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  • How Cilicant is closing gender gaps, increasing opportunities for women

    How Cilicant is closing gender gaps, increasing opportunities for women

    As per a report by McKinsey, $2.9 trillion of additional annual GDP in 2025 could be added by fully bridging the gender gap at the workplace.

  • 'Increased participation from women investors would make commodity market more vibrant'

    'Increased participation from women investors would make commodity market more vibrant'

    As more and more women are getting economically empowered and have ample surplus funds, they are gradually turning to these markets, especially because of the ease and convenience of investing or trading through the online mode.

  • These two key factors will determine market direction going ahead, says Shibani Kurian of Kotak Mahindra AMC

    These two key factors will determine market direction going ahead, says Shibani Kurian of Kotak Mahindra AMC

    As the pace of economic recovery picks up, we believe that the market movement would continue to get more broad-based in nature as compared to the polarised market movement in the last three years.

  • Women's Day 2021 | How the COVID-19 pandemic has affected women around the world

    Women's Day 2021 | How the COVID-19 pandemic has affected women around the world

    From childbirth in isolation to juggling work, parenting and remote learning from home, here are some of the ways the coronavirus has changed women's lives.

  • Women's Day 2021: Three female gig economy workers on what their jobs mean for them

    Women's Day 2021: Three female gig economy workers on what their jobs mean for them

    This Women's Day, Moneycontrol brings you the story of three women who braved the odds and are part of the gig economy today:

  • Women's Day: Maharashtra government announces 1% stamp duty cut for women homebuyers

    Women's Day: Maharashtra government announces 1% stamp duty cut for women homebuyers

    Real estate developers said the move will provide a further boost to housing sales in the state

  • Kareena Kapoor shares first glimpse of newborn son on Women's Day, posts empowering message

    Kareena Kapoor shares first glimpse of newborn son on Women's Day, posts empowering message

    In the black-and-white picture that Kareena Kapoor Khan posted on her Instagram, her newborn son is seen resting on her shoulder while she clicks a selfie.

  • International Women's Day | Thousands of women join Indian farmers' protests against new laws

    International Women's Day | Thousands of women join Indian farmers' protests against new laws

    Wearing bright yellow scarves representing the colour of mustard fields, the women took centrestage at one key site, chanting slogans, holding small marches, and making speeches through loudspeakers to target the laws.

  • Are investors more friendly to women entrepreneurs today? Niramai's Geetha Manjunath gives her take

    Are investors more friendly to women entrepreneurs today? Niramai's Geetha Manjunath gives her take

    This Women's Day, Moneycontrol brings you a conversation with three women entrepreneurs in India who are blazing a trail in three different fields -- AI and Health, Fin Tech and Direct to Consumer. Dreams Unlimited: Startup Stories features Dr Geetha Manjunath, Founder & CEO, Niramai Health Analytix, Lizzie Chapman, Co-founder & CEO, ZestMoney and Vineeta Singh, Co-founder & CEO, SUGAR Cosmetics, in conversation with Moneycontrol's Chandra R Srikanth.

  • Simply Save podcast | What women must know: Legal rights to inherited and marital assets, importance of managing own wealth

    Simply Save podcast | What women must know: Legal rights to inherited and marital assets, importance of managing own wealth

    Tune into this special episode for insights from Paridhi Adani, Partner with law firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas.

  • How doctor-turned-entrepreneur Chaitra Harsha wants to build India's next big CRO from Mysore

    How doctor-turned-entrepreneur Chaitra Harsha wants to build India's next big CRO from Mysore

    Dr Chaitra Harsha has dabbled in setting up dental clinics, a medical tourism venture, offered consulting services in the area of bioinformatics, among others.

  • PM Narendra Modi buys tribal painting on Women's Day to support 'Nari Shakti'

    PM Narendra Modi buys tribal painting on Women's Day to support 'Nari Shakti'

    The tribal paintings, considered a heritage of ancient India, are a piece of art perfected by the Pithora, Saura, Warli, and Gond tribes.

