rotests broke out across Iran to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who passed away while being held by Iran's morality police after being detained for allegedly not wearing her headscarf properly in September last year, reported CNN.
NCP leader (Ajit Pawar faction) Praful Patel on Sunday said that the Women's Reservation bill should be passed in Parliament adding that this step by the government will receive support from every political party.
District administration authorities upon receiving the distress call, swung into action and arranged for the family's rescue by a helicopter on Sunday.
Even as Saturday marked the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, a progressive Iranian woman who stood up against the draconian Hijab rule and whose alleged custodial death sparked furious protests, the Iranian authorities detained her father, CNN reported citing Iranian jo
Giving details about the incident, the DCP said, "The incident took place on the night of September 2, when the 33-year-old woman had hired the auto from Burari and was on her way to an ISBT Kashmere Gate.
"We received information from Salara locality that a woman and a girl child were found dead in a house. So when we came here, we found them dead. The woman has been identified as Rina and her daughter was aged six to seven," Old Sabzi Mandi Station Incharge Satyapal said.
Weeks after India made a successful touchdown on the South Pole of the lunar surface, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday praised ISRO woman scientist, Ritu Karidhal, saying that the "Rocket Woman" from Lucknow played a significant role in the success of Chandrayaan-3 mission.
A junior woman athlete coach in December, last year, alleged that Sandeep harassed her from February to November last year through repeated messages on social media and also touched her inappropriately. Sandeep, however, denied any wrongdoing.
Japanese Prime Minster Fumio Kishida's government on Friday approved a list of new senior and parliamentary vice ministers, devoid of any female members. This is in contrast to the reshuffled Cabinet line-up with a record-tying five women, Kyodo News reported.