Box office collection of Bahubali 2

As the reports about how it is faring in India and abroad continue to come in, it has been established that Baahubali 2 has become a phenomenon. The film opened at 9000 screens worldwide, with almost 6,500 screens in India alone, becoming the first movie to get such a massive release. And while its team continued to hard sell the film prior to its release, many also doubted whether it will live up to all the hype. But the SS Rajamouli directorial didn’t disappoint. The film raked in Rs 121 crore in India on day one of its release, and a total of Rs 217 crore worldwide. But for an industry still obsessed with entering Rs 100-crore club, that’s not all. It continued its winning streak even on day two, and earned about Rs 285 crore gross in India and Rs 382 crore gross at the box office world over. But it is Baahubali day three numbers which took it beyond the unbelievable Rs 500 crore target. Given that the film has already earned about Rs 500 crore in pre-sale of rights, the final number is mind-boggling.

Women's Reservation Bill

The Women's Reservation Bill or The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill, 2008, is a lapsed bill in the Parliament of India which proposed to amend the Constitution of India to reserve 33% of all seats in the Lower house of Parliament of India, the Lok Sabha, and in all state legislative assemblies for women. The seats were proposed to be reserved in rotation and would have been determined by draw of lots in such a way that a seat would be reserved only once in three consecutive general elections.

The Rajya Sabha passed the bill on 9 March 2010. However, the Lok Sabha never voted on the bill.The bill lapsed after the dissolution of the 15th Lok Sabha in 2014.

percentage of rape victim in india

Rape  is the fourth most common crime against women in India. According to the National Crime Records Bureau 2013 annual report, 24,923 rape cases were reported across India in 2012. Out of these, 24,470 were committed by someone known to the victim (98% of the cases).Some research indicates that only 5-6% of rape cases in India are reported to the police.

India has been characterised as one of the "countries with the lowest per capita rates of rape". A 2014 piece in The Lancet states that the "8.5% prevalence of sexual violence in the country is among the lowest in the world."

According to 2012 statistics, New Delhi has the highest raw number of rape reports among Indian cities, while Jabalpur has the highest per capita rate of rape reports. Several rape cases in India received widespread media attention and triggered protests since 2012.This led the Government of India to reform its penal code for crimes of rape and sexual assault.

First female prime minister in the world

María Estela Martínez Cartas de Perón better known as Isabel Martínez de Perón or Isabel Perón, is a former President of Argentina. She was the third wife of President Juan Perón. During her husband's third term as president from 1973 to 1974, Isabel served as both vice president and First Lady. Following her husband's death in office in 1974, Isabel served as president of Argentina from 1 July 1974 to 24 March 1976. She holds the distinction of being the first female president of any country in the world.

In 2007 an Argentine judge ordered her arrest over the forced disappearance of an activist in February 1976, on the grounds that the disappearance was authorized by her signing of decrees allowing Argentina's armed forces to take action against "subversives". She was arrested near her home in Spain on 12 January 2007. Spanish courts subsequently refused her extradition to Argentina.

FEMALE WORLD LEADERS CURRENTLY IN POWER

Mary Kom

Chungneijang Mery Kom Hmangte  better known as Mary Kom,is an Olympic Indian boxer hailing from the Kom-Kuki tribe in Manipur. She is a five-time World Amateur Boxing champion, and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six world championships. Nicknamed "Magnificent Mary", she is the only Indian woman boxer to have qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, competing in the flyweight (51 kg) category and winning the bronze medal. She has also been ranked as No. 4 AIBA World Women's Ranking Flyweight category. She became the first Indian woman boxer to get a Gold Medal in the Asian Games in 2014 in Incheon, South Korea. On 26 April 2016, she was nominated by the President of India as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. In March 2017, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, appointed Mary Kom along with Akhil Kumar as national observers for boxing.

Nita Ambani

Nita Dalal Mukesh Ambani (born 1 November 1963) is the chairperson and founder of Reliance Foundation and a non-executive director of Reliance Industries.She is a Philanthropist and sport lover. With a family fortune estimated in excess of USD$20 billion, she is reportedly India's wealthiest woman. She is married to Reliance Industries chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani.She is also an art collector and owner of the Mumbai Indians cricket team.

