Within a year, India’s white-collar sector saw a 35% increase in the job openings for women. An increased workforce participation was noted among the women who had rejoined after dropping out of work during the pandemic to become full-time caregivers.
The Times Higher Education’s (THE) Global University Rankings 2023 revealed that the top four out of five global universities – Oxford, Harvard, Cambridge, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, are to be led by women leaders.
On International Women’s Day, meet Captain Shaliza Dhami, who will be commandeering the forces working in a critical branch of the armed forces. Flying toward equality in all terms, the Indian Air Forces will be welcoming their first ever woman officer to take up the frontline command role.
Women’s self-limiting biases stem from social and cultural conditioning, which builds a deep sense of inferiority about their abilities, talents, opportunities, and goals. This holds them back from several leadership roles and level-playing fields.
Stating that there is a level-playing field being set for all officers, with women being employed equally at par with their male counterparts, Captain Shiva conveyed that she hoped to see more women officers in the Indian Army.
After repeatedly taking requests to the officials for a decent road, villagers of Lambloo, Ghumarin and Gumar have taken things into their own hands. From donating their lands to bringing in a JCB machine, the villagers tackled govt apathy by themselves.
Claiming it to be the first-of-its-kind initiative in the world, Union minister Nitin Gadkari tweeted about the bamboo crash barriers installed on Maharashtra highway. The barriers provide an eco-friendly alternative to the steel instalments.
In India, about 11 per cent of its population is predicted to be obese by 2035, according to the World Obesity Atlas 2023. Out of this, childhood obesity will predominant see an annual rise of 9.1 per cent.
The education system in India has been criticised for following a pattern of “fetch marks, land a job.” But for lakhs of engineering students in the country, securing a job is not as easy and experts point the flaws in the educational system for such a huge “employability gap.”
The court announced its verdict on the Hathras gangrape-murder case of 2020, and acquitted three out of the four accused. Only one accused has been held guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
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