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Nida Dar first Pak woman cricketer to sign with an overseas T20 team
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Oct 3 (ANI): Nida Dar became the first woman from Pakistan to sign a deal with an international cricket league, and will feature for Sydney Thunder in the upcoming Women's Big Bash League.
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Rupa Gurunath elated over becoming first woman president of TNCA
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sept 26 (ANI): Rupa Gurunath is elated over her appointment as the first woman president of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA). She would soon finalise the lease agreement with the government.
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Ponung Doming becomes Arunachal's first woman Lieutenant Colonel
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], Sept 24 (ANI): Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday congratulated Army officer Ponung Doming, who became the first woman officer from the state to be elevated to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army.
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Google honours mountaineer Junko Tabei with doodle on her 80th birthday
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 22 (ANI): Google on Sunday honoured Junko Tabei, the first Japanese woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on her 80th birthday with a cool animated doodle.
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Lilly Singh addresses brown representation on her debut late-night show
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 17 (ANI): Comedian and YouTube star Lilly Singh became the first woman of Indian origin to host her own TV show 'A Little Late With Lilly Singh' on NBC.
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Anupriya Lakra becomes first woman pilot from Odisha's Naxal-Hit Region
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Malkangiri (Odisha) [India], Sept 10 (ANI): Hailing from Odisha's Naxal-affected Malkangiri district, 27-year-old Anupriya Lakra has scripted history by becoming the first female pilot from the backward region.
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Country's first woman DGP Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya dies
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Aug 27 (ANI): The first woman Director General of Police (DGP), Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, passed away following an illness in Mumbai on Monday night.
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J-K: Irmim Shamim becomes first woman to clear MBBS AIIMS in Rajouri
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 26 (ANI): Irmim Shamim became the first Gujjar woman in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district to qualify for the medical studies at the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences after she cleared the MBBS AIIMS entrance exam in June.
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I witnessed Wing Commander Abhinandan shooting down Pak's F-16 aircraft: S
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 15 (ANI): Indian Air Force (IAF) Squadron Leader Minty Agarwal, the first woman who has been awarded the Yudh Seva Medal, on Thursday said that she witnessed Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman shooting down a Pakistani F-16 fighter aircraft during a dogfight on Februa
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Google Doodle celebrates legacy of India's first woman legislator, Muthula
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 30 (ANI): Celebrating the Indian educator, lawmaker, surgeon, reformer and country's first female legislator, Google on Tuesday paid a tribute to Muthulakshmi Reddi on her 133rd birth anniversary with a doodle boasting of her legacy.
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Families of first woman Assam Agitation martyr, freedom fighter excluded f
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 1 (ANI): Names of family members of first woman martyr of Assam Agitation Baijyanti Devi and that of freedom fighter Chabilal Upadhyay have not been included in the latest list of National Register of Citizens (NRC), according to Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangha (Bh
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Darvesh Yadav murder: SC refuses to entertain plea seeking CBI inquiry
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a petition seeking enquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the murder of Darvesh Yadav, the first woman chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council, who was shot dead by another lawyer in t
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