Now, giving more power to 'her' wings, the Ministry of Women and Child Development has prepared the draft National Policy for Women after considering suggestions/comments received from stakeholders...

World is still far-fetching from ‘Gender Equality’. The sex ratio is still needed to get leveled in many parts of the world. Now, India is making large strides in these issues with many innovative and supportive initiatives...

Guru Gobind Singh JI, the tenth master of the Sikhs gave a call to his community to look upon the sacred Guru Granth Sahib as the eternal Guru. The Sikh community, in pursuance of the order, has reposed complete faith in the holy Granth that is revered as living Guru. It is from this source that the community draws its spiritual solace. The Sikh community cannot tolerate desecration of the holy book or the “Gurudwara” (abode of the Guru). ..

he Constitution of India is the safeguard of human and civil rights. But crushing this base of Constitution, a private educational institution run by Muslim management, Azeezia Medical College Hospital in Kollam, Kerala has issued a Shariah- Compliant circular stating that there should be a recitation of only Quran ..

Indian High Commissions in different countries are working earnestly for the betterment of Indian people who are living in the countries. The case of Uzma Ahmed is one of the cases which were successfully achieved by Indian high commissions. Uzma, girl rescued from Pakistan, now working for the girls who are trapped in similar situations like her...

In a first in Madhya Pradesh, a transgender has been given a government job. Sanjana Singh, 36, has been appointed the personal secretary to the director of the state's Department of Social Justice and Disabled Welfare (DSJDW)...

Who created 8-hour workday? Who fights for the end of child labor? Who introduced the rules for safety at work? The ILO (International Labour Organization) did...

The Union Cabinet announced 10% reservation for economically backward non-reserved class in jobs and educational institutions today...

In the Bhima koregaon violence case Pune Rural police have registered one more case in connection with the violence held on January 1. A woman alleged that her house, shop and food stall were ransacked...

Farmers across the country have started the march towards Delhi, for their demands, including debt relief and remunerative prices for their produce...

How many placards the CEO of Twitter has held up so far that roared the slogans against the “white supremacy” in the USA? The wings of the twitter might be clipped any movement if it starts to “chirp out the wrong note...

Implying justice to the one who has seen the dreadful face of human mankind, the Women and Child Development Department has decided to approve setting up of 1000 fast-track courts washing away all pending cases on women and children...

India has been known for its respect and honour for women. They were worshipped as living God in this country since time immemorial, Indresh Kumar said and appealed to the countrymen to resolve to restore that respectful position of women in this land once again...

So, let’s play cautiously with the fire of sex. The heat of the fire can burn an object but the heat of sex can burn the very fabric of the society...

With the historic judgment taken by the Supreme Court by decriminalizing Section 377 just three weeks ago, another judgment creating history is by the SC striking down 158 years old Strikes Adultery Law under Section 497 IPC. The verdict stated as, “Any provision of law affecting individual dignity and equality of women invites wrath of constitution. It’s time to say that husband is not the master of wife. Legal sovereignty of one sex over other sex is wrong.”..

With an aim to inspire and motivate the girls and create awareness about women empowerment, Oriental Education Society on Friday last week organized a workshop on safety for women. Notably, Oriental Education Society is a well-known Public Charitable Trust working in the education sector...

Arya Samaj cultivates strong ethical and moral values as well as advocates peaceful and productive human living. This was said by Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Devvrat on Friday while addressing the 28th Arya Mahasammelan organized by Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, America and hosted by Greater Atlanta Vedic Temple. ..

Accepting the LGBTQ community and their relationships and suppressing the arguments in striking down the Section 377, the Constitutional Bench in its decision has reserved its judgment on the petitions to free private homosexual acts between adults from criminality...

To provide immediate protection and relief to women facing violence within families WCD Minister Maneka Gandhi has written to all the Chief Ministers of the state to certify provisions of the ‘Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA), 2005’...

