Muslim Woman  

A 24-year-old Muslim girl is being trained in Uttar Pradesh to take up driving as a formal profession  

The 'Yakshagana' stage in Karnataka is witnessing a curious spectacle with a Muslim woman artiste creating waves with her performances. Arshiya, the artiste from Vittal in Dakshina Kannada district, is the first woman from the Muslim community to venture into the popular traditional theatre art form. At one time, women were barred from Yakshagana stages. A Muslim woman exponent on stage has attracted the attention of Yakshagana lovers in Karnataka. Let’s find out more about this artist in this episode of Culture ‘Shauk’ with Sunita Iyer.

If not for Fatima Sheikh who was by Savitribai Phule's side, girls education project wouldn't have been a reality. Here are facts about Fatima Sheikh, the first Muslim woman teacher. 

A Muslim woman in Uttar Pradesh claimed she was given triple talaq by her husband for asking him Rs 30 to buy medicines. After this incident, the victim has been pushed away from her husband's house, reports say. 

After the woman was admitted to hospital on Tuesday night, her father lodged a complaint against her husband and his parents under IPC section 498-A (subjecting married woman to cruelty). According to inspector F M Nayab of Karanj police station, the complaint mentioned only a threat of divorce.

A bench of Justices R Banumathi and A S Bopana disposed of the plea saying that it is not a court where Talaq notices could be challenged, granting her liberty to move an appropriate forum for relief.
 

The impact India feels will be indirect, as the cost of goods that are produced by American companies in China will increase and the US dollar strengthens due to the risk aversion caused in markets worldwide; however, owing to this domestic consumption-driven country's growth higher than 7.5% and the world's growth greater than 3.5%, the adverse effects will be minimal

In the Lucknow passport controversy, while a Hindu-turned-Muslim woman's complaint tagging External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Twitter was redressed promptly, passport official Vikas Mishra — male, Hindu and upper caste — was 'punished' without an inquiry