Bengaluru is taking steps to make the city safer for women. The city now has a cab service exclusively for women which will employ female drivers. The joint effort by the Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) and Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), flagged of its services yesterday. The fleet will have 10 cabs and …
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Reselling platforms such as Meesho spread e-commerce and draw investors BANGALORE — Shravanti Chanda, a 31-year-old Hyderabad woman who quit her information technology job after she married, is one of many housewives across India earning money at the intersection of e-commerce and social networks. Shravanti discovered Indian social commerce site Meesho a few months ago …
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“I had woken up waist deep in debris. My right hand was smashed, cut off and hanging from my body with the support of a few tendons. I couldn’t feel anything. I was numb. My life had changed.” Shreya was all of 22 when she had a life-altering experience. On May 28, 2010, the architecture …
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Two-month-old Anmol Rodriguez was being breastfed by her mother when her father doused both of them with acid. Anmol lost an eye but survived. Anmol Rodriguez was two months old when her father doused her with a can of acid. He wanted to kill her as he preferred a male child. Her mom, who was …
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Vedangi, who hails from a suburb of Pune, cycled into Kolkata in the wee hours of Sunday, completing the 29,000 km distance required to qualify as bicycling across the globe. In an incredible feat for any Indian, 20-year-old Pune woman Vedangi Kulkarni has become the fastest Asian to cycle the globe. Vedangi Kulkarni’s journey Vedangi, who …
