March 30, 2016
Despite tougher laws enacted after the gruesome Nirbhaya gang-rape some three years ago, women in Delhi hardly feel safe, says a study that found 40 percent of the women surveyed in the national capit...
The study found that administration of three or more courses of antibiotics before children reach an age of 2 years is associated with an increased risk of early childhood obesity.Antibiotics have bee...
Hyderabad’s Jaahnavi Sriperambuduru, who aims to become the youngest girl to scale the Seven Summits, has broken many records.Now the 14-year-old mountaineer has set another record by becoming t...
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has been accused of appropriating the “living tradition of a marginalised people” by writing about the Navajo legend of the skinwalker in a new story.Rowling...
If you are wondering if observing International Women's Day is relevant today, here are some facts that might just answer a few questions on gender disparity and its existence:- World over, women do 6...
New Delhi: Women buy more sexual wellness products than men in February, the month of Valentine's Day, says a study.Women's purchases in the first two weeks of February go up to 54 percent of the tota...
A new survey has shown that world over women use as many as 5,000 euphemisms while talking about menstruation, as the topic is still a taboo in many countries. Hence, phrases such ‘having the pa...
New York: A ring that continuously releases an experimental antiretroviral drug in the vagina may provide a modest level of protection against HIV infection in women, a large clinical trial in four su...
New Delhi: Seven percent of India's youth suffer from varicose veins, a problem in which veins in the legs become widened, bulging and twisted, says a study.The study also said women suffer from this ...
Did you know that your foetus can cry? Yes, and it can feel and do a lot of other things. Be careful of what you eat, how you move and tonnes of other things that you need to do for your foetus. Dr Ba...
Standing out, proving a point, revelling in the journey. These are some of the reasons women say they are taking to motorcycles. Meet India’s growing tribe of women bikersWhen you put on a helme...
Doctors from the Federation of Obstetrics’ and Gynaecologists’ Society of India (FOGSI) observed in a survey that the age at which Indian girls attain puberty has dropped over the last few...
In the mountain village of Kalaw, Myanmar, women in bamboo hats are busy laying the foundations of a road. They woke at dawn, ate mohinga fish soup for breakfast and then joined other female colleagu...
Most women don’t think twice before buying a bra without paying attention to how well it fits. And even if a bra causes discomfort, most women just put up with it. However, what you fail to real...
A balanced intake of lipids by pregnant women is necessary for the normal brain formation of the unborn child, says the study.A recent study has found an explanation for the correlation between eating...
Washington: Women in the United States are about three times as likely as men to say they are bisexual, and increasing numbers of them say they have had sexual contact with other females, new data sho...
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YouTube channel Old Delhi Films has released a video that encourages women to speak up about being sexually harassed.The team interviewed several young college-going women from across Delhi University...
KNOWING the right time to have children can be crucial - and not all parents are happy they had them at all.A controversial thread on Quora has now amassed over 61,000 views as commenters reveal why t...
Mumbai: In a bid to stop sexual exploitation of children, a group of resident doctors today flagged-off a 'good touch-bad touch' campaign across the state to sensitise people. "The spate of sexua...
Mumbai: Around 61 per cent of woman local train commuters on Central Railway’s ‘main’ line have faced sexual harassment in the form of unwanted touching, according to a safety audit ...
