Politics

The Parliament has passed a bill to repeal 245 old-fashioned laws that are of no relevance in current times.

An Indian diplomat and politician of the first order, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was a trailblazer for women in ways more than one. For example, she became the first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly.

According to the Ministry of Law, AK Joti will take charge as the CEC on July 6, when incumbent CEC Nasim Zaidi retires.

Applauded for taking a stand, criticised for promoting brutality, the debate continues.

Here are the top five things you need to know about Meira Kumar

He is a retired IAS officer and diplomat who joined as an Officer in 1968 and served in Tamil Nadu state till 1985.

Maneka Gandhi joins a long list of prominent personalities to have spoken out against sexism and misogyny in Indian cinema.

India’s disabled are woefully under-represented in many fields, with politics seeing some of the worst numbers. However, an increasing number of disabled people are joining local politics, including large numbers of women from many rural parts of India.

These steps are also being taken in an effort to curb using tax payers' money on anything that might be considered excessive and unnecessary.

Dr K Beichhua, an MLA in Mizoram, dropped his duties as a politician to scrub in on a surgery to save a woman's life.