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Women More Employable Than Men In India; Says India Skills Report 2021

adminFebruary 19, 20210

According to India Skills Report 2021, women tend to be more employable than men. The report says that the number of women enrolling in colleges has increased over the past. The Wheebox National Employability Test the data of employability stands on 46.8% employable women versus 45.91% employable men. Although it’s the men who secure the most of the jobs despite women being more employable. The report says that women make the cut of 36 percent of all the professionals where men stand ahead with 64 percent. Wheebox Founder and CEO Nirmal Singh said, “Finally Gender Gap in Employability is improving with the Indian Digital revolution. One great structural change that we found is that women's participation is higher than in the previous 5 years. Women consist of 36% of the workforce, whil...

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Want To Do Something About Workplace Harassment? Here Are Some Tips On How To Deal With It

adminFebruary 18, 20210

#METOO India saw a victory yesterday as journalist Priya Ramani was declared not guilty by a Delhi high court in a defamation case filed by MJ Akbar. Ramani in a 2017 Vogue India article made the allegations against an unnamed editor in which she described how she faced workplace harassment during a job interview. But after a year she disclosed the identity of the editor as MJ Akbar. Akbar who is a former journalist was a junior minister in foreign affairs during the time when allegations were made. Soon after many more women followed Priya Ramani and upfront with their own allegations of assault, harassment, and groping against MJ Akbar. However, women around the world are lauding the verdict but we still need to see the bigger picture. As per a study conducted by ‘I-Sight.com’, more tha...

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After Politicians, Bollywood Too Is Boarding The Train To Join ‘Koo’ App; Check Out The Celebrity’s Name

adminFebruary 17, 20210

Some of the Bollywood personalities have joined major politicians in joining India’s ‘Koo’ app which mimics the operational interface of global app ‘Twitter’. Union Minister Piyush Goyal who has recently switched to Koo app is urging citizens and personalities to promote and join the app too. I am now on Koo. Connect with me on this Indian micro-blogging platform for real-time, exciting and exclusive updates. Let us exchange our thoughts and ideas on Koo. 📱 Join me: https://t.co/zIL6YI0epM pic.twitter.com/REGioTdMfm — Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) February 9, 2021 Very recently actress Kangna Ranaut made headlines once again as she announced that she has officially joined the trending Koo app and has introduced herself as ‘hot blooded Kshatriya women’. The ‘Queen’ actress wrote in her in...

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UP Police Has Officially Joined Viral ‘PAWRI HO RI HAI’ Memefest; Check It Out

adminFebruary 16, 20210

For the past few weeks, the ‘Pawri Ho RI Hai’ trend is going viral everywhere on social media. Within days the internet was flooded with ‘Pawri’ memes and recreations including a video created by viral music genius Yashraj Mukhate who created a song out of ‘Pawri Ho Ri Hai’. Living up to the opportunity now UP police has also joined the meme party to raise awareness about loud night parties. Uttar Pradesh Police has shared a post on their social media that has a graphic image of a police car and has a message which says "Yeh hum hain aur humari car hai. Agar late night Pawri aapko disturb kar rahi hai toh yeh humara number hai 112 (In English it says ‘This is us and this is our car. If a late night Pawri is disturbing you, then this is our number 112’)." In the caption, they wrote, "Late ...

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Manya Singh, Daughter Of An Auto Driver Crowned As Miss India Runner Up; Read Her Inspiring story

adminFebruary 13, 20210

On February 10, Manya Singh from Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh was crowned as the runner-up of Miss India Pageant 2020. Manya Singh’s childhood is rooted deep in the poverty of Uttar Pradesh, daughter of a Rickshaw driver she has struggled a lot to reach the podium of Miss India. While competing in the Femina Miss India pageant Manya Singh has opened up about the struggles of her early life and teen years. At a very early stage of her life, she had to give up her education and but she had to work to make ends meet and support her family. She said, “Being a rickshaw driver's daughter, I never had the opportunity to attend school as I had to start working in my teens”. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Femina Miss India (@missindiaorg)...

