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Karen Pierce appointed Britain's new Ambassador to US
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb 7 (ANI): Senior British diplomat Karen Pierce has been appointed the country's new Ambassador to the United States, becoming the first woman to ever hold the post, UK's Foreign Office announced on Friday.
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Jacqueline Williams to become first woman third umpire in a men's internat
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Jan 15 (ANI): West Indies' Jacqueline Williams is set to become the first woman third umpire in a men's international match.
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Captain Tania Shergil to become first woman parade adjutant for Army Day
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Indian Army's Captain Tania Shergil will become the first woman parade adjutant on Army Day Parade this year to lead an all men contingent, sources said on Monday.
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Astronauts for manned Moon and Mars missions graduate from NASA training p
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Texas [USA], Jan 11 (ANI): The first batch of NASA astronauts eligible for spaceflight to the Moon and beyond recently graduated from their 2-year long training course.
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Hildur Gudnadottir becomes first solo woman to win best original score for
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 6 (ANI): Composer Hildur Gudnadottir stole the limelight at the 77th edition of the Golden Globes here winning the award for best original score for the movie 'Joker'. She is the first woman to win the award solo.
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India's GS Lakshmi set to become Ist female match referee to officiate men
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Dec 5 (ANI): Former India women cricketer GS Lakshmi will become the first woman match referee to oversee a men's One-Day International match, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Thursday.
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It's front-line combat role: Vice Admiral after presenting qualification '
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Dec 2 (ANI): After presenting the qualification 'wings' to the first woman pilot of the Indian Navy, Vice Admiral AK Chawla on Monday said that it is a front-line combat role and the course curriculum is absolutely the same for both male and female pilots.
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Sub-lieutenant Shivangi becomes first woman pilot for Indian Navy
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Dec 2 (ANI): Sub-lieutenant Shivangi became the first woman pilot for the Indian Navy on Monday.
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Google honours activist Kamini Roy with doodle on her 155th birthday
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Oct 12 (ANI): Google on Saturday celebrated with a cool animated doodle the 155th birth anniversary of leading Bengali poet, social worker and the country's first woman to graduate with honours, Kamini Roy.
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Indian G S Lakshmi to become first woman match referee in ICC event
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Oct 10 (ANI): Indian referee G S Lakshmi will become the first woman referee to officiate in an International Cricket Council (ICC) event as the apex body of cricket announced the list of the match officials for the league phase of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019.
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Mithali Raj becomes first women cricketer to complete 20 years in Internat
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], Oct 9 (ANI): India skipper Mithali Raj on Wednesday achieved a remarkable feat by becoming the first woman cricketer to complete 20 years in the international cricket.
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'Beti ko Pahalwan Banao' so they can chase their dreams, says Kashmir's fi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Katra (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Oct 4 (ANI): Nahida Nabi, first Kashmiri woman grappler has urged the people of the valley to allow their daughters to play wrestling or any other sports so that they could fulfil their dreams.
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