According to the recently released Time Use Survey, the female rate of participation in unpaid household labour was more than 80%. Only 25% of women surveyed engaged in employment or related activities during the surveyed period. This is despite the Female Labour Participation Rate increasing from 23.3% in 2017-18 to 41.7% in 2023-24, as noted … Read more
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla performs a ritual during the inauguration ceremony of the Constitution Club of Rajasthan, at State Legislative Assembly in Jaipur on March 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday (March 8, 2025) said the “deliberate disruptions” of the proceedings of the Parliament and State Assemblies … Read more
President Droupadi Murmu addresses the gathering during the inauguration ceremony of the National Conference on the theme ‘Nari Shakti Se Viksit Bharat’ on the occasion of International Women’s Day in New Delhi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI When India is moving towards becoming the third largest economy in the world, the participation of women … Read more
Women in power: Uttar Pradesh CM Mayawati, Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Through India’s 77 years of independence, the country has seen only eighteen women rise up to the Chief Minister’s post in their states. For Sucheta Kriplani – India’s first woman CM, it took sixteen years of Independence before the Congress chose a … Read more
File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. FIle | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Mauritius during March 11 and 12, 2025, said Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Saturday (March 8, 2025). Mr. Modi will be the chief guest at the Mauritius National Day on March 12. A ship from the … Read more
Health Minister J.P. Nadda said said the Union government will add 75,000 seats in the medical sector, with 30,000 seats already created last year. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Centre is focused on providing healthcare that is preventive, curative, palliative and rehabilitative, Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda said on Saturday (March 8, … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (March 8, 2025) said that in the last 10 years, his government has given top priority to women’s security | Photo Credit: PMO Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of International Women’s Day on Saturday (March 8, 2025) said that in the last 10 years, his government has … Read more
In this image provided by AICC, Leader of Opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during a meeting with party workers, in Ahmedabad, Saturday, March 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday (March 8, 2025) said there was a need to filter out workers and leaders from his party who were … Read more
India experienced brutal heat during last year’s summer, recording 536 heatwave days, the highest in 14 years, according to the India Meteorological Department. | Photo Credit: PTI India is “most likely” undercounting heat-related deaths due to a lack of robust data but the government is now improving surveillance to minimise the impact of extreme conditions … Read more
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh. File. | Photo Credit: Sansad TV via PTI Photo The Congress on Saturday (March 8, 2025) asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take Parliament into confidence on U.S. President Donald Trump’s claims that India has agreed to cut its tariffs. The opposition party’s general secretary, communications, Jairam Ramesh asked whether the … Read more