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Ayushmann Khurrana hails Berlin Film Festival's announcement to keep award
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): Actor Ayushmann Khurrana on Monday lauded the Berlin Film Festival's decision to keep its performance awards gender-neutral from next year.
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Study reveals there's no link between blood pressure medication and cancer
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], September 5 (ANI): While a potential link between blood pressure drugs and cancer has been debated for more than 40 years, the findings of a breakthrough study revealed that there is no evidence that blood pressure-lowering drugs increase the risk of cancer.
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Gender-defining shifts Bhumi Pednekar wants to see in Hindi cinema
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 27 (ANI): Being an artist who is trying to bring a change in the portrayal of women in cinema through her roles, actor Bhumi Pednekar has discussed the gender-defining shifts that she would like to see in the Hindi film industry.
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Berlin Film Festival to adopt gender-neutral performance awards
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 24 (ANI): The Berlin International Film Festival has decided that its performance awards will be gender-neutral for next year's edition.
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Put gender equality at the heart of post-Covid-19 economic recovery: ILO
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 22 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic is disproportionately affecting women workers and governments should prioritise policies that offset the effects the crisis is having on their jobs, International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said.
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Reliance Foundation partners with W-GDP, USAID to bridge gender digital di
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 12 (ANI): A new partnership between the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and Reliance Foundation will bridge the gender digital divide in India under the Women's Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative.
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'Rakhshabandhan has always been about gender parity, equality', says Manus
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 3 (ANI): Rakshabandhan has stood out for gender parity and equality for former Miss World and actor Manushi Chillar, thanks to her doctor parents Mitra Basu and Neelam, the actor revealed on Monday.
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Study finds academic achievement is influenced by how pupils 'act out' spe
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 31 (ANI): Pupils' achievements at school are often shaped by the way that they 'act out' specific gender roles, according to a new study which warns against over-generalising the gender gap in education.
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Physician practices with more female doctors have smallest gender pay gap
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Massachusetts [USA], July 30 (ANI): In medicine, men generally earn more than women for similar work, but a new study finds that the income gap between genders shrinks substantially in practices with more equal gender distributions of staff physicians.
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Male goat produces milk due to hormonal imbalances
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Dholpur (Rajasthan) [India], July 29 (ANI): A male goat has become a talk of the town in Dholpur city after it producing milk. According to the veterinary doctor, the anomaly is due to the hormonal imbalance during gender determination at the fetal stage of the animal.
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Culturist and social activist Sundeep Bhutoria is releasing a new book tit
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): The book, which grew out of his regular blogs and columns consist of more than 100 selected articles which touched upon a variety of topics - from travel and food to customer services and lifestyle, from art and heritage to environment a
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Study finds men 'less supportive' in more egalitarian nations
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Gdansk [Poland, July 24 (ANI): A new 42-country study has found that the more gender-egalitarian the country, the less likely men are to support women's causes.
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