Ambani has received numerous honors including a place in the 2016 edition of both the most influential women business leaders in Asia list by Forbes and the fifty high and mighty Indians list by India Today.She is the first Indian woman to become a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Nita Ambani was honoured by the Metropolitan Museum in New York for her work in philanthropy, education and promoting the arts.

Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra (born 18 July 1982) is an Indian actress, singer, film producer, philanthropist, and the winner of the Miss World 2000 pageant. One of India's highest-paid and most popular celebrities, Chopra has received numerous awards, including a National Film Award and five Filmfare Awards. In 2016, the Government of India honoured her with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, and Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Meet the first woman field officer of the BSF

After 51 years of existence, the Border Security Force (BSF) has made history by appointing its first woman field officer. Tanushree Pareek, a 25-year-old from Bikaner, Rajasthan, became the first woman to join the BSF in the officer rank. She had been selected after clearing the all-India examination conducted by UPSC in 2014. She had to undergo 52 weeks of an intensive training programme that comprised of training, intelligence gathering, and battle craft, among other border guarding tasks.

Tanushree was felicitated in a convocation ceremony held in the BSF Academy at Tekanpur in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district. It was Home Minister Rajnath Singh himself who put the rank stars on her shoulder.

Arundhati Roy

                                

Arundhati Roy is an author, actress, and political activist. She was best known for the award-winning novel The God of Small Things (1997) and for her involvement in environmental and human rights causes. Arundhati’s father was a Bengali tea planter, and her mother was a Christian of Syrian descent who challenged India’s inheritance laws by successfully suing for the right of Christian women to receive an equal share of their fathers’ estates. Though trained as an architect, Arundhati had little interest in design; she dreamed instead of a writing career. She has campaigned along with activist Medha Patkar against the Narmada dam project, stating that the dam will displace half a million people, with little or no compensation, and will not provide the projected irrigation, drinking water and other benefits. In recognition of her outspoken advocacy of human rights, Arundhati was awarded the Lannan Cultural Freedom Award in 2002, the Sydney Peace Prize in 2004, and the Sahitya Akademi Award from the Indian Academy of Letters in 2006.

Mother of Orphans - Sindhutai Sapkal

Sindhutai Sapkal, affectionately known as the "Mother of Orphans",is an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for her work in raising orphaned children in India. She was conferred a Doctorate in Literature by the DY Patil Institute of Technology and Research in 2016.

Sindhutai Sapkal was born on 14 November 1948 at Pimpri Meghe  village in Wardha district 

 Maharashtra to Abhimanji Sathe, a cowherd by profession. Being an unwanted child, she was referred to as Chindhi . However, her father was keen on educating Sindhutai, much against the wishes of her mother. Abhimanji used to send her to school under the pretext of cattle grazing, where she would use the 'leaf of Bharadi Tree' as a slate as she could not afford a real slate because due to her family's limited financial resources. Abject poverty, family responsibilities and an early marriage forced her to quit formal education after she successfully passed the 4th standard.

She has devoted her entire life to orphans. As a result, she is fondly called 'Mai'(mother). She has nurtured over 1,050 orphaned children. As of today, she has a grand family of 207 son-in-laws, 36 daughter-in-laws and over 1000 grandchildren. She still continues to fight for the next meal. Many of the children whom she adopted are well-educated lawyers and doctors, and some, including her biological daughter, are running their own independent orphanages. One of her children is doing a PhD on her life. She has been honoured with over 273 awards for her dedication and work. She used award money to buy land to make a home for her children. Construction has started and she is still looking for more help from the world. Sanmati Bal Niketan is being built in Manjari locality at Hadapsar, Pune where over 300 children will reside.

At the age of 80, her husband came back to her apologetically. She accepted him as her child stating she is only a mother now! If you visit her ashram, she proudly and very affectionately introduces him as her oldest child! In person, she comes across as an unlimited source of energy and very powerful inspiration, with absolutely no negative emotions or blaming anybody.

Mandakini Amte

Mandakini Amte popularly known as Manda Amte is a medical doctor and social worker from Maharashtra, India. She along with her husband, Dr. Prakash Amte were awarded the Magsaysay Award for 'Community Leadership' in 2008 for their philanthropic work in the form of the Lok Biradari Prakalp amongst the Madia Gonds in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra and the neighbouring states of Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. She is the daughter-in-law of Baba Amte.

