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SC to hear plea seeking CBI inquiry into Darvesh Yadav's killing on June 2
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): The Supreme Court agreed to hear on June 25 (Tuesday) a plea seeking CBI inquiry into the murder of Darvesh Yadav, the first woman chairperson of Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh, who was allegedly shot dead by a fellow advocate inside the Agra court premises on
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Mountaineer Kalpana Dash's mortal remains retrieved
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 28 (ANI): Odisha government on Tuesday said search and rescue team of Sherpas have successfully traced the mortal remains of the state's first woman mountaineer Kalpana Dash in Nepal.
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Efforts underway to bring remains of Odisha's first woman mountaineer
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 25 (ANI): The state government is working in close coordination with the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu to bring back the mortal remains of Odisha's first woman mountaineer, Kalpana Dash, who died while descending from world's highest peak.
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Flt Lt Bhawana Kanth becomes first Indian woman fighter pilot to undertake
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth on Wednesday became the first woman pilot of India to be qualified to undertake combat missions by day on a fighter aircraft, Indian Air Force (IAF) announced.
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NASA plans to send first woman on Moon by 2024
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 14 (ANI): It probably took NASA additional funds by President Donald Trump to plan on sending a woman to the Moon. Until now, only 12 humans - all American male astronauts, have walked on the Moon, but never a woman.
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Claire Polosak to be the first female umpire in men's ODI
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Apr 27 (ANI): Australian Claire Polosak will become the first woman to umpire a men's one-day international as she is all set to officiate in the finals of World Cricket League Division 2 between Namibia and Oman.
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Will work to improve school infrastructure if posted here : Rehana Bashir,
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Apr 24 (ANI): Rehana Bashir the first woman from Jammu and Kashmir's Salwah village in Poonch district, who has cracked the coveted civil service exams, says schools in her area need better infrastructure and if she is posted there she will work to improve
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After completing South Pole expedition, Aparna is all set to scale North P
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 2 (ANI): Aparna Kumar, who became the first woman Indian Police Service (IPS) DIG and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officer to successfully conquer the South Pole, has set her eyes on another summit.
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Sue Strachan to be new President-elect for Cricket Scotland
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Edinburgh [Scotland], Mar 24 (ANI): Sue Strachan has been announced as the new president of Cricket Scotland, becoming the first woman to head up Scottish cricket in its 140-year history.
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'Superwoman' Lilly Singh, becomes first Indian-origin woman to host US lat
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [USA], Mar 16 (ANI): Comedian and YouTube star Lilly Singh is set to host her own TV show on NBS, becoming the first woman late-night host on a broadcast network and the first woman of Indian origin to do so.
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Mithali Raj becomes first woman cricketer to play 200 ODIs
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Mithali Raj on Friday became the first-ever women cricketer to play 200 one-day internationals. The ongoing third ODI against New Zealand marks the 200th appearance of the Indian women’s ODI team skipper.
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Saluting President was most memorable moment of my life: Lt. Bhavana Kastu
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Jan 28 (ANI ): Lieutenant Bhavana Kasturi, the first woman officer of the Indian Army to lead an all-men contingent of Army Service Corps (ASC) at the 70th Republic Day Parade, said saluting President Ram Nath Kovind was the most memorable moment of her life.
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