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Afghan women face many challenges since Taliban returns to power
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Afghanistan's women have faced numerous challenges since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. Girls and women in the war-torn country have no access to education, employment and public spaces.
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See how Jr NTR reacted when a fan grabbed him on stage for picture
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Demanding pictures from celebrities in the public space without respecting their boundaries has been an ongoing problem. It's normal to be die-hard fans but sometimes they cross their line. Superstar Jr NTR faced a similar situation on stage during an event.
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MoHUA launches competition to encourage, recognise transformational effort
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri launched the competition with the aim to encourage and recognize the transformational efforts made by cities and wards in India to create beautiful, innovative and inclusive public spaces.
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More women walk to work compared to men in India: World Bank report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
According to the World Bank's report -- a toolkit on 'Enabling Gender Responsive Urban Mobility and Public Spaces in India', how men and women travel is also intrinsically different. More women tend to walk to work compared to men -- 45.4 per cent versus 27.4 per cent.
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World Bank's toolkit aims to make transport, public spaces more gender inc
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Public transport services are not traditionally designed keeping in mind women's safety and their specific travel needs, the World Bank said. This severely limits their access to work, education and life choices. India has amongst the lowest female labour force participation rates globally,
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Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Judge, Supreme Court of India underlines the i
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI/OP Jindal University): "The Singhvi Endowment represents the best of Dr Abhishek M. Singhvi's views and his contribution to society. This generous and visionary act of philanthropy is motivated by a spirit of equality. It will be extremely heartening for a
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On Delhi LG's direction, MCD to beautify 375 public spaces for upcoming G-
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 8 (ANI): In pursuance to the directions of Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has started work on optimal utilization and beautification of urban green spaces by planting seasonal flowering plants to give an aesthetical
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Kareena Kapoor Khan gets mobbed by fans at Mumbai airport, actress calml
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 3 (ANI): Demanding selfies from celebrities in the public space without respecting their boundaries has been an ongoing fandom problem. Kareena Kapoor Khan faced a similar situation at the Mumbai Airport on Sunday night.
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Why Centre withdrew Data Protection Bill 2019 and what is in the offing
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): Data protection is among the most significant issues being debated in public space due to the growing role of technology in the lives of people and the government has decided to withdraw the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 and come up with more compr
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87 pct of Americans should wear mask indoors or consider it: US CDC
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], July 25 (ANI/Xinhua): More than 60 per cent of people in the United States live in counties where they should be wearing a mask indoors in public spaces, U.S. News & World Report last week cited the COVID-19 community levels issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Pr
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Chinese police stop students from offering flowers on first anniversary of
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 22 (ANI): To mark the first anniversary of the Henan Floods in China, students offered flowers and expressed their grief in a public space but the police obstructed them and said that they were not allowed to do so, a local media reported.
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Social media group warns Muslim women over removing burqa, taking selfies;
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 6 (ANI): A social media group claiming itself as the protector of Muslim rights has said that women wearing burqas in public spaces are not to open them and take selfies, said Mangaluru Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar.
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