Mandakini Amte was born as Mandakini Deshpande in a family with staunch VHP ( Vishva Hindu Parishad ) background. Her father was a hard-core RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) man. She had completed her MBBS from Nagpur & later decided to do her post-graduation in Anesthesia. Prakash, her future husband, was a surgeon and that’s how they met. They worked together in the same operation theatre. Their values matched and they gelled well.

Her father was dead opposed to her marriage with Dr. Prakash Amte as he feared that it meant, she would have to live among lepers, which was a taboo then. Baba Amte called her over to Anandwan and asked if she was ready to live with Dr. Prakash in a jungle for the rest of her life. When she assured Baba Amte, consent to marriage was given & they got married.

Shreya Ghoshal

Shreya Ghoshal  is an Indian playback singer. She has received four National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards including five for Best Female Playback Singer, nine Filmfare Awards South for Best Female Playback Singer (one for Telugu, two for Kannada, two for Tamil and four for Malayalam), three Kerala State Film Awards, one Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and several other major awards to date. She has recorded songs for film music and albums in various Indian languages and has established herself as a leading playback singer of Indian cinema.

Shreya Ghoshal is one of the highest paid singer in Bollywood and comes at the number 6th number in the highest paid singers in Bollywood with an amount of Rs. 7 lacks.

First women IAS officer in Independent India: Isha Basant Joshi

                                                                     


Isha Basant Joshi  is an Indian author. She published books under the name of Esha Joshi. She was the first woman to be accepted as an officer in the Indian Administrative Service. She was also the first "Indian" to be accepted into the "Bastion of the British" school of La Martiniere Girls High School in Lucknow, India.

First lady film director in India

Fatma Begum was an Indian actress, director, and screenwriter. She is often considered the first female film director of Indian cinema. Within four years, she went on to write, produce and direct many films. She launched her own production house, Fatma Films, and directed Bulbul-e-Paristan in 1926. She lived from 1892-1983 and was mother to three children.

She began her career on the Urdu stage. She later shifted to films and debuted in Ardeshir Irani's silent film, Veer Abhimanyu (1922). It was common practice for men to play women in plays and movies, so she became a huge woman superstar. Fatma Begum was fair skinned and wore dark make-up that suited the sepia/black & white images on the screen. Most of the roles required whigs for the heroes as well as the heroines.

In 1926, she established Fatma Films which later became known as Victoria-Fatma Films in 1928. She became a pioneer for fantasy cinema where she used trick photography to have early special effects. She was an actress at Kohinoor Studios and Imperial Studios, while writing, directing, producing, and acting in her own films at Fatma Films.

Begum became the first female director of Indian cinema with her 1926 film, Bulbul-e-Paristan. While no known prints of the film currently exist, the high budget production has been described as a fantasy film featuring many special effects. If true, the film places Begum among early pioneers of fantasy cinema such as George Melies. While continuing to produce and appear in her own work, Fatma worked for Kohinoor Studios and Imperial Studios until her last film in 1938, Duniya Kya Hai?

She directed many other films, her last being the Goddess of Luck in 1929.

10 Worst Countries for Women

10. Iraq

The US-led invasion to “liberate” Iraq from the hanged Saddam Hussain, imprisoned women in an inferno of sectarian violence that targets women and girls. The literacy rate, once the highest in the Arab world, is now among the lowest.

9. Pakistan

In some tribal areas, women are gang raped as punishment for men’s crimes. But honor killing is more widespread, and a renewed wave of religious extremism is targeting female politicians, human rights workers and lawyers. Women are victims of violence and abuse, and the country still lacks a law against domestic violence. Last year the country saw around 1000 honor killings of women and girls, a practice that has been exported to the West. 90 percent of women experience domestic violence in their lifetimes; women earn 82 percent less than men.

8. India

Women account for 39 percent of all adult HIV infections in India. Domestic violence in India is endemic and widespread predominantly against women. Around 70% of women in India are victims of domestic violence, according to Renuka Chowdhury junior minister for women and child development. National Crime Records Bureau reveal that a crime against a women is committed every three minutes, a women is raped every 29 minutes, a dowry death occurs every 77 minutes and one case of cruelty committed by either the husband or relative of the victim occurs every nine minutes. 50 million girls were killed in the past century in the practice of female infanticide or foeticide; around 100 million women and girls are estimated to be victim of human trafficking; 44.5 percent of girls are married before the age of 18.

