Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani. File | Photo Credit: PTI Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday said that One Stop Centres to help women who have faced violence have been established in over 700 districts across the country and around 8.3 lakh women have received help through them. The One Stop … Read more
India slipped four ranks in the global hunger index to 111 out of 125 countries from 107 in the previous year, according to the new rankings released Thursday. But the government contested the report’s methodology, calling it erroneous and mala fide. “The Global Hunger Index continues to be a flawed measure of ‘Hunger’ and does … Read more
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A woman casting her vote during a gram panchayat election, in Pamarru of Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. File photo | Photo Credit: V. Raju India has successfully pushed for including women’s participation in local government bodies as a parameter for the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap report where it has traditionally not fared … Read more