New Delhi: Actress Taapsee Pannu has joined a social awareness initiative to celebrate the multi-tasking potential in women. Taapsee has joined beauty retailer Nykaa’s #BreakTheHashtag campaign. In a video for it, Taapsee celebrates her many roles as a fighter, rebel, engineer and actor, breaking the stereotype that women are defined by a single role. “As […]
New York: Do you often suffer from urinary tract infections (UTIs)? A new study suggests that drinking an additional three pints of water may reduce the recurrence of UTIs in women. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 40-60 per cent of women will develop a UTI during their lifetimes […]
New Delhi: Nearly 50 per cent of women in India live with an abnormal cholesterol level, an alarming indicator of the risk of their being prone to cardiovascular diseases (CVD), a survey has showed. The survey by diagnostic chain SRL Diagnostics revealed that 48 per cent women in the age group of 46-60 years had […]
London: Hormone replacement therapy (HRT), used to treat common symptoms of menopause, can help slow the decline in lung function in middle-aged women, according to new research. Women who suffer from airway diseases, the decline in lung function may influence quality of life, as it could lead to an increase in shortness of breath, reduced […]
New Delhi: The Indian Army would induct women in its Corps of Military Police and a proposal is being finalised for inducting around 800 women — with a yearly intake of 52, it was announced on Friday.
New Delhi: The ovarian reserve — pool of eggs present in the ovaries — is depleting due the increasing sedentary lifestyle in women living in the metro cities, doctors said on Tuesday. Apart from the depletion in ovarian reserve, doctors also observed that women are having menopause at an earlier age than the usual, which […]
Sabarimala: Scripting history, two women in their 40s entered the Lord Ayyappa temple in Kerala early Wednesday and offered prayers. Speaking to media, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said “it is a fact that the women have entered the temple”. Following the entry of two women at the shrine, the chief priest has decided to close […]
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia allowed women to drive from today, overturning the world’s only ban on female motorists, a historic reform that is expected to usher in a new era of social mobility. The lifting of the ban, which follows a sweeping crackdown on women activists, is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s reform drive […]
Los Angeles: Legendary actor Morgan Freeman, who has been accused of sexual harassment by eight women, has said he did not create “unsafe work environment” and he did not “assault women”. Through his publicist Stan Rosenfield, Freeman came out with a statement on Friday, reported variety.com. The statement read: “I am devastated that 80 years […]
New Delhi: Videocon Telecom yesterday announced that it will offer 1GB free data for all its female subscribers coming aboard. Pitching for woman empowerment, the telecom service provider declared 1GB free data that will be extended as 100MB per month for 10 months for all female subscribers. “This benefit will be over and above any […]
London: Now is the time to finally listen to your wife as women are better than men at remembering things to do, a new study finds. The study involved putting 100 men and women through a battery of memory tests. These judged prospective memory; that is remembering to carry out plans. The volunteers, who were […]
Throw caution to the wind! Casting aside their doubts about safety and all the nuances of planning a holiday, more and more Indian women are now choosing to travel alone
If you play the movie "A Hard Day's Night" backwards, it's about four boys who wander through London making unearthly noises that cause huge crowds of girls to back away, screaming.
There is a particularly poignant scene in Sir Richard Attenborough’s iconic 1984 film ‘Gandhi’ where a crowd of rustic looking men marches ahead with quiet determination, two at a time, to be baton-charged by policemen. A group of women in white sarees tow the men away as they collapse to the ground under the impact […]
New York: While the human brain tends to shrink with age, men’s brains diminish faster than women’s which may explain why the fairer sex are more likely to stay mentally sharp in their later years, finds a study led by a researcher of Indian-origin. The study noted that the brain’s metabolism slows as people grow […]
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