Apart from the central government schemes for women's welfare, the states have been allocating heavy budget shares for ...

As a girl growing up in small-town Uttar Pradesh, Pooja wanted to “get ahead in life”. She wanted to be a working woman, earn ...

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday (January 27, 2025) officially rolled out the Uniform Civil Code (UCC ...

In Odisha’s Ganjam district, the Nirikhyana initiative, led by Dibyajyoti Parida IAS, provides free ultrasound scans to rural ...

High-risk pregnancies are increasing in India due to factors like poor nutrition, advanced age, PCOS, and lack of healthcare.

The literacy rate in rural India recorded a jump of more than 10 percentage points in the past decade, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. It was also told that the literacy rate among women rose 14 ...

The West Bengal Police, in a welcome move, has relaxed uniform guidelines for pregnant and lactating women personnel, allowing them to don Khaki salwar-kameez instead of the regular shirt and trousers ...

The burden is greater for psychological and somatic menopause symptoms, but not vasomotor symptoms. HealthDay News — Women living in rural areas may experience a greater burden of psychological and ...

Study authors Susan D. Reed, MD, MPH, MS, and Erin Dwyer, MPH, both at the University of Washington School of Medicine, attribute some of these different challenges to underlying health disparities. A ...

The woman, identified as Sapna Marathe, an MBA graduate and newly appointed government accountant, had been pretending to be pregnant despite being childless and having suffered previous miscarriages, ...

“Out of fear, the woman remained silent and Ali continued to rape her due to which she became pregnant,” the officer added. Upon noticing physical changes, her parents confronted her, and she ...