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Isha Ambani shares her IVF story of conceiving twins, calls Radhika Merchant a 'close confidante' Isha Ambani Piramal recently shared her experience of conceiving twins through IVF in an interview with Vogue India, aiming to dispel the taboo around the procedure. She emphasized the importance of normalizing IVF, noting the physical and emotional...
29 Jun, 2024, 12.10 PM ISTGender ratio improves at old IIMs as they take more female candidates Indian business schools are prioritizing gender diversity by admitting more women to their flagship programs, reflecting a broader trend in corporate India. Efforts to enhance classroom dynamics and prepare students for diverse workplaces are also u...
27 Jun, 2024, 11.55 PM ISTJEE-Advanced Topper 2024: IIT Delhi zone's Ved Lahoti tops JEE-Advanced Topper 2024: Ved Lahoti from the IIT Delhi zone secured the top rank in the JEE-Advanced 2024 by scoring 355 out of 360 marks. Out of 48,248 qualifiers, 7,964 are female. Dwija Dharmeshkumar Patel from the IIT Bombay zone is the highest...
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48,248 candidates qualify in JEE (Advanced) 2024; Ved Lahoti and Dwija Dharmeshkumar Patel are male and female toppers According to a press release issued by the organising chairperson, IIT Madras, out of the total qualified candidates, 7964 are female and 40284 are male. Total number of qualified general candidates is 14319 and that of qualified general (economical...
10 Jun, 2024, 01.15 PM ISTAs Donald Trump narrows Vice President search, his short list is nearly all men When the topic of Donald Trump's potential running mate arose at a Manhattan fundraiser last week, the Republican presidential candidate gave high marks to contenders including North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum and U.S. Senator Tim Scott.
07 Jun, 2024, 09.53 AM ISTMexico's female mayor killed shortly after country elected first woman President In a shocking incident, Yolanda Sanchez Figueroa, mayor of Cotija in Michoacan, was shot dead shortly after Mexico elected its first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum. Sanchez Figueroa and her bodyguard were attacked near her home.
06 Jun, 2024, 02.31 AM IST73 women elected to Lok Sabha, lower than 2019 73 women won in the Lok Sabha elections, a slight dip from 78 in 2019. West Bengal leads with 11 female MPs. BJP fielded 69 women candidates, Congress 41. This election follows the women's reservation bill, yet to be implemented.
05 Jun, 2024, 09.24 PM ISTDelhi Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 6: National Capital to vote on May 25. Here are candidates and their seats As the scorching heatwave persists, the nation's capital gears up for the electoral showdown on Saturday, May 25th, following an unprecedented two-month-long campaign period. The BJP and its partners in the INDIA bloc find themselves in a head-to-he...
04 Jun, 2024, 11.15 AM IST2024 Lok Sabha elections: Under-representation issue in spotlight as only 9.6% women in fray This year marks the first general election since the passage of the women's reservation bill, which aims to reserve one-third of seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women - a bill which, despite being passed, is yet to be implemented. De...
03 Jun, 2024, 03.16 PM ISTMexico's Claudia Sheinbaum wins landslide to become first woman president Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, won the presidency with between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote, according to a rapid sample count by Mexico's electoral authority. That is set to be the highest vote tally percentage in Me...
03 Jun, 2024, 12.30 PM ISTGlobal equality champion Iceland set to elect woman as president Iceland is set to elect a woman as president for the second time. Two women, Katrin Jakobsdottir and Halla Tomasdottir, are leading in the polls to succeed Gudni Th Johannesson.
02 Jun, 2024, 12.21 AM ISTPeople will go "vocal for local" while voting in Varanasi: Congress candidate Ajay Rai Congress candidate Ajai Rai expressed confidence in winning Varanasi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing his local roots. Rai highlighted the importance of local representation and criticized PM Modi's connection to the area. PM Modi seeks ...
01 Jun, 2024, 01.56 PM ISTFemale candidates in Lok Sabha polls rise from 7% in 2009 to 9.6% in 2024 The number of female candidates contesting Lok Sabha elections in India has increased steadily over the past 15 years, rising from 7% in 2009 to 9.6% in 2024, according to an analysis by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR). In 2024, 797 wome...
29 May, 2024, 04.28 PM ISTNew Delhi Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Dates, schedule, partywise candidates and all you need to know The New Delhi parliamentary seat, a key electoral district in Delhi, has a rich history dating back to 1951. The seat has been represented by various parties, including Bharatiya Janata Party's Meenakshi Lekhi in 2019 and Congress' Ajay Makan in 201...
24 May, 2024, 08.09 PM ISTView: Iran’s President Raisi, who died in chopper crash, was a failure Iran president Helicopter Crash: Since the early 1980s, Iranian presidents have reflected the supreme leader's needs. Ebrahim Raisi, close to Ayatollah Khamenei, aimed to restore faith in the Islamic Revolution but failed. His crackdown on female dr...
21 May, 2024, 09.04 AM ISTWith Rs 313.53 cr assets, BJP's Dilip Ray richest candidate in phase 2 Odisha assembly polls BJP candidate and former union minister Dilip Ray, who declared possessing assets valued at Rs 313.53 crore, has emerged as the richest MLA in the fray for the second phase of assembly elections in Odisha. According to a report by the Association fo...
14 May, 2024, 08.54 PM ISTLok Sabha polls: Only 12 pc of candidates in fray in phase 5 are women, says ADR Low female representation in Lok Sabha polls, with 12% female candidates in the fifth phase. 23% candidates have criminal cases, including 18% with serious charges like murder and hate speech. Concerns raised over candidates' assets and educational ...
12 May, 2024, 09.58 PM ISTAssam LS polls: Decline in women candidates but female voters outnumber men Assam has a total electorate of 2,45,72,144 with 1,23,39,241 women voters and 1,23,25,293 male voters. This declining trend in women candidates has been continuing since the 2014 polls when there were 16 female aspirants. The ruling BJP has fielded ...
06 May, 2024, 10.45 AM ISTEnrolment of women for online skill training doubles in 5 years: Report Web development, digital marketing, and advanced Excel are the most sought-after courses in the past year, constituting 14%, 11%, and 7% of enrolments, respectively. There has also been significant interest in courses such as programming with Python...
27 Feb, 2024, 07.29 PM ISTNot a ‘fairytale’ workplace: A letter penned by Walt Disney, refusing to hire female candidates goes viral The letter was shared on a sub Reddit named ‘DamnThat’sInteresting’ and within moments it went viral and gained 42K likes. Redditors had a field day poking fun at the blatant misogyny.
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