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Swiss Ladies Open: Diksha stays in top-20 of LET Order of Merit
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Diksha, who has five Top-10s this season, including a runner-up place, will play in France next two weeks before coming back home for the Women's Indian Open, where she has finished in the Top-3 in the past
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Pashtun activist warns UN of human rights abuses, fake military operations
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Addressing the international community, Afridi accused the Pakistani military of carrying out false flag military operations under the pretence of combating terrorism, while targeting innocent civilians, particularly Pashtun women and children.
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PM Modi hails Vaishali Rameshbabu's FIDE Women's Grand Swiss win
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Indian chess player Vaishali Rameshbabu after she defended her FIDE Women's Grand Swiss title in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, and secured a berth in the 2026 FIDE Women's Candidates tournament.
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Trade For Impact Conference Highlighted South Asia's Women Entrepreneurs a
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 16: WEConnect International, with support from the U.S. Department of State, hosted the final Regional Business Conference "Trade For Impact" under the project "Maximising Women Business Owner Contributions through Trade" in Bengaluru. In South Asia,
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Concerted drive to encourage women's attendance at hospitals: Delhi AIIMS
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Dr. Nirupam Madan, Medical Superintendent of AIIMS Delhi, said that 'Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan' is a concerted and timely drive by the Prime Minister's Office to encourage more women to seek hospital care. She said that as part of the campaign, AIIMS Delhi will organise health ca
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Lok Sabha Speaker emphasises economic empowerment of women as key pillar i
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla today highlighted the need of sustainable economic empowerment models for women as the first national conference of Parliamentary and Legislative committees on women empowerment concluded in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, with the adoption of the 'Tirupati Resolution'.
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Pakistan: Punjab launches HPV vaccination drive targeting 8 million girls
Updated : 9 months ago IST
The campaign will run from September 15 to 27. According to Dawn, the vaccine will be administered to girls aged 9 to 14 years and is seen as a critical tool against cervical cancer, which is the third most common cancer in women in Pakistan.
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India's R Vaishali becomes country's third player to reach FIDE Women's Ca
Updated : 9 months ago IST
She defended her FIDE Grand Swiss title in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on Monday, as per ESPN. She finished with a total of eight points from 11 rounds, equal to Katryna Lagno, but secured a successful title defence on the basis of a tie-break.
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Himachal: CM Sukhu honours women for commendable work in various fields at
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Himachal CM announced that the state government would give Rs 51,000 each to the honoured women and also distributed awards to the Narayanis of Season 4 for their commendable work in various fields, as well as the Engineering Icon of Himachal and the Civil Excellence Award 2025 to engineers
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World Athletics C'ships: Murali Shreesankar fails to reach long jump final
Updated : 9 months ago IST
The 26-year-old's best effort of 7.78m, with other legal attempts of 7.70 m and 7.59 m earned him a 14th place in Group A of athletes and overall 25th amongst 36 players. His returns were not sufficient enough to help him meet the qualification criteria of 8.15 m jump or finish in top 12 nee
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Tirupati Resolution marks a new era for women's empowerment: LS Speaker Om
Updated : 9 months ago IST
The 'Tirupati Resolution' laid down a clear roadmap for advancing women's empowerment. It emphasised applying a gender lens across all Ministries and Departments, enhancing allocations for health, education, skills, and entrepreneurship, institutionalising gender-responsive budgeting, and
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Papua New Guinea secures final spot in ICC Women's T20 World Cup Global Qu
Updated : 9 months ago IST
The teams that will compete at next year's ICC Women's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier are now confirmed as Papua New Guinea claimed the final spot by winning the East Asia Pacific Qualifier on Monday
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