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    Government panel seeks ‘exemplary penalties’ for husbands of women village chiefs acting as proxies

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    · Feb 27, 2025 · 11:35 am
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    · Jan 26, 2020 · 08:50 am
  • ‘The Women Who Ruled India’ offers 20 tales of women once famous, now forgotten

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  • From marriage pressure at 18 to heading PepsiCo at 50: Indra Nooyi’s long journey

    From marriage pressure at 18 to heading PepsiCo at 50: Indra Nooyi’s long journey

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    · Oct 02, 2017 · 12:18 pm
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    Swedish deputy PM trolls Donald Trump with all-women photo of her signing climate Bill

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