BCCI Apex Council member Shantha Rangaswamy has written to the Board to revise the hospitalisation reimbursement policy for female cricketers besides seeking a rule change to ensure “the best available team” for the inaugural Women’s U-19 World Cup next year. The ICC recently announced that age group World Cup will finally take place next year […]
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Dec
Dec
California’s civil rights regulator is investigating Google’s treatment of Black female workers following alleged incidents of harassment and discrimination, according to two people familiar with the matter and emails from the agency seen by Reuters. Attorneys and analysts at the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) have repeatedly interviewed several Black women who […]
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Aug
Aug
IRCTC resumed Tejas Express services from August 7 The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is offering a five per cent cashback offer to women passengers who are traveling by the IRCTC Tejas Express train in a festive Rakhi special offer. The e-ticketing and catering arm of Indian Railways said in a tweet that to avail of […]
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Aug
Aug
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding has fired a manager who allegedly sexually assaulted a female employee and will establish policies to prevent sexual harassment, Chief Executive Daniel Zhang said on Monday. The manager – at Alibaba’s City Retail unit, which offers grocery delivery from local supermarkets – “has been fired and will never be […]
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Jul
Jul
Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos will be joined by Wally Funk, one of the 13 women who passed NASA’s astronaut training programme in the 1960s, on the first crewed flight into space from his rocket company Blue Origin later this month. Funk, 82, will be the oldest person ever to travel into space, Blue Origin […]
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Mar
Mar
With International Women’s Day here, we wanted to highlight some women-led movies from India and around the world. Too often, the conversation ends up being about women on screen, and not what’s happening behind the scenes. And that’s why this list is divided into three categories: female directors, movies from India, and international films. We’ve […]
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Mar
Mar
Cricket Australia on Monday announced its commitment to continue addressing gender imbalance on this International Women’s Day, with the formation of a “Recognition of Women in Cricket Working Group”. As a major first step, the NSW government’s stadiums authority Venues NSW has committed to housing the first sculpture of a women’s cricketer at […]
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Feb
Feb
A company catering to women and led by women has made its 31-year-old female founder a billionaire. Shares of Bumble, the owner of the dating app where women make the first move, soared 67 percent in its trading debut to $72 (roughly Rs. 5,250) at 1:03pm in New York (11:33pm IST), valuing Chief Executive Officer Whitney Wolfe […]
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Jan
Jan
The Pink Test between India and Australia will witness Claire Polosak script history as she will become the first female match official in a men’s Test match. Claire will take up the role of the fourth umpire during the third Test, set to begin on Thursday at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Paul […]
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Nov
Nov
When Aashika Chittiappa looked to get back to work in 2016 after the birth of her first child, her mother advised her to do something that would continue to engage her, and also allow her to be in the moment with her child. Four years later, she’s been doing this successfully as one of the […]