7. Somalia

In the Somalia capital, Mogadishu, a vicious civil war has put women, who were the traditional ministry of the family, under attack. 95 percent of girls face genital mutilation mostly between the ages of 4 and 11; only 7.5 percent of parliament seats are held by women; only 9 percent of women give birth in a health facility.

6. Mali

In Mali, one of the world’s poorest countries, few women escape torture of genital mutilation. Many of them are forced into early marriages, and one in ten dies in pregnancy or childbirth. There are no laws against female genital mutilation in Mali, and a large number of women have been subjected to it.

5. Guatemala

The impoverished female under-class of Guatemala faces domestic violence, rape and the second highest rate of HIV/AIDS after Sub-Saharan Africa.

4. Sudan

While Sudanese women have made strides under reformed laws, the plight of those in Darfur, in westren Sudan, has worsened. Abduction, rape or forced displacement has destroyed more than one million women’s lives since year 2003.

3. Democratic Republic of Congo

In the eastern DRC, a war that claimed more than 3 million lives has ignited again, with women on the front-line  Many others were victims of direct attacks and violence perpetrated by the warring parties or by rogue armed militias. Women in the Congo face especially harsh realities; around 1,100 are raped every day. Since 1996, more than 200,000 rapes have been reported in the country. 57 percent of pregnant women are anaemic; women can not sign legal documents without their husbands’ authorization.

2. Afghanistan

The average Afghan girl will live to only 45 – one year less than an Afghan male. After three decades of war and repression, an overwhelming number of women remain illiterate in Afghanistan. Afghan girls are also discouraged, sometimes fatally, from seeking an education and Afghan rape victims can be forced, by law, to marry their attacker. More than half of all brides are under 16, and one women dies in childbirth every half an hour. A large majority, up to 85 percent, of women in Afghanistan give birth with no medical attention. It is the country with the highest maternal mortality rate in the world.

1. Chad

Women in Chad have very few rights. Arranged marriages are still common and often times the girls are around 11 and 12 years old. Sudanese Women living in refugee camps in eastern Chad are facing rape and other forms of violence. Outside the camps, they face a range of abuses from harassment and threats to physical attacks, committed by members of opposition armed groups, bandits and members of the Chadian security forces.

Diet tips for healthy hair

Protein

As hair is made of protein, ensuring you have enough protein in your diet is crucial for making hair strong and healthy. If you are not consuming enough protein in your diet, your hair is likely to become dry, brittle and weak. Extremely low protein diets may result in hair loss. Choose chicken, turkey, fish, dairy products and eggs as excellent sources of protein along with vegetarian sources such as legumes and nuts.

Iron

Iron is an especially important mineral for hair and too little iron (anaemia) is a major cause of hair loss. The hair follicle and root are fed by a nutrient rich blood supply. When iron levels (serum ferritin) fall below a certain point, you may experience anaemia. This disrupts the nutrient supply to the follicle, affecting the hair growth cycle and may result in shedding. Animal products such as red meat, chicken and fish provide iron with a high bioavailability, meaning the iron is readily available to the body. Vegetarians can raise their iron stores by including lentils, spinach and other leafy green vegetables such as broccoli, kale and salad greens.

Vitamin C

Vitamin C aids the absorption of iron so foods high in vitamin C are good to eat in conjunction with iron-rich foods. Vitamin C is also an antioxidant so is used readily by the body. The best sources are blackcurrants, blueberries, broccoli, guava, kiwi fruits, oranges, papaya, strawberries and sweet potatoes. Vitamin C helps in the production of collagen that strengthens the capillaries that supply the hair shafts.

Omega-3

Omega-3 fatty acids are important fats our body cannot make itself, and therefore must be obtained through our diet. Omega-3s are found in the cells that line the scalp and also provide the oils that keep your scalp and hair hydrated. Look out for oily fish such as salmon, herring, sardines, trout and mackerel and plant sources including avocado, pumpkin seeds and walnuts.

Zinc and selenium

Scalp protection involves other important minerals, notably zinc and selenium. A lack of zinc can lead to hair loss and a dry, flaky scalp. Fortified cereals and wholegrains are a good source of zinc along with oysters, beef and eggs.

