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Devise policies to enable employment for transpersons: SC to Centre

The Apex Court has directed the Indian Government to devise a policy for opening job avenues for the transgender community. According to news reports, the SC observed that the 2014 judgment of the Supreme Court said transpersons comprised the third community. It had directed the job applications to have a separate column for the third […]

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Volkswagen to open all-women outlet in Coimbatore

Automobile manufacturer Volkswagen has announced its first all-women outlet in Coimbatore. According to news reports the store is part of the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion measures, and it aims to support women’s workforce participation. News reports added that 35 women staff would be engaged in end-to-end, sales and after-sales operations at the outlet. The

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Research finds gender diversity leads to novelty, high-impact scientific discoveries

Latest research has revealed that gender-diverse teams result in novel, higher-impact scientific discoveries.   The study from the University of Notre Dame has examined about 6.6 million papers published across the medical sciences over two decades and has found that while the team’s gender balance is under-recognized, it is still a powerful indicator of novel

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