India slips to 131 position on the Global Gender Gap Index 2025
The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap report 2025 was released recently. In its 19th edition, it is the longest-standing index which tracks how 148 countries fared in closing the gender gap. In 2025, the global index stands at 68.8 percentage points (to be read...
Journalism Under Attack
Journalists are under attack. Journalism is under attack. And so is your right to receive reliable information without bias. August saw two brutal attacks on journalists in Gaza, killing four Al-Jazeera journalists, two freelancers and then five media persons. In the...
Game of Blokes
On October 10, 2025, women journalists were excluded from a press conference held in New Delhi by Amir Khan Muttaqi, Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister, who was on a visit to India. Only male journalists were invited to the press conference at the Embassy of Afghanistan....
Chak De! India
The Indian women’s cricket team winning the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 (WC) for the first time was a watershed moment, undoubtedly. Not just for the game but for Harmanpreet’s girls who lifted the cup, for the future of women’s cricket, for the many girls it will inspire and for women’s cricket finally finding a legitimate standalone status, and not just as an adjunct to the men’s cricket team.