Vitamin E

The sun can damage our hair just like it can damage our skin so ensure you eat foods rich in vitamin E to provide protection for your hair. Nuts are nutritional powerhouses, providing zinc and selenium as well as vitamin E so try to include them as part of a balanced diet.

Biotin

Biotin is a water-soluble B vitamin. Too little biotin can cause brittle hair and may lead to hair loss. Include biotin rich foods such as wholegrains, liver, egg yolk, soy flour and yeast.

Ridiculous restrictions on women’s rights around the world

1. India (some parts): Road safety rules don’t apply to women. In some states of India,women are expected from safety rules that mandate motorcycle passengers wear helmets -- an exemption that kills or injures thousands each year. Women’s rights advocates have argued the exemption springs from a culture-wide devaluation of women’s lives. Supporters of the ban say they’re just trying to preserve women’s carefully styled hair and make-up -- which isn’t exactly a feminist response.

2. Yemen: A woman is considered only half a witness. That’s the policy on legal testimony in Yemen, where a woman is not, to quote a 2005 Freedom House report, “recognized as a full person before the court.” In general, a single woman’s testimony isn’t taken seriously unless it’s backed by a man’s testimony or concerns a place or situation where a man would not be. And women can’t testify at all in cases of adultery, libel, theft or sodomy.

3. Saudi Arabia and Vatican City: Women can’t vote... still. This is amazingly the case in Saudi Arabia, though a royal decree, issued in 2011, will let women vote in Saudi elections in 2015. Vatican City is the only other country that allows men, but not women, to vote.

4. Ecuador: Abortion is illegal, unless you’re an “idiot.” Begum says this is the policy in Ecuador, where abortions have long been outlawed for everyone but “idiots” and the “demented.” Politicians are considering a policy with the more politely worded term “mentally ill,” but that won’t change abortion’s legal status in Ecuador -- or, more importantly, the fact that the law is frequently used to criminalize miscarriages.

5. Saudi Arabia and Morocco: Rape victims can be charged with crimes. Many, many countries fail to protect the victims of rape, but some go a step further -- punishing women for leaving the house without a male companion, for being alone with an unrelated man, or for getting pregnant afterwards. The most infamous case may be Saudi Arabia’s "Qatif girl," but a recent suicide in Morocco also made headlines -- 16-year-old Amina Filali killed herself after a judge forced her to marry her alleged rapist, in keeping with a policy that invalidates statutory rape charges if the parties marry.

6. Yemen: Women can’t leave the house without their husbands’ permission. Yemen, where this law remains in force, does allow for a few emergency exceptions, Begum says: if the woman must rush out to care for her ailing parents, for instance.

7. Saudi Arabia: Women can't drive.

Gender pay gap in India

One of the ugly realities of the 21st century is the persistence of a serious gap between the wages of Working men and women around the world. Advanced economies of the United States and Western Europe also still continue to struggle to achieve a fair wage balance between men and women workforce. However, when it comes to developing economies like India, the size of gender-based wage disparities is far more striking. 

The recent survey findings by the World Economic Forum (WEF) put the spotlight on India, ranking it among the bottom 10 countries in the world in terms of women’s participation in the economy. The WEF report reveals a shocking disparity between the wage structure of men and women in corporate India. The average annual income of a woman in India is US$ 1,185, compared to US$ 3,698 for the men employed in the India’s corporate sector.

This translates to an average woman’s pay of less than one-third of the average man’s pay in India. The WEF survey finds that India has fared worse than last year in terms of “economic participation and opportunity” for women, pushing the country among the bottom 10 countries on the WEF list. Overall, India achieves a score of 59.4% in terms of gender equality in the survey, but in terms of economic participation and opportunity, it scores a dismal 39.8%. India’s general participation of women in the workforce stands at 36%, where as for professional and technical workers, the figure is 21%.

Dangal Girl Geeta Phogat

Geeta Phogat (born 15 December 1988) is a freestyle wrestler who won India's first ever gold medal in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games in 2010. She is also the first Indian female wrestler to have qualified for the Olympic Summer Games

2009 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship

Phogat won the Gold medal at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship held in Jalandhar, Punjab between 19 and 21 December 2009.

2010 Commonwealth Games

She won India’s first ever gold medal in women’s wrestling at the Commonwealth Games held in New Delhi, beating Emily Bensted from Australia in the gold medal match.

