The history of International Women\’s Day dates back to 1908, when some 15,000 women marched on New York City in the name of better working hours, fairer pay, and the right to vote. Three years later in 1911, the first official IWD was celebrated throughout Europe as more than a million women walked challenging stereotypes for their right and equality. Here is our small interview with Himani Khanna, Co-Founder & Director at Continua Kids. ST – Why did you choose to be an

Yoga from the ancient years is a very well known science and practice which has helped people heal various physical and mental ailments. It plays an important role in the prevention of various diseases if practised daily. Not just the physical strength, agility, flexibility is improved but various postures and exercises help keep our endocrine system in balance to promote good health. Yoga from the ancient years is a very well known science and practice which has helped people heal

BENGALURU: There is a big difference between ‘doing things’ and ‘getting things done’ and sometimes all you need is that little bit of perspective. You need to move fast every day but show patience over time. You need to get into the details but have a helicopter view. You want to trust your gut but also need to consider other opinions and data. It’s never easy. But if you can check your ego at the door and put together a

BENGALURU: Hopes soared when finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, early into her Union Budget speech Saturday, launched off with remarks like ‘India will have the world’s largest working population in the world by 2030’. That’s the kind of things people say when singing hosannas about India’s so-called demographic dividend. The startup crowd was a bit more enthusiastic though. “For a start-up like us, the tax concessions extended are welcome. Also, the cess on imported medical equipment has been reduced from 20 per cent

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget today for the financial year 2020-21. Unfortunately, the budget did very little to support the startup ecosystem directly and much less for women entrepreneurs who did not gain even a single mention in the budget. “A lot is being done for Beti bachao, beti padao, but we were expecting the government to go a step further to encourage female entrepreneurs but that has not happened as of yet. Maybe we were expecting a lot,”

BENGALURU: Hopes soared when finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, early into her Union Budget speech Saturday, launched off with remarks like ‘India will have the world’s largest working population in the world by 2030’. That’s the kind of things people say when singing hosannas about India’s so-called demographic dividend. Well, the remarks yielded an allocation of about Rs 99,300 crore for education with Rs 3,000 earmarked for skill development. That paltry allocation, just 3 per cent of the entire budget, put industry experts

A 2018 survey conducted by the National Statistical Office (NSO), a branch of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, found that about 2.2 percent of Indians are disabled. Paediatric Neurologist Puja Kapoor and Himani Khanna, a Paediatrician, were former colleagues at the Artemis Hospital, Gurugram. Source: https://yourstory.com/socialstory/2020/01/gurugram-continua-kids-specially-abled-children