 20 (ANI): A government lower primary school in Valayanchirangara at Ernakulam district has shown the way of gender neutrality by introducing a common uniform to all its students.
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Joe Biden extends warm wishes to Sikh community on 552nd birth anniversary
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 20 (ANI): US President Joe Biden has extended his warm wishes to the Sikh Community on the 552nd birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of the Sikh faith, emphasizing that Guru Nanak's visionary "message of equality, peace, and service is as important t
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