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WOMEN WORKERS NUMBER DECLINE IN INDIA DUE TO SLOWDOWN, PANDEMIC

YOUNG FEMALE LABOUR ARE FACING TOO MANY CONSTRAINTS
Satyaki Chakraborty - 2020-12-19 09:32
Even 73 years after independence, India’s women, especially young women are faced with innumerable constraints in getting employed. The gender gap in employment which was already there in the beginning of 1950’s is showing despite big increase in female education and expansion of vocational and technical education of women.
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PLAYERS HAIL AIFF'S MOVE TO BID FOR 2027 AFC ASIAN CUP

Harpal Singh Bedi - 2020-12-18 16:27
New Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) decision to make the bid to host the AFC Asian Cup 2027 has received a huge support among various stakeholders, including the players.
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GOLF WOMEN: ROOKIE HITAASHEE WINS PRO TITLE IN HER SECOND START ON HERO WPGT

Harpal Singh Bedi - 2020-12-18 16:22
Gurugram: Hitaashee Bakshi, playing only her second event as a professional, returned two under 70 in the last round and with a total of 2-under 214 won the 9th leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Classic Golf and Country Club here on Friday.
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OCA SAYS E-SPORTS WILL ‘ADD VALUE’ TO ASIAN GAMES

Sports Correspondent - 2020-12-18 16:18
Kuwait City: The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) believes the inclusion of electronic sports in the official sports programme of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China in 2022 will “add value” to its showpiece event.
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MOTORSPORT: KY AHAMED LEADS TVS RACING TO DOUBLE 1-2 FINISH, SESHADRI, ANN JENNIFER TOP IN NOVICE, GIRLS CATEGORIES

Sports Correspondent - 2020-12-18 16:15
Chennai: KY Ahamed started his campaign with two brilliant performances as he led his team, TVS Racing, to 1-2 finishes in both the Pro-Stock categories (301-400cc and 165cc) in the second and final round of the Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship at the MMRT, here on Friday.
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FOOTBALL ISL: KEEN CONTEST ON CARDS AS GOA TAKES ON CHENNAIYIN

Sports Correspondent - 2020-12-18 16:11
Fatorda, Goa: After two wins, two defeats and two draws in their six fixtures, Goa will seek to achieve consistency when they host their bitter rivals Chennaiyin in the Hero Indian Super League at the Fatorda Stadium, on Saturday.
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GOLF: HARENDRA GUPTA CARDS 63 TO TAKE ONE-SHOT HALFWAY LEAD WITH SECOND STRAIGHT ERROR-FREE ROUND

Sports Correspondent - 2020-12-18 15:33
Jamshedpur: Chandigarh’s Harendra Gupta fired nine-under-63, his second straight bogey-free round, to make his way to the top of the leaderboard at 17-under-127 at the end of day two of the TATA Steel Tour Championship 2020 being played at the Beldih and Golmuri golf courses in Jamshedpur.

INDIA SUFFERS FURTHER DECLINE IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

APPROACH TO SOCIAL SECTOR PLANNING NEEDS TO BE REFRAMED
Gyan Pathak - 2020-12-18 10:25
Hoping for progress, government was claiming the same, but we actually regressed. UNDP’s Human Development Report 2020 has just revealed. In place of human development, India registered a human decline, went two ranks below, from 129th to 131st among 189 countries in the world in 2019. Per capita income fell, health deteriorated, education greatly impacted. Children and women suffered more than men. All these were happening and then came the dark year 2020. Hidden in the dark shadow of the pandemic are the numerous untold miseries we are trying to unearth.

FEMALE DISSENTERS: NEW FACES OF GLOBAL COURAGE AND RESISTANCE

WOMEN IN INDIA ARE EMERGING EQUALLY AS DEFENDERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Priyanka Preet - 2020-12-18 09:44
Succeeding generations will perhaps remember us as a generation of dissenters–forever resisting, sloganeering, thriving and rebelling. But they must also remember female dissenters kindly for they have revolutionised the idea of citizenship through consistent dissent.