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Lok Sabha Passes Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill; Paid Leaves Increase

The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 protects the employment of women in her maternity period and entitles her of maternity benefit (Credit: iStock Images) Almost six months aft...

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Human Rights

Iceland Becomes First Country In The World To Require Gender Pay Equality

Yesterday, Iceland became the first country in the world to introduce mandatory equal pay. On International Women’s Day, the Nordic nation announced their plans to fo...

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Sustainable Development

How An Atari Chip Set Off A War Among Neuroscientists

A video game chip started a scientific reckoning. It all began when some “microchip archaeologists” photographed the chip—the MOS 6502 microprocessor that...

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Environment

Shell Is Abandoning Canada’s Oilsands

In a move that might be indicative of flagging international confidence in the Canadian Oil sands, Shell has announced it will exit most of its oil extraction projects in A...

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Alternative Entertainment

Madani Younis: ‘I Fear That Theatres Will Be Only For The Chosen Few’

Pointing through the Bush Theatre’s newly installed windows towards the street, Shepherd’s Bush Market and the railway bridge, artistic director Madani Younis o...

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Bollywood

Amitabh Bachchan Supports Gender Equality! Tweets, Will Share Assets Equally Between Abhishek Bachchan And Shweta Nanda

Amitabh Bachchan showed his support for gender equality with his latest tweet, where he revealed that his assets would be equally shared by his son, Abhishek Bachchan and d...

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Trending

The Story Of Ladakhi Village Farmstays, And The Mothers Who Run Them

Beyond majestic, wrinkled mountains and glistening glaciers, past the worn-thin touristy attractions of Leh city, Ladakh offers the opportunity to experience the gentle cha...

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Gender

76 Women Voyage To The Edge Of The World To Fight Gender Inequality

There's a running joke that one has to sport a beard to conduct scientific research in Antarctica. Except it isn't really a joke, because until the mid-20th century women w...

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Health

Indian Women Eat 13% Less Protein Than Men: Survey Finds

Women across India consume 13% lesser protein than men, a survey by Delhi-based mobile health and fitness company HealthifyMe has revealed. The report, titled HealthifyMete...

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Human Rights

Reform Hold The Key To Cut Litigation In India Land Deals, Say Analysts

The process of land acquisition in India has been the source of increasing political and legal contestation for almost 200 years, says the Land Rights Initiative Reforms to...

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