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Meet the Indian-Americans 'champions of change'

The United States has honoured 15 Asian American and Pacific Islander women, including two Indian-Americans, as "champions of change" in recognition of their significant contribution to the......

US Women of Courage award for Delhi gang rape victim

United States has selected 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim for the International Women of Courage Award. The award to would be presented posthumously by First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary......

Panetta lifts ban on women in combat roles

United States Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has decided to allow women to serve in combat roles in the military, a senior official said on Thursday, as lawmakers termed the ground-breaking move as......

India donates $1 million to UN women's fund

India on Tuesday contributed one million dollars to the core voluntary budget of the United Nations Women (United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women) for the financial......

India votes against UNGA resolution banning death penalty

India was among the 39 countries that voted against a United Nations General Assembly draft resolution which called for abolishing the death penalty, saying every nation had the "sovereign right"......

Increase financial support to UN body: India

India has called on the international community to increase its financial support to the United Nations' body dealing with women's empowerment, to help it meet the global commitments of gender......

Brit women ugly, says Burger King CEO

Bernardo Hees, CEO, Burger King, has been criticised for telling students that British women are ugly and the United Kingdom food is terrible.He was speaking to a group of students in Chicago and......

Recession is over: Who are the biggest winners?

It is official. The recession is over! The United States' National Bureau of Economic Research has declared the recession that started in December 2007 ended in June 2009. The 18-month slump was......

'Drought to hit small farmers in India'

A new United Nations report says that any change in India's summer monsoon due to climate change will immediately threaten the livelihood of farmers with marginal or small farm holdings. As per the......

Hunger on the rise, warns UN

With over one billion people going to bed hungry, the United Nations has warned that the hunger index is rising and appealed to governments and civil societies to 'leverage every tool' to combat......

Want to have lunch with Katrina Kaif? Here's how!

Here's what your favourite celebrities have been up to. Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has announced the launch of 'Next Stop Bollywood', an online dance......

Bhoomi Malayalam salutes women

Through his films, National Award-winning director T V Chandran has handled many relevant social issues, like few others do. Chandran has also made some powerful female characters that Malayalam......

Review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a powerful film

The Reluctant Fundamentalist has its cinematic moments but celebrates just black and white aspects of life instead of exploring grey areas, Vaihayasi Pande Daniel writes.Janissary: a member of an......

Women outnumber men on London-bound US team

The United States will send 530 athletes to the London Olympics as part of a massive team that will feature, for the first time, more women competitors than men, officials announced on Tuesday.......

Philadelphia chess: Abhijeet triumphs, Venkatesh is GM

National champion Abhijeet Gupta beat International Master Dean Ippolito of United States to win the Philadelphia International chess tournament, while M R Venkatesh became India's 28th Grandmaster......

Women's hockey: US beat India in bronze medal match

The Indian women's hockey team lost 1-2 to the United States via thegolden goal in the bronze medal play-off match and returned empty-handed from the first leg of the Four-Nation Tournament, in......

India lose to New Zealand in women's 4-nation hockey

India went down fighting 1-2 to New Zealand in their opening match, in the Four-nation women's hockey tournament, in Auckland on Thursday. The Kiwis scored through Anita Punt (third minute) and......

United Nations urge FIFA to allow women to wear hijab

The United Nations has asked the world governing body FIFA to overturn its ban on allowing women footballers to wear a hijab, the Islamic headscarf, when its law-making body meets on Saturday.......

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Q. united Nations has released "one women" album on the occasion of international women's day. Name the Indian artist who was a member of the forum
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Q. United Nation has released "One Women" album on the occasion of International Women's Day. Name the Indian Artist who was the member of this album? 1 A. R. Rahaman 2 Anoushka Shankar 3 Mallika Sarabhai 4 Amzad Ali Khan
Stalin: A. noushka Shankar. :) more

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Q. Which year was designated as 'International Womens' Year' by the United Nations?
Whizkid: A. Anoushka Shankar more

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Q. what is so special about tomorrow??
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Cambridge United U11 Girls Named BMO Team of the Week

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Pentagon Wants $450M for Gitmo

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