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Previous studies have found that men with strong handshakes are less likely to have erectile dysfunction (Photo: Pixabay)

Europe story: Muslims are judged over a handshake

The case of Farah Alhajeh may seem like victory in the individual sense of receiving damages and being vindicated.

24 Aug 2018 5:45 AM IST

The American Consul General was responding to a query regarding concerns over changes in the H-1B visa programme. (Representational image: file)

Work visas can help eliminate global poverty

The fact that work visas and access to labour markets work better was never mentioned.

20 April 2018 12:41 AM IST

An American national who was allegedly drugged and gangraped at a hotel in Delhi in April, has returned to India to record her statement and identify the accused. (Representational image)

Understanding harassment, in workplaces and in homes

According to UN Women, 120 million girls around the world have experienced forced sexual acts.

30 Dec 2017 12:14 AM IST

Many abusive men and their suffering wives go unnoticed

The high-profile nature of the Ilyasi murder case has meant that it has received a lot of attention.

21 Dec 2017 1:35 AM IST

Muslim women have their hands tied while the guillotine of divorce dangles, perpetually ready to drop at the whims of their husbands who enjoy undisputed power. (Photo: PTI/Representational Image)

How Muslim women in UK are bereft of their rights

Women caught in the middle should not have to pay the price, and be left without rights or recourse.

14 Dec 2017 12:49 AM IST

Barbie makers say they will sell a doll modeled after Ibtihaj Muhammad, an American fencer who competed in last years Olympics om hijab. (Photo: AP)

A new look: Barbie now wears a hijab

Barbies have hardly been symbols of either feminism or modesty or female achievement.

24 Nov 2017 12:07 AM IST

A bench of Justices MB Lokur and Deepak Gupta, which criminalised sex with a minor wife in a landmark verdict on Wednesday, referred to a study conducted on child marriages, based on 2011 census. (Photo: Representational/File)

A lesson to all men

Children from such families have lower levels of academic achievement than those from families with one father and one...

11 Nov 2017 12:48 AM IST

The clip surfaced after a recent move by Hurriyat leaders to downplay fears of the growing influence of the ISIS in the Valley. (Photo: AP)

ISIS is looking out for violent Muslim women

The argument that turning to women does not come from the surrender of men would be harder to make now.

13 Oct 2017 12:59 AM IST

Saudi women, which going by the Kingdoms definition are only those born to a Saudi father, are an integral part of the new Saudi Arabia that seeks to banish all foreigners from its government. (Photo: AP)

House of Saud and its jubilant tale of progress

A victory for Saudi women thus comes at the expense of heightening Saudi nationalism and even xenophobia.

5 Oct 2017 3:16 AM IST

Representational image

Marriages of desperation

Along with the Rohingya, the people of Syria have seen incredible devastation in the past few years.

29 Sept 2017 2:17 AM IST

Aung San Suu Kyi

Suu Kyi: Taking away Nobel won't help

Suu Kyi's fellow Nobel laureates, including Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai, have questioned the silence.

15 Sept 2017 1:52 AM IST

People including a protester holding a sign line Fifth Avenue as they watch President Donald Trumps motorcade leave Trump Tower on August 16. (Photo: AP)

When lights go out in Donald Trump's America

An American eclipse is thus a matter that concerns everyone, near and far, willing and unwilling.

18 Aug 2017 7:08 AM IST