2012 Summer Olympics

Phogat won a gold medal in the Wrestling FILA Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament that concluded at Almaty, Kazakhstan in April 2012. She has undergone rigorous training at the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, (NSNIS), Patiala, under the guidance of chief coach O.P. Yadav and foreign expert Ryan Dobo.

Phogat was beaten in her opening fight by Canadian Tonya Verbeek (1–3). She received a chance to win the bronze medal since the Canadian went to the finals. In the repechage round, she lost her first match to Lazareva from Ukraine.

2012 World Wrestling Championships

In the 2012 World Wrestling Championships held in Canada, Phogat won the bronze medal.

In the first round, Phogat faced Maria Gurova of Russia, beating her 3:1. The second round brought a 5:0 loss for Phogat against Saori Yoshida of Japan. With the Japanese grappler making the finals, Phogat contested in the repechage round, first against Akziya Dautbayeva of Kazakhstan whom she beat 3:1 and then winning the bronze medal bout 3:0 against Natalya Sinishin of Ukraine.

2012 Asian Wrestling Championships

In the first round of the 2012 Asian Wrestling Championships, Phogat lost to her Japanese opponent Kanako Murata in a 5:0 scoreline. With the Japanese grappler entering the finals, Phogat was able to contest in the bronze medal round and won the bronze medal in the 55 kg category, beating Sumiya Erdenechimeg from Mongolia 3:1.

2013 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships

At the tournament held in Johannesburg, South Africa, Phogat finished second and won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 59 kg category after losing the final bout to Oluwafunmilayo Adeniyi Aminat of Nigeria.

2015 Asian Wrestling Championships

At the 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships in Doha, Phogat finished third, winning the bronze medal in the freestyle 58 kg category along with Aiym Abdildina of Kazakhstan.At the 2015 World Championships in Las Vegas, she was drawn against nine-time world Champion, the Japanese Kaori Icho, and lost to her in the opening round 0–10. With Icho qualifying for the finals, Phogat was given a chance to contest in the repechage for the bronze medal. She again lost 0–10 to her opponent, Elif Jale Yeşilırmak of Turkey

Top 10 Highest Paid Women in The World

10. Elizabeth Buse ($15,586,076/Year

9.  Marillyn Hewson ($15,746,535/Year)

8. Sheryl Sandberg ($16,147,148/Year)

7. Meg Whitman ($17,643,243/Year)

6.  Phebe Novakovic ($18,769,110/Year)

5. Carol Meyrowitz ($20,720,802/Year)

4. Meg Gentle ($21,721,238/Year)

3. Marissa Mayer ($24,935,712/Year)

2. Safra Catz ($37,666,750/Year)

1. Martine Rothblatt ($38,218,255/Year)

New Women Empowerment Schemes

1. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme
2. One Stop Center Scheme
3. Women Helpline Scheme
4. Ujjawala:A Comprehensive scheme for  Prevention of trafficking and Reuse,Rehabilitation and Re-integration of Victims  of Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploutation.
5. Working Women Hostel
6. Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme For the Children of working Mothers
7. Ministry approves new projects under Ujjawala Scheme and continues existing projects
8. SWADHAR Greh(A Scheme for Women in Difficult Circumstances)
9. Revision under IGMSY in Accordance with National Food Security Act,2013 in XIIthe Plan
10. Support to Training and Employment Progamme for Women(STEP)
11. NARI SHAKTI PURSKAR
12. Awardees of Stree Shakti Puruskar,2014 & Awardees of Nari Shakti Puruskar
13.  Awardees of Rajya Mahila Samman & Zila Mahila Samman
14.  Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojna(IGMSY)-A Conditonal Maternity Benefit scheme
15. .Mahila Police Volunteers

    

Pooja Thakur Makes History

Wing Commander Pooja Thakur became the first women to lrad the ceremonial tri-service guard of honor inspected by U.S. President Barak Obama at Rastrapati Bhavan.

Wing Commander Pooja Thakur,from Rajasthan,belongs to the administrative branch of the Indian Air Force and is Currently posted at 'Disha',the publicity cell at the Air Force Headquarters.

She was commissioned into the IAF in 2001.She has been active in para-jumping and adventure sport,Air Force sources said.