The gruesome and horrifying incident of the 2012 Nirbhaya case that shook the entire country got a winning hand when the Supreme Court had announced death penalties to the convicts. Prevailing justice, the Supreme Court today dismissed the Review petitions filed by the convicts in 2012 Nirbhaya case...

The UN Women India paid an ode to the strong women has launched a new video encouraging the Nari to never give up! The new campaign video by UN is winning million hearts...

Reuniting kids and children to their families has been one of the noblest works done by human mankind. In an initiative to take forward this noble deed an app has been launched to trace and track the missing and abandoned children in India. The App ‘Reunite’ helps in unifying the missing children back to their parents. ..

The much publicized ‘Thompson Reuter Report on women, published by the philanthropic arm of the Reuters Media Company – Thompson Reuters Foundation – smacks of an well hatched out conspiracy to defame India, her people and most importantly the Narendra Modi government. And there is no doubt about their motive...

Acting unsympathetically on the purposeful act of disclosing the identity of three Dalit boys who were stripped, beaten and paraded nude in Jalgaon district, in Maharashtra, the Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MSCPCR) sent a show cause notice to Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday...

Courage, strength and the commitment to work for the people serve the people; has been rightly seen in this Railway Police Force Inspector Rekha Mishra. Rescuing children from Chattrapati Shivaji Terminals from trafficking and taking forward the rescue campaign on right track, this Sub Inspector has inked her name in the textbooks of SSC students in Maharashtra. ..

Many times we see while we visit nearby tea stalls and restaurants small children serving to customers and people often calling ‘Chhotu Zara Chai Laa’ ‘Munna Zara Paani Laa’ but have we ever thought that is his (Chhotu) age to work? Today, World Day Against Child Labour is the opportunity to prove yourself that we not only speak on child labors but we do not support it at all...

Showing immense development in making a better India, the country has conquered every milestone. Many adding in the list, the one that grabs more attention is the maternal mortality rate. Lauding India for walking on the path of evolution, UNICEF commended the country’s performance in reducing the maternal deaths. India has registered a significant decline in Maternal Mortality Ratio, recording a 22% reduction in such deaths since 2013...

Stooping down to the level where humanity is at stake, the Trinamool Congress has left no stones unturned to show their gruesome inhuman rule. In a latest gruesome act by the party, a 18 year old dalit boy Trilochan Mahato in Kolkata was killed and hanged on the tree with a chilling note in West Bengal. In a similar instance, the CPM in Kerala brutally tortured and murdered Kevin a Dalit Christian in honor killing...

Enabling methods to socially empower the women of the society, many initiatives have been instigated by the departments. In a new move to help the women, particularly the widows, the Women and Child Development Department of India has joined hands with Women and Child Development Department of Uttar Pradesh in setting up Home of Widows at Sunrakh Bangar, Vrindavan, ..

Women safety has always been on top priority for the government, the Ministry oh Home Affairs has created a new division to address issues of women safety comprehensively. This Division would deal with all aspects of women safety in coordination with relevant Ministries or Departments and State Governments...

Sighting the nationwide outrage over violence and offence compounded on children, the Centre has decided to retrain the police force on various sexual offence aspects and essentially those wherein they have to collect and preserve the evidence...

Following the public outrage over the gang-rape of a minor girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi on Friday declared that her ministry intends to amend the POCSO Act, making provision for death penalty in child rape cases...

Boosting the need to empower women and prepare them about the coming challenges, the departments in our country have taken immense steps to bring women forward. In this framework, the Department of Women and Child development has implemented a project to train women elected in Panchayati Raj...

She is beautiful, She is hardworking, She is Courageous! Celebrating her efforts and exertions she takes for everyone is one of the most commendable and admirable thing. Encouraging women empowerment and women entrepreneurship, a first of its kind initiative has been started in Chattisgarh. The Chattisgarh Government has started ‘Beti Zindabad Bakery’ boosting women empowerment...

