Annpurna Devi to showcase India’s women empowerment initiatives at UN event

IANS | March 9, 2025 9:58 AM

New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) A government delegation, led by Union Minister for Women and Child Development Annpurna Devi, is set to participate in the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which is starting from March 10 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, it was announced on Sunday.

Denied wheelchair, 82-year-old woman lands in ICU; Air India reacts

IANS | March 8, 2025 2:29 PM

New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Even as the world celebrates International Women’s Day, an 82-year-old woman who was allegedly denied a wheelchair by Air India officials at the Delhi airport suffered a fall and is currently under observation in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a Bengaluru hospital.