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IIT Roorkee holds 22nd annual convocation ceremony
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The convocation ceremony commenced with the students singing the 'National Anthem' and 'Kulgeet' (Institute song). The convocation was held under a dress code of Indian attire: Kurta for males and Saree for females.
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UN Secretary General condemns ban on Afghan women working with UN in Afgha
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Antonio Guterres in a tweet said: "I strongly condemn the prohibition of our Afghan female colleagues from working in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province."
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Social rank influences stress response: Research
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In a study published in Current Biology, Tulane psychology professor Jonathan Fadok, PhD, and postdoctoral researcher Lydia Smith-Osborne looked at two forms of psychosocial stress -- social isolation and social instability -- and how they manifest themselves based on social rank.
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Women must be allowed to work, earn living in Afghanistan: USAID
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The situation of females in Afghanistan is already grim under the Taliban regime as they are not allowed to work or have access to fundamental rights in the country.
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Study investigates how social status influences stress response
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Does a person's social position influence their degree of stress? Tulane University researchers investigated this topic and discovered that social rank, particularly in females, did alter stress response.
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Women in Afghanistan face financial hardships after being barred from work
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The hardline Islamist policies of the Taliban for females of the country have barred them from work as a result of which the Afghan women are facing extreme economic difficulties which continue to surge with every passing day.
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EU condemns large-scale, gender-based discrimination by Taliban in Afghani
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
As gender-based discrimination continues to remain prevalent in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime, the European Union (EU) in an official statement has said that the decision of the organisation to deny education to females and work at NGOs has hampered the delivery of humanitarian aid in
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Banning women's education a very serious issue for Afghanistan, says forme
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Banning females from attaining education is a very serious issue for Afghanistan and the children of our country, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in a statement to a Canada-based news organisation, reported Khaama Press on Tuesday.
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Afghan families call on Taliban to reopen schools for girls above grade 6
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Families in Afghanistan called on the Taliban yet again to open schools for girls in grades 7 to 12 as they are worried about the future of their daughters in the country under the regime of the organisation, TOLOnews reported.
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J-K: 13 students injured as van falls into gorge in Poonch
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"The accident took place near Keri Kangra in Mendhar, Poonch when the driver of the Eco Van lost control over it and the vehicle rolled down many feet into a gorge, leading to the injuries to 14 people-- six of them females and eight males," officials said.
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Pakistan: Activists protest against kidnapping, forced conversions of mino
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Several activists during the event talked about atrocities on females and the apathy shown by the government authorities towards such incidents.
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Shyaway.com's new campaign to normalise men shopping lingerie
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 11 (ANI/BusinessWire India): For centuries, it has been common practice that women purchase undergarments for men. But what about when it's the other way around? There has been a long-standing inequality in this area, with women usually being the ones who
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