98 “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the whole community.” Savitribai Phule Savitribai was born in the village of Naigaon, Maharashtra on 3rd January 1831. She pioneered girl’s education. Jyotirao and Savitribai Phule transformed the Indian Society by founding India’s first school for girls. This school was founded in
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34After successfully landing on the moon, the Chandrayaan-3 made a ground-breaking discovery by verifying the presence of sulphur near the South Pole. Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose the name “Shiv Shakti” for the landing site as to honour the equal role played by both male and female scientists in this historic endeavour. We saw
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56On the occasion of Diwali Milan this year, Prime Minister of India, Sh. Narendra Modi shared his concern regarding Deepfakes after seeing a fake video of him playing Garba. Also, in a Deepfake the ‘Pushpa’ film actress, Rashmika Mandanna is shown walking out of an elevator in a revealing dress. But what is a Deepfake?
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73On September 1, Union Minister, Dr. Jitendra Singh ,announced the completion of India’s first indigenously developed Cervavac- quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer in India. Hope grows as India has been fully dependent on foreign manufacturers for the HPV vaccine but this first indigenously developed qHPV vaccine could be a real
489 “There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.-Michelle Obama In India, despite the struggles and challenges women face , there have been and still are many women achievers who have made the country proud . They have worked hard for their rights and marked their presence in various fields, emerging as
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149The Indian Ocean is the only ocean named after a country, that is, India. India’s coastline of more than 7,500 km reflects our vast ocean resources. To celebrate and commemorate 75 years of independence and the glorious history of its people, culture and achievements, the Government of India has undertaken a unique initiative, a 75-week
378VISHAKA V. STATE OF RAJASTHAN IS A LANDMARK JUDGMENT PRONOUNCED IN 1997 BY THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA. THIS CASE LED TO THE ENACTMENT OF CERTAIN GUIDELINES TO DEAL WITH CASES OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACES. BHANWARI DEVI, A SOCIAL WORKER FROM RAJASTHAN, WAS BRUTALLY GANG-RAPED BY SIX GUJJAR MEN FOR STOPPING CHILD
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135The appointment of Jyoti Deshpande, CEO, Viacom 18 Pvt Ltd as the co-chair of FICCI Media and Entertainment Board gives as a tremendous boost to the confidence of women. Deshpande joins the league of five other powerful women in the media industry recently featured among the top 50 most powerful women in India in the
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153 “One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.”-Abraham Maslow Be it NCC, NDA, OTA or IMA, the Indian defence institutions are famed worldwide for the quality of trained (wo)men they produce. With the aim of involving
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78Amidst the fanfare of the bigger multi-million dollar productions, an indigenous entry in the Oscars 2022 shortlist remains unnoticed. Writing With Fire, an Indian documentary film about the newspaper Khabar Lahariya, made it to the Oscars 2022 shortlist. The documentary focuses mostly on accounts from rural India’s most underserved areas.Khabar Lahariya is India’s only feminist
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