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Bumble App Founder Just Became World’s Youngest Self-Made Billionaire At Age 31

adminFebruary 13, 20210

Bumble, a dating app made by women for women has just made its founder the world’s youngest self-made billionaire. Recently, Whitney Wolf has made her company Bumble Inc. public since then the shares of the dating app has soared 67% while debuting in the trade market to $72 in New York. After that, the value of the Chief Executive officer Whitney Wolfe Herd has gone to $1.5 Billion. Whitney Wolf who was an executive at Tinder who left her job and started her own female-led dating app in 2014. The main objective of Herd was to create a platform where women are the ones in control of making commitments and building relationships. Whitney wrote in Bumble’s S-1 filing "The importance of a woman making the first move is not exclusive to the world of dating, romance, or love,". She also wrote ...

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The Academy Awards 2021; ‘Bittu’ Shortlisted For Short Film Category, ‘Jalikattu’ Lost The Race

adminFebruary 10, 20210

On February 10, 2021, The Academy of Motion Art & Sciences announced the shortlist of nine different categories for the upcoming Academy Awards, popularly known as ‘Oscars’. Malayalam film ‘Jalikattu’ directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery' was the official entry from India submitted for the International feature film category but unfortunately, the satirical thriller didn’t make it to the shortlist and was left out of the race. But on the brighter side ‘Bittu’ directed by Karishma Dev Dube was shortlisted for the Live-Action short film category by the Academy. ‘Bittu’ is inspired by a true story that tells a tale about a beautiful bond of friendship shared by two school friends. The film is aided by Indian Women rising a cinema collective created by Tahira Kashyap, Guneet Monga, and Ekta ...

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Mahua Mohitra’s Fierce Remarks Cause Uproar In Lok Sabha; Read To Find Out More

adminFebruary 10, 20210

While speaking in her address in the Lok Sabha, TMC MP Mahua Mohita made some strong and bold remarks on the government of India and its governance. But what shook the house most was her comment on a former CJI of India made during her fiery speech in the parliament. Mahua Mohitra was speaking on how the judiciary, a prominent pillar of democracy of India is not sacred anymore. She said, “Judiciary is not sacred anymore. Its stop being sacred the day a sitting CJI of India was accused of sexual harassment preceded over his trial, cleared himself and then proceeded over to accept a nomination to the upper house within three months of retirement”. In response, many MP’s from the treasury bench rose to hover her speech and started calling out to her for insulting the President and the dem...

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Climate Change Is Affecting Our Health Directly And Indirectly; Find Out How

adminFebruary 9, 20210

We might not just be aware of it yet but a high rate of health risks are linked to climate change directly or indirectly. Regardless of your socioeconomic status, the danger to your health caused by climate change has the tendency to reach you in many ways. Global warming, bushfires, the rise of pollution, and heat waves are some of the major consequences caused by climate change. And these are going to impact not just our health but our children’s health and the generations coming after. As per a report published by Global Climate Index 2021, India was the seventh most affected country by climate change. We witnessed both extreme heat and extreme rainfall in the past few years which has affected the livelihoods and health of many people across the country. According to experts of Climat...

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An Ad Featuring Farmer Protests Was Aired During Super Bowl In Fresno; More Details Inside

adminFebruary 9, 20210

On February 7, a 30-second ad in the support of farmer protests going in India was aired during the Super Bowl. The ad featured some visuals and news clippings of the protest which is also called 'one of the biggest human protests in history'. Jerry Dyer, Mayor of Fresno, California The ad opens up with a famous quote by the visionary leader Martin Luther King Jr. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”. Tejivideo is a local production company that has produced this video. It also had a closing message which is addressed by the Mayor Jerry Dyer of Fresno, California where the Super Bowl was taking place. The message said, “We want you to know our brothers and sisters in India, that we stand with you”. The advertisement was funded by the Sikh Community of Fresno as ...