Speaking to TV channel,Wing Commander  Thakur said;"It is a very proud moment for me and the Indian Air Force,to be creating history,to present the guard of honor to the most powerful man in the world"..

"The message it sends is that we all are equal.In the Indian Air Force,men and women receive the same training.It is not a job,but a way of life."she added.

First Programmer Ada

Augasta Ada King-Noel,,countess of Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer,chiefly known for her on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer,the Analytical Engine.Her notes on the engine include what is recognized as the first algorithm intended to be carried out by a machine.As a result,she is often regarded as the first computer programming.

Ada contributes to the field of computer science were not discovered until the 1950s. Her notes were not reintroduced to  the world by B.V.Bowden,who republished them in Faster Than Thought:  A Syposium On Digital Computing Machine in 1953.Since then,Ada has received many posthumous honors for her work.In 1980,the U.S Department of defense named a newly developed computer language "Ada" after Lovelace. 

10 Essential Legal Rights Every Indian Woman Must Know

1.Right to equal pay
  According to provisions under the Equal Remuneration Act,one cannot be discriminated on the basis of sex when it comes to salary or wages.

2.Right against harassment at work
  The enactment of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act gives you the right to file a complaint against sexual harassment.

3.Right to anonymity
  Victims of sexual assault have a right to anonymity.TO ensure that her privacy is protected,a woman who has been sexually assaulted may record her statement alone before the district magistrate when the case is under trail,or in the presence of a female police officer.

4.Right against domestic violence
  The act primarily looks to protect a wife, a female live-in partner or a woman living in household like a mother or a sister from domestic violence at the hands of a husband,male live-in partner or relatives.She or anybody on her behalf,can file a complaint.

5.Right to maternity-related benefits
  Maternity benefits are not merely a privilege of the working woman,they are a right.The Maternity Benefits Act ensures that the new mother does not suffer any loss of earning following a period of twelve weeks after her delivery,allowing her to rejoin the workforce.

6.Right against female foeticide   
  It is a duty imposed on every citizen of India to allow a woman to experience the most basic of all rights-rights of the life.The Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic technique Act ensures her right against female foeticide.

7.Right  to free legal aid
  All female rape victims have the right to free legal aid,under the Legal Services Authorities.It is mandatory for the Station House Officer(SHO) to inform the Legal Service Authority,who arranges the lawyer.

8.Right not to be arrested at night
  A woman cannot be arrested after sunset and before sunrise,expect in an exceptional  case on the order  of a first class magistrate.

9.Right to dignity and decency
  In the event that an accused is woman,any medical examination procedure on her must be performed by or in the presence of another woman.

10.Right to property
 The Hindu Succession Act allows women and men equal share in inheritance,thereby setting new rules and regulations.

The Women Behind Lijjat Papad

Lijjat papad is highly popular papad brand in India. Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad,popularly known as Lijjat. It is India's women cooperative which is involved in manufacturing of various fast moving consumer goods.The main objective of this company was empowerment of women.It was just started with a borrowed capital of  80 bugs just 80 rupees in the year 1959 and it has tremendously gained profit if we take current year annual turnover of company it is 300 crores or 3 billion and exports of the company is 100 million.

The history behind the famous Lijjat Papad co. is the dedication of 7 women from Mumbai those 7 pillars which made a lijjat Papad company a profit making company and a foreign brand.The founder of the Lijjat Papad is Jaswantiben Jamanadas Popat. These women lived in Lohana Niwas, a group of five buildings in Girgaon. They wanted to start a venture to create a sustainable livelihood using the only skill they had i.e cooking.

Changanlal Karamsi Parekkh. became their guide this was the person who gave Rs. 80 as a loan to these women for initiating their work of Papad making.Initially.the women were making two different qualities of Papad and asked them never to compromise on quality.he emphasized to them the important of running it as a business enterprise and maintaining proper accounts.

Lator on slowly and gradually the number of women expanded and profit of the company increased day by day currently it provides employment to 42,000 women. Profit/loss are borne by all the 42,000 member sisters. Lijjjat Papapd companies won the business women of the year at economic times award. It has 63 branches, 40 divisions Mumbai alone hass 16 branches and 6 depots. It exports to US ,Singapore, UK, Thailand, Netherlands, etc. We can say that decentralization of power takes place in this organisation. Scholarships are given to the daughter of the member sister.

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