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Women's chess championship: India, Kazakh draw 1st match of Quarterfinal

India drew 2-2 against Kazakhstan in the first match of the quarterfinals of the FIDE World Women's Team Chess Championship here on Thursday. India's No.1 player D Harika drew Zhansaya Abdumalik on the top board as did R Vaishali on the second board against Dinara Saduakassova. Bhakti Kulkarni's loss to Meruert Kamalidenova on the third board was neutralised by Mary Ann Gomes on the fourth, with a fine 85-move win over Gulmira Dauletova. Harika, who had a good run in the FIDE Online Olympiad recently with 7.5 points from her nine games, could not force a win against Abdumalik. Vaishali, who has been in good form in this tournament, held higher-rated Saduakassova. Kulkarni (Elo 2149) faltered against lower-rated Kamalidenova but Gomes saved the blushes for India with a win in a marathon encounter against Dauletova. India and Kazakhstan will play the second match of the quarterfinal later tonight. In the other first matches in the quarterfinals, Russia took a big step towards a sp

Need bold leadership to end child labour, poverty, says Kailash Satyarthi

The Nobel laureate said that $52 bn can provide social protection for every child and every pregnant woman in low income countries

More female representation

Structural biases against women must be addressed

Where women took shelter from abuse, Taliban now in control

Over the past two decades, activists set up dozens of women's shelters around Afghanistan

Iceland misses out on Europe's first female-majority Parliament

Predictions failed to pan out that Jakobsdottir's coalition would struggle in face of calls from left for higher health-care spending and worries over climate change in North Atlantic island nation

Shout with anger, demand 50% reservation in judiciary: CJI to women lawyers

CJI said that it's an issue of thousands of years of suppression and women are entitled to the reservation and added, "It's a matter of right, and not a matter a charity."

SC rejects Centre's plea to delay NDA exam for women, says can't postpone

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it doesn't want women to be denied their right. The induction of women cannot be posted by one year, it said.

Social commerce firm Trell acquires Womaniya for undisclosed sum

Womaniya provides support and credible information subjects like menstrual health, child care, nutrition, fitness, and mental wellness

Ola e-scooter factory to be largest all-women plant globally: Aggarwal

Ola co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal on Monday said its electric scooter factory will be run entirely by women and employ over 10,000 women at full scale. "Aatmanirbhar Bharat requires Aatmanirbhar women! Proud to share that the Ola Futurefactory will be run ENTIRELY by women, 10,000+ at full scale! It'll be the largest all-women factory in the world!! Slightly smiling face," he said in a tweet. He also shared a video featuring the first batch of women hired to work at the facility. In a blogpost, Aggarwal said the company welcomed the first batch this week and "at full capacity, Futurefactory will employ over 10,000 women, making it the world's largest women-only factory and the only all-women automotive manufacturing facility globally". This is the first in a series of initiatives Ola is undertaking to create a more inclusive workforce and provide economic opportunities for women across the board, he added. Aggarwal said the company has invested significantly to train and upskill the

Bank of America taps new CFO, promotes three women to top roles

Alastair Borthwick, president of global commercial banking, will replace CFO Paul Donofrio next quarter, the company said Friday in an internal memo.

60% domestic workers not paid in lockdown, faced poverty, debt: Report

The 2020 lockdown and the partial state shutdowns have hurt millions of informal workers in India, with female workers bearing the brunt of the crisis

SC achieved mere 11% representation of women with great difficulty: CJI

The apex court presently has four women judges among the 33 sitting judges.

Maha launches Vatsalya scheme for women who lost their husbands to Covid-19

Maharastra's Minister for Women and Child Development, Yashomati Thakur on Wednesday launched a scheme, 'Mission Vatsalya' for women who lost their husbands to COVID-19.

Women need a better deal

The literature, say the authors, has focused on supply-side constraints that prevent women from entering the labour markets

Indian Army clears way for promotion of 5 women officers to Colonel rank

The widening of promotion avenues to more branches of the Indian Army is a sign of increasing career opportunities for women officers.

Afghanistan: Taliban announces 'amnesty', urges women to join government

he Taliban announced an amnesty across Afghanistan and urged women to join its government, trying to calm nerves across a nervous capital city that only the day before saw chaos at its airport

Prime Minister Modi to interact with woman self-help groups on Thursday

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said a collection of success stories of women SHG (self-help group) members from all across the country will be released

Covid-19 lockdown negatively impacted women's nutrition in India: Study

The nationwide lockdown in India in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on women's nutrition in the country, according to a study conducted by a group of researchers in the US. The study by Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition in four economically backward districts of Uttar Pradesh's Maharajganj, Bihar's Munger, and Odisha's Kandhamal and Kalahandi indicate a decline in household food expenditures and women's dietary diversity in May 2020 compared to May 2019, particularly for non-staples like meats, eggs, vegetables and fruits. It occurred despite the special Public Distribution System (PDS), direct benefit transfer and ration from aanganwadis reaching 80 per cent, 50 per cent and 30 per cent of the surveyed households, respectively, said the study published in the latest issue of Economia Politica journal. Our findings contribute to the growing body of evidence of women's disproportionate vulnerability to economic shocks, the impact of a staple

Women unemployment rate falls to 4.2% in 2019-20 from 5.1% in 2018-19

Unemployment rate for women fell to 4.2 per cent in 2019-20 from 5.1 per cent in 2018-19, according to Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by National Statistical Office

Pakistan: Outcry over 'barbaric murder' of former ambassador's daughter

The "barbaric" murder of Noor Mukaddam, the daughter of a former ambassador has triggered outrage across Pakistan and raised questions over the safety and security of women in the country