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Taliban order all NGOs to stop employing women

The Taliban have announced they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) employing women in Afghanistan. IMAGE: An Afghan woman walks past a beauty salon in Kabul,......

Taliban's latest decree: No windows in women's living spaces

In its latest decree, the Taliban's moral police banned women from looking out of windows. IMAGE: Afghan women arrive to receive assistance from a World Food Program distribution centre in Kabul,......

UN team meets Rohingyas in Jammu as BJP protests

A two-member team of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) met Rohingya Muslims at a slum in Jammu amid a heated debate whether the illegally settled immigrants be provided......

Manmohan Singh: Man of few words but immense wisdom

Born in a village in undivided Punjab, now in Pakistan, former prime minister Manmohan Singh's family witnessed first-hand the tragic Partition and he often spoke of communal harmony in his long......

India abstains as UN Women's Commission votes out Iran

Iran was ousted from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women on Wednesday evening in the wake of the Mahsa Amini protest. IMAGE: A woman takes part in a protest against the Islamic......

India contributes $1 million to UN women's body

Underscoring its commitment to the UN's body on gender equality and women empowerment, India has contributed $1 million to the organisation for the current financial year. External Affairs Minister......

Future of digital payments in India

'The focus needs to shift towards the ability to collect payments, particularly in tier-3 to tier-4 areas where acceptance is still lacking.' IMAGE: Cutlery vendor switches on Paytm at a roadside......

UN slashes India's economic growth forecast by 20 bps to 5.8% for 2023

The United Nations on Wednesday pared down India’s growth forecast by 20 basis points to 5.8 per cent for 2023 calendar year, citing higher interest rates and risks of recession in the......

Uber to train 50,000 women drivers

Cab aggregator service Uber on Thursday announced that it had tied up with a Singapore-based company to train women drivers even as it continues to be under a Delhi government ban after a driver......

Chief executives of Wipro, HCL Tech receive UN award

The chief executive officers of Indian IT giants Wipro and HCL Tech are among this year's recipient of leadership awards given by the UN's body on women for their work on principles of women's......

Janhvi-Khushi Are Seeing YOU!

John unveils his next movie... Nimrat on a movie she cherishes...Varun, Ranveer, Aditya watch some fighting... Photograph: Kind courtesy Janhvi Kapoor/Instagram Janhvi Kapoor and Khushi Kapoor......

2024: Top 10 International Films

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite 2024 films that he watched at film festivals in Berlin, Cannes, Toronto and India. It's that time for the year to track its very best. These are personal choices,......

'Won't Allow Severe Cuts, It Will Destroy The Film'

'The chances of The Shameless passing through the censorship board in India are slim to none.' IMAGE: The Shameless Director Konstantin Bojanov with actors Omara Shetty and Anasuya Sengupta.......

'It Slowly Dawned On Me That I Had Won'

'I want to believe that now the world is my oyster.' IMAGE: Anasuya Sengupta at the Cannes Film Festival. Photograph: Kind courtesy Anasuya Sengupta/Instagram As Anasuya Sengupta stood at the......

Indian Film Makes HISTORY At Cannes

IMAGE: Director Payal Kapadia, the Grand Prix award winner for the film All We Imagine as Light, at the closing ceremony of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, May 25, 2024. Photograph: Clodagh......

The Olympics, From A Spectator's Lens

What is it like watching all the Olympian action and drama unfold from the spectators' galleries at the Stade de France?Rediff.com asked Dr Rajesh Parikh, director of medical research and......

Boxer wants to win at Olympics for Afghan women living under oppression

IMAGE: Sadia Bromand wants to win a gold at the Olympics for fellow Afghan women living under oppression. Photograph: Twitter At a time when women in Afghanistan are living under oppression, not......

Afghanistan to send 17 female athletes to Asian Games

IMAGE: Kimia Yousofi of Afghanistan in action during the women's 100m preliminary round at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, on July 29, 2021. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters Afghanistan's Olympic committee......

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