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Study finds how dissimilar students can become friends with each other
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Leipzig [Germany], August 14 (ANI): According to earlier researches, proximity between people can promote friendships, however, a recent study conducted in Hungarian schools showed that seating students next to each other boosted their tendency to become friends--both for pairs of similar st
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NCW writes to States, UTs to take measures to close gender gap in Covid va
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): Taking cognisance of a media report highlighting low uptake of anti-COVID jabs among women, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has written to chief secretaries of all States and Union Territories to take measures to close the gender gap in vaccination
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Dissimilar students can become friends by being assigned to sit together:
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Leipzig [Germany], August 12 (ANI): A study conducted in Hungarian schools showed that seating students next to each other boosted their tendency to become friends--both for pairs of similar students and pairs of students who differed in their educational achievement, gender, or ethnicity.
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China's three-child policy to 'aggravate problems' for women: Think tank
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 11 (ANI): China's three-child policy, which is being promoted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials as a way to put an end to the trend of aging population, will further "aggravate problems" for working women who are already suffering gender discrimination at
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Study reveals gender-disposed personality traits can explain salary gap
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Texas [US], August 10 (ANI): According to a recent study by a University of Houston psychology researcher, the salary gap between men and women may be due to certain gender-disposed personality traits.
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J-K young female entrepreneurs stride to seize business opportunities
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Jammu and Kashmir [India] August 6 (ANI): The tech-savvy young women entrepreneurs from J-K are swiftly making their way out of challenges including, political, social, economic, gender-related, lack of awareness, to seize upon the business opportunities.
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First-time borrowers and first generation entrepreneurs displayed tremendo
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 2 (ANI/PRNewswire): NeoGrowth, India's leading digital lender serving underbanked SME businesses, recently released the Social Impact Report 2021, which indicated that the company extended 64.5 percent of its loans to first-time borrowers while 84 percent
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Transgenders live life of misery in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Kabul] July 27 (ANI): Transgenders in Pakistan continue to live a life of misery in the country where they are treated as lesser beings and violence against them remains unabated.
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Delhi HC allows more time to Centre to file reply on transgender's plea re
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted more time to the Centre to file its reply in a petition moved by a transgender woman regarding non-issuance of a new passport with the required changes in her name and gender.
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HC issues notice to Centre, Delhi govt on PIL seeking separate washrooms f
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre, Delhi Government, civic bodies and others on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to respondents to take necessary actions for building separate washrooms for transgender/ third g
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NCW signs MoU with Bureau of Police Research and Development for gender se
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bureau of Police Research and Development for gender sensitisation of police personnel across the country.
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Gender stereotypes around reading might hold boys back in classroom: Study
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 11 (ANI): A recent study finds that boys dislike fiction reading is a myth and suggested that such gender stereotypes around reading might hold boys back in the classroom.
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