  • International Women's Day: SBI offers special concession to women home loan borrowers

    International Women's Day: SBI offers special concession to women home loan borrowers

    The country's largest lender on March 1 had reduced the rate on home loans to 6.70 percent till March 31.

  • Women's Day 2021: Women investors on Street nearly double in 2020, but they still have a long way to go​

    Women's Day 2021: Women investors on Street nearly double in 2020, but they still have a long way to go​

    Kavitha Subramanian, Co-Founder of broking firm Upstox said her firm witnessed a sharp jump in the number of accounts opened by women investors since the last year.

  • Financial independence is real freedom, says Meghana Malkan  

    Financial independence is real freedom, says Meghana Malkan  

    The key is to learn, knowledge is always the key. So, take the first step. Learn. There is no better power than to discover confidence in yourself.

  • LetsVenture launches women-focussed angel network

    LetsVenture launches women-focussed angel network

    In a first, LetsVenture has launched a platform exclusively for women angel investors. Although the startup ecosystem has grown rapidly in India over the years, the number of women investors has been very few.

  • Women's Day 2021: NASSCOM, Google join hands to empower women farmers

    Women's Day 2021: NASSCOM, Google join hands to empower women farmers

    The program will reach one lakh women farmers from across Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Bihar, skilling them in digital literacy, financial literacy and entrepreneurship skills in the coming year.

  • International Women’s Day 2021 | Activists paint barriers with names of victims of violence in Mexico

    International Women’s Day 2021 | Activists paint barriers with names of victims of violence in Mexico

    The names of women victimised by violence were painted on metal barriers hastily erected around Mexico’s national palace late on March 6, ahead of a women’s march as activists turned the fencing into a makeshift billboard for their movement.

  • Women's Day Exclusive | How women should financially plan for a career break

    Women's Day Exclusive | How women should financially plan for a career break

    A career break can be long and with negligible or no income during the break, it's important for women to be financially independent. But how much money should you keep to sustain? In this Women's Day exclusive, Moneycontrol's Kayezad E. Adajania talks to Mrin Agarwal, Financial Educator & Founder, Finsafe India, to answer some of crucial questions.

  • Women's Day 2021 | World Athletics makes new equality pledges to mark International Women's Day

    Women's Day 2021 | World Athletics makes new equality pledges to mark International Women's Day

    World Athletics has marked International Women’s Day with a series of pledges to “further advance the role of girls and women” in the sport under the campaign slogan “WeGrowAthletics.”

  • Google India to support 1 million women entrepreneurs in rural India

    Google India to support 1 million women entrepreneurs in rural India

    In addition, the tech major is also launching $25 million grant under Google.org Global Impact Challenge for women and girls for non-profits and social enterprises in India and across the world.

  • For women investors, too, raw deal is a reality in the Indian startup ecosystem

    For women investors, too, raw deal is a reality in the Indian startup ecosystem

    Women who write the cheque also have to face bias at the workplace. “Years ago, when workspaces were designed, they were designed by men -- for men. That has not changed," one woman investor summed up the scenario now.

  • IIT Madras launches ‘Women Leading IITM’ programme; to raise $ 2 million endowment

    IIT Madras launches ‘Women Leading IITM’ programme; to raise $ 2 million endowment

    In the first year alone, the endowment Fund aims to grant Rs 70 lakh for various initiatives, said IIT Madras.

  • Why pharma sales function has too few women?

    Why pharma sales function has too few women?

    Though the marketing and sales division has traditionally given pharma sector its leaders, women are still a small percentage here. A pharma association data says that while the average percentage of women in most sectors in India is between 15- 35%, in the pharma industry, it is 10–15%.

  • Banking Central | Why don't we have more women bank CEOs?

    Banking Central | Why don't we have more women bank CEOs?

    For real empowerment, women should be offered equal opportunities, and not a special institution, to realise their potential.

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