Tag: International Women S Day

New Delhi: National carrier Air India will be flying 12 international flights as well as 40-plus domestic flights with an all-women crew on International Women’s Day, the airline said on Thursday. “Air India is set to fly 12 all-women crew flights on its medium and long-haul international routes and over 40 return domestic and short-haul […]

Bhubaneswar: Only months ahead of 2019 general elections, CM Naveen Patnaik had fanned out his MPs and ministerial colleagues to criss-cross the country to canvass for a 33 per cent reservation for women in legislatures and Parliament. But the reality that hurts is Odisha figures as the 7th poorest among 31 States in the country […]

New Delhi: Marking the occasion of International Women’s Day, Google on Friday showcased an interactive, slideshow doodle featuring inspirational quotes by women. The doodle begins with “woman” written in 11 different languages — Hindi, Arabic, French, Bangla, Russian, Japanese, German, Italian, English, Spanish and Portuguese. The quotes in various languages are from 14 international female […]

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind presented the Nari Shakti Puraskar to 44 women, including an acid attack survivor and India’s first woman marine pilot on Friday. The awards were given at a special ceremony organised at the Rastrapati Bhawan in the presence of Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi. To acknowledge women’s achievements, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) has announced to offer free rides to all women passengers travelling in Mo Bus on the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8. “On the occasion of International Women’s Day, women can avail a free ride in Mo Bus. There will be no charge for them on […]

Bhubaneswar: Close on the heels of the massive success of its first web series ‘Chumbak- A Love Beyond’, Tarang Cine Productions is all set to release ‘Anu Didi Not Out’ on International Women’s Day tomorrow. The world television premiere of the movie will be aired on Tarang Channel at 6.30 PM tomorrow. It will also […]

New Delhi: As the Indian eves gear up to face Australia in the Women’s T20 World Cup final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Sunday — which coincides with the International Women’s Day, ace cricketer Mithali Raj has wished luck to Harmanpreet Kaur and girls, urging them to bring “the trophy home.” Mithali, who […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the World will be celebrating the International Women’s Day on Sunday with the theme #EachforEqual, the shocker is a UNDP report released on Friday shows even women are prejudiced towards women. As per the UN report ‘Tackling Social Norms: A game-changer for gender inequalities’,  when 91 per cent of men show one […]

New Delhi: For the first time, entry will be free for all women visiting monuments under the ASI across the country on International Women’s Day on Sunday, the culture ministry said. According to an order issued by the ministry, on March 8, no fee will be charged from women visitors at all the monuments under […]

Bhubaneswar: To celebrate International Women’s Day tomorrow, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Friday ran a women’s special goods train from Khurda Road to Palasa in Andhra Pradesh. The train with all-women crew was part of a campaign of the Railway department to mark the International Women’s Day. The Khurda Road division of ECoR is […]

Koraput: Even as the International Women’s Day is celebrated today across the globe with the theme of #EachforEqual – means to create an equal and enabled world, here are two gritty women entrepreneurs in Odisha who scripted a silent revolution in the arena of women empowerment. Living the popular adage Khud Jiyo auron ko jeena […]

Mumbai: Air India will operate over 40 flights with all-women crew, today on International Women’s Day. According to a company statement, Air India would operate more than 40 flights on domestic and international routes, with all women crew including the non-stop flight to San Francisco. “Women cockpit and cabin crew of Air India are operating […]

Bhubaneswar: Highlighting the champion role played by women in the development of nation, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday stated that efforts need to be taken towards empowering women. Taking to twitter on the occasion of International Women’s Day, Patnaik wrote, “Be it financial independence or representing the people in Parliament, empowering women has […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha SHG movement will get a boost as the State government will soon carve a new department ‘Mission Shakti’ exclusively to deal with the SHG matters in the State. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced this significant policy move on the occasion of International Women’s Day. Patnaik was addressing a programme organised at Convention […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha police on International Women’s Day joined the world to dedicate the day to the women cops serving in the police force for their tireless services in maintaining law and order in the State. Hitting upon a novel way to express gratitude, the Odisha Police took to the twitter and posted photographs of all […]