Gone are the days when mother’s had to take a leave or resign from their jobs to take care of their babies. In a new move towards inclusive and supportive work environment for women employees, Parliament has approved to set up crèche facility for working mothers in their premises. ..

Taking forward the unique initiative of informing people about sanitation and menstrual hygiene the Western Railway Women's Welfare Organisation (WRWWO) has installed sanitary napkin dispensers and incinerators for female staff at all its major offices on the network. ..

An upgraded version of the original Himmat App and QR code has been launched containing complete information of taxi and auto-rickshaw drivers across the Delhi regions. This upgraded version was launched by Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Anil Bajaj...

Spreading sensational or misleading contents through social media could be really harmful in many cases. Taking note of that, social Media giant Facebook will begin to prioritize “trustworthy” news outlets on its stream of social media posts...

Bharatiya Nari! The term holds a strong significance in the life of each one of us today. Our existence depends completely on this one person who has been worshipped for years until now. Where has all the love, care, emotions and most importantly RESPECT for this word faded? Why is the country and most importantly the society depriving and degrading the importance of this word every now and then? Have we failed as a country to treasure our values and respect our elders the way we did a long time back? ..

Do you like those accessories with long tassel strings, beads; traditional weaved cloths, pottery etc. Want to have one of them? Don’t worry because these are now available to you online. The online shopping portals have collaborated with Amazon and Snapdeal to sell these products. ..

top abuse! Speak up for yourself girls! There is no age limit for violence and thus to take a stand and speak against it, an initiative called as One Step Centers are opened for girls and women to stop the ongoing sexual harassment, eve-teasing, misbehavior. This has been started in many states and to enter the league is the state of Telangana. Women and girls who face violence can enroll their complaints in these centers and the authorities would take undue action against the culprit. The main objective ..

Women in India have been treated as the epitome of beauty and considered as a Goddess. But if you really consider them as Goddess then why are women facing atrocities every now and then? Why are they targeted for every mishappening in the society? We come across many cases and news where we see the women has been harassed and ill-treated. This is not just on open roads or midnights but these atrocities against the women can be seen even at workplaces. ..

All around the world, declining mental health among common mass has become a real issue. A person depressed sometimes chooses the road to escape succumbing to the situation. Hence Japan government’s move can be a footprint for other countries also as it has decided to establish helplines on social networking sites targeting young people with suicidal thoughts...

Amid the piles of crisis, scarcity, Nigeria gets one good news at the end of the year. For the first time since the onset of the Boko Haram crisis, hunger has considerably declined in conflict-torn northeastern Nigeria. As per a latest report, the number of people facing acute hunger has halved since June-August - from 5.2 million to 2.6 million people...

New York, December 16: “Depression”, a word which has become a highly used one among young generation. A teenage with sad eyes often says “I’m depressed.” Many psychologists say overuse of social media is a reason of declining mental health among youth. Now social media giant Facebook has itself warned about the emotional and mental toll the social network takes on its addicts. It happens many time we actually don’t talk to anyone but scroll the home page or news feed of a social media or long time. ..

The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday cleared a bill that makes a Triple Talaq a criminal offence. Also, the central government is expecting to get the bill that makes a Triple Talaq a criminal offence in the ongoing winter session of the Parliament which commenced today...

This world suffers from an acute problem of inequality. While some people even have their own jet, some people don’t even have proper social security and can’t afford basic needs. More than half of the global population that means some four billion people has no social security protection...

Wasting food is one of the worst habits a man can have while so many people across the world suffer from and die from hunger, malnutrition. But unfortunately, almost every well-off man has this habit. It is so unfortunate that about 1/3 of the food we produce globally is lost or wasted every year. If you really want to come out of such a habit have a look at the 7 tips below...

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From schools to colleges, universities the problem of bullying is very much prevalent in everywhere. Many students even lost their life or could not continue their education career due to trauma caused by bullying. A Japanese Education Ministry report showed the total of 323,808 bullying cases were reported at elementary, junior high and high school. ..