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CPI(M) State secretary P. Shanmugam. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM The CPI(M) on Friday urged the Tamil Nadu government to withdraw the draft notification to amend the Tamil Nadu Factories Rules, 1950, to permit women workers to be employed in hazardous industries. In a statement, the party’s State secretary P. Shanmugam said for the…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has supported a bill to punish ‘femicide’ with life imprisonment. Published On 26 Nov 202526 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Italy’s parliament has formally added the crime of femicide – the deliberate killing of women and girls due to their gender – to its…
About 83,000 women and girls were intentionally killed worldwide last year – 60 percent of them at the hands of partners or relatives. Published On 25 Nov 202525 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share More than 50,000 women and girls were killed by intimate partners or family members around the…
Navia Natarajan in scenes from Draupadi Unbound | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Navia Natarajan’s thematic production — Draupadi Unbound’ — recently premiered at the Trinity Arts Festival in R.R. Sabha, Mylapore. Navia Natarajan. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Conceived, choreographed and performed by Navia, the dance was based on the enigmatic heroine of the Mahabharata — Draupadi. The…
Sanoli Chowdhury says Femme Music has partnered with AWAL (Artistes Without A Label) for global distribution. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement It might just be a great time to be a female indie artist in India. A new record label, said to be the only one in the country, is dedicated entirely to developing female indie…
Women in Fiji are often employed in the informal economy, which means low and inconsistent pay, with underemployment for them running as high as 74 percent, according to The Asia Foundation. So the women being trained by Ravea are eager to learn a more lucrative trade. Gathered in Vatulele’s bright, turquoise-coloured community hall, Ravea is…
The National Democratic Allaince (NDA) seems set to secure a historic win in Bihar with trends showing it is well on its way to secure a whopping 208 seats in the 243-seat assembly. The 2025 polls unfolded against the backdrop of a meticulously crafted campaign focused on stability, development, and inclusivity, where the NDA’s narrative…
The National Democratic Allaince (NDA) seems set to secure a historic win in Bihar with trends showing it is well on its way to secure a whopping 208 seats in the 243-seat assembly. The 2025 polls unfolded against the backdrop of a meticulously crafted campaign focused on stability, development, and inclusivity, where the NDA’s narrative…
Lighting the lamp and breaking barriers. From Mrcchakatikam | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement As I held the burning wicks of the nilavilakku (brass stage lamp) to perform my first Koothu Mudikkal/Mudiyakkitha ritual, my hands trembled, and I was emotionally overwhelmed. I felt the palpable presence of my fellow actresses, my predecessors and all actresses of…
Maverick’s story It was a cold November morning, and I had travelled with my family to our ancestral temple in a village in Tamil Nadu. My sister’s 11-month-old baby was to be tonsured for the first time – a religious head-shaving that in Hinduism is a way of discarding the evil eye and removing any…
