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Women, Peace and Security Index 2025/26: Top 10 best and worst countries for women and where does India rank globally?

Top 10 best and worst countries in the Women, Peace and Security Index 2025/26: Where do India, US stand?

December 05, 2025 9:00 am

Top 10 best and worst countries for Women ( WPS Index 2025/26): While Denmark ranks No. 1 in the Women, Peace and Security Index 2025-26, Afghanistan sits at the bottom.

‘All men are not same’: Bengaluru woman praises Rapido rider who fixed bike at 12.50 am, dropped her home safely

November 25, 2025 4:27 pm

Asha Mane shared a video from her journey, showing snippets of her ride with the Rapido captain, and later, him crouched on a pitch-dark road trying to fix his bike.

‘Perks of living in India’: Italian woman praises Bengaluru’s safety after finding helmet exactly where she left it

November 17, 2025 12:13 pm

Serena, who has called Bengaluru home for over a decade now, shared the clip after realising that she had absent-mindedly left the helmet on her scooter while visiting a store.

Top 10 India States for Women Employability in 2025

Top 10 Indian states women prefer to work in 2025: Andhra Pradesh, Kerala take top spots; see if Delhi made the list

October 17, 2025 10:13 am

Top 10 highest women employability states in India in 2025: According to the Global Employability Test, 45.6 per cent of women were deemed employable in 2019.

In the video shared by a vlogger, Jay, a man approaches two Korean women taking a stroll at a tourist spot, and shares his “dream” of hugging them (Image source: @jaystreazy/Instagram)

‘Second-hand harassment’: Indian man pesters Korean women for hug, calls it his ‘dream’; video sparks outrage

September 22, 2025 12:06 pm

After the man persists with his request, one of the women gives him a hug, seemingly to get over the situation quickly.

Across India, sexual violence prevails, with impunity. It's not just a legal problem

July 04, 2025 12:18 pm

India has laws. But laws are only as good as the systems that uphold them—and the values that animate them. A society that tolerates impunity, blames victims and protects the powerful cannot claim to be just

Malavika Mohanan on safety in public spaces

‘Ek chumma degi kya’: Malavika Mohanan admits she doesn’t consider Mumbai a safe city; expert on support systems to help women

June 13, 2025 3:27 pm

“We froze… We were just three young girls, completely vulnerable,” said Malavika Mohanan.

Made by and for men: Indian cities need women leaders to make it safe and inclusive

May 29, 2025 3:51 pm

Women’s leadership in cities is not about gender equality alone. It is a catalytic agenda that can ensure more jobs, higher economic growth, and targeted provision of infrastructure and services based on community needs and a holistic human development agenda