The Indian woman who stood up to moral policing - and won a pageant

Muskan Sharma stood up to men who tried to bully her over her clothes - and went on to win hearts and a beauty pageant. The ...

Australia beats India with the highest successful run chase in women’s ODI cricket

Alyssa Healy scores 142 as Australia beats India by three wickets in the highest successful run chase in women’s one-day ...

Taliban minister confronted by rare challenge on trip abroad: women journalists

Three days after being excluded from a press conference fronted by Taliban’s foreign minister in India, women journalists took their seats in a powerful show of force to question him about the social ...
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Women’s cricket in India is taking off

E ight years ago an Indian cricketer, Harmanpreet Kaur, played one of the best innings of all time. Ms Kaur scored an ...

De Klerk’s 84 not out stuns India as South Africa wins by 3 wickets at Women’s Cricket World Cup

Nadine de Klerk hit 84 not out off 54 balls as South Africa upset hosts India by three wickets at the Women’s Cricket World ...

India's Modi transfers over $800 million in subsidies to women in election-bound Bihar

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi transferred 75 billion rupees ($845 million) to women in election-bound Bihar on Friday under an employment plan launched by his ruling alliance as it tries to ...

Rapes show double struggle of low-caste women in India

The victim of India's latest alleged gang rape faced the double discrimination of being born female and low caste, says her family, fearing she will get no justice in death either.