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'When I had started off at the age of 15, I was always very fearless. I would try to use my skills, retain possession for as long as possible and then aim for goal. But with time, I realised that you can’t play like that, especially when the sport has evolved so much,' said Indian women's hockey player Vandana Katariya

Feminist discourses in India is copying the west. They are thus not taking the inter-sectionalism and diasporic nature of Indian women. Our history has taught us how women took their fights for rights without divorcing their culture, and this needs to be brought back again!

Nirbhaya convicts to be hanged as per schedule tomorrow at 5: 30 am. Ranjan Gogoi takes oath as Rajya Sabha MP.

India women's hockey player Navneet Kaur said, 'Earlier, we feared playing against top teams like Great Britain, New Zealand and Australia. We lacked that match-winning confidence and this was perhaps why many teams even considered us as underdogs'

Janani Narayanan and Vrinda Rathi of India have been named in the International Panel of ICC Development Umpires

On February 29, 2020, at Melbourne, crafty Indian left-arm spinner Radha Yadav spun a web around Sri Lanka, claiming 4 wickets for 23 runs in the final league game of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. As a result, Sri Lanka was bundled out for 113/9 and Indian eves registered a 7-wicket win - topping their group by virtue of this victory. This lethal spell has brought to fore the story of this Mumbai vegetable seller’s daughter. Watch this video to know more.

India's 16-year-old sensation Shafali Verma now has the highest strike-rate in Women's T20Is. The opening batter has scored 438 runs in the shortest format of the game at a strike-rate of 147.97 and has surpassed South Africa's Chloe Tryon and Australia's Alyssa Healy. The official handle of the T20 World Cup posted the stat on Twitter and captioned the post as: "Highest career strike rates in women's T20Is (min. 200 runs)--Shafali Verma - 438 runs at 147.97, Chloe Tryon - 722 runs at 138.31, Alyssa Healy - 1,875 runs at 129.66, the 16-year-old is top of the tree". India entered the semifinals of the women's T20 World Cup after Shafali Verma's 34-ball 46 followed by a superlative performance from the bowlers helped the team notch up a narrow four-run win over New Zealand in Melbourne on Thursday.

The battle against cancer is perhaps one of humanity’s longest. The need to find its cause and put an end to great misery has fuelled research in oncology for decades. Dr. Kamal Ranadive was an Indian biomedical researcher who is known for her research in cancer about the links between cancers and viruses. She was a founder member of the Indian Women Scientists' Association (IWSA). In the 1960s, she established India's first tissue culture research laboratory at the Indian Cancer Research Centre in Mumbai. Let’s find out more about the life of this unsung scientist in this episode of Not For Women Only with Sunita Iyer.

On Thursday, Indian women's team captain Rani Rampal became the first-ever hockey player to win the prestigious 'World Games Athlete of the Year' award. Earlier in the week, she was one among the six recipients from the category of sports to be conferred with Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of our country. On Friday, January 31, 2019, the Indian Women's Hockey Team captain handed an out-of-turn promotion by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) to honour her achievement. In this episode of Not For Women Only with Sunita Iyer, let’s take a look at Rani Rampal’s inspiring journey so far.

On February 1, 2003, seven NASA astronauts lost their lives after their Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 disintegrated while re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere. One of those killed in that tragic incident was the first Indian woman in space – Kalpana Chawla. She was an inspiration to thousands of Indian women. But how many of you know about how Kalpana Chawla’s childhood story and what made her go to space eventually? Let’s find out more in this episode of India Untold with Sunita Iyer.

In 2019, Nirmala Sitharam made history by becoming India’s first full-time woman Finance Minister. While presenting the Budget 2019, she termed the women of the country as ‘nari tu narayani’, suggesting they hold an important place in the development of our country. As the countdown to Budget 2020 begins, let’s take a look at what Indian women want in this episode of Not For Women Only with Sunita Iyer.

Today on Indian Navy Day, along with celebrating Sub-Lieutenant Shivangi’s achievement, let's also recall the fight of a few other officers who’ve made inroads in breaking stereotype that’s associated with women joining the naval forces.

The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu on 28th November called for ending the gender discrimination and ensuring safety security, and dignity of the women. Speaking at the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of Indian Women Press Corps, he said that it was the collective responsibility of the governments, media and civil society to ensure that women were made equal partners in the developmental process of the nation.

At the Providence Stadium in Guyana, India won the toss and elected to bat first. They lost Shafali Verma (9) and captain Smriti Mandhana (7) cheaply inside the opening four overs