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Female bouncer Mehrunissa Shaukat tosses gender bias out of bars

Female bouncer Mehrunissa Shaukat tosses gender bias out of bars

December 29, 2022

She still recalls the time when she, along with her family, shifted from Saharanpur, a small, sleepy town in the hills of Uttar Pradesh to the bustling capital New Delhi. It was in 2003 that Mehrunissa Shaukat Ali was forced to move, along with her family,  as her father had inc...

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Hola Mohalla – a unique Sikh festival

Hola Mohalla – a unique Sikh festival

March 9, 2018

  Hola Mohalla is a festival celebrated by Sikhs, held annually at Takhat Sri Keshgarh Sahib Gurdwara (Sikh place of worship) in Anandpur Sahib in north Indian state of Punjab. It is usually celebrated one day after the Hindu festival, Holi that celebrates the arrival of spr...

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Nikki Haley nominated as the US ambassador to the UN

Nikki Haley nominated as the US ambassador to the UN

November 24, 2016

In an already long list of Indian origin politicians, the clout of Indian diasporas has been further underlined as Nikki R. Haley, the Indian-American politician who is serving as the 116th Governor of South Carolina since 2011, was nominated as the US ambassador to the United Na...

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Ishaat Hussain takes over as TCS chairman

Ishaat Hussain takes over as TCS chairman

November 11, 2016

Cyrus Mistry has been removed from his position of chairman of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and replaced by Ishaat Hussain as the battle between Tata Sons’ former chairman and the company intensifies.

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