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Tokyo Olympics: Deepika Kumari advances to 16th Round of women's...

World No. 1 Deepika Kumari advanced to the Round of 16 in the women's individual...

ACC's Swavlamban Initiative promotes Gender equality, empowers...

ACC Ltd recognises women's empowerment as a critical pillar for sustainable development...

NCW launches 24-hour Helpline to assist...

The National Commission for Women (NCW) launched a 24-hour helpline to assist...

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Yeshasvini Ramaswamy joins Great Place to Work India as...

Yeshasvini Ramaswamy has joined Great Place to Work India as CEO, effective...

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Sequoia Capital launches Fellowship Programme for Indian...

Sequoia Capital India has announced the launch of Sequoia Spark, a fellowship...

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Facebook India Announces Pragathi an Initiative to promote Women led Non Profit Startups

Facebook India announced on Monday a call for applications from women-led non-profits for the second phase of Facebook Pragati, its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative.

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Shobita & Shashwata Narain raise $3 million for their Digital Healthtech platform Veera Health

Veera Health, a digital health platform for women, has raised $3 million in a round co-led by Sequoia Capital India's Surge and Global Founders Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, CloudNine Hospitals' co-founder Rohit M.A.

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Ghazal Alagh & Varun Alagh founded Mamaearth raises funds led by Sofina Leads

One of the most valued new-ae D2C brands in the country, Mamaearth raises $50 million in a funding round led by Belgian investment fund Sofina, valuing the direct-to-consumer (D2C) personal care brand at $730 million.

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PM Modi Congratulates Priya Malik & 12 Others for winning Medals at...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Indian wrestling team on their 13 medals...

Union Government lists 13-point agenda for safety of women,...

The Union government has outlined a 13-point agenda to ensure the safety and security...

Devvaki Aggarwal led learning platform...

Instrucko, a one-to-one language learning platform, recently closed a $1...

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First Naari Shakti Puraskar Awardee Bhageerathi Amma...

Bhageerathi Amma, Kerala's oldest learner who passed the literacy examination...

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Indian archeress Deepika Kumar finishes 9th in Archery...

Deepika Kumar of India comes in ninth place in the Ranking Round. This means...

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Sambalpur Municipal Corporation to hire women to work in waste collection vans

The state government places a high value on women's empowerment, which is why it established the Mission Shakthi department. The Mission's primary goal is to provide women with opportunities for self-sufficiency.

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Startup India Scheme for women & SC/ST entrepreneurs crosses 1 lakh sanctioned loans

The dedicated credit scheme for SC/ST and women entrepreneurs-Standup India, which facilitates bank credit between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 crore, has sanctioned 1,16,266 loan applications totaling Rs 26204.49 crore since its inception

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Non-native spouses of J&K women can now obtain a certificate of domicile

The Jammu and Kashmir government has added a provision to the J&K Grant of Domicile Certificate (Procedure) Rules, 2020 that allows the spouse of a native woman who marries outside the Union Territory to apply for a domicile certificate.

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