New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Monday said she would do her best to ensure that women in the country get maximum opportunities to pursue technical education.
Speaking at the national workshop on "Women innovators for excellence in research and science", Irani said she was "concerned" about the dwindling numbers of women researchers and scientists in the country.
"My concern is the falling number of women in the field of research in the country," said Irani at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) headquarters here, while proposing to meet women scientists of DRDO to understand their needs and help them achieve their goals.
"This year we will launch the Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan (national innovation initiative) and under it women will be given special impetus," she said.
The minister added that a crucial factor that led to the situation was the lack of primary education for the girl child.
"I will do the best I can so that women get maximum opportunities (to pursue technical education)," she said.
Chinese spy ship Yuan Wang-5 reached Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka on Tuesday morning. This spy sh
NDA's presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu is leaving for Delhi from Odisha's capital Bhubaneswa
The Pandora Papers leak case is in the headlines these days. The names of politicians and billion
Imran Khan's party will stake a claim for the chief minister's post in Pakistan Prime Minister Sh
The problems of the New Zealand team are not showing any signs of ending. After Kane Williamson w
Comedian Raju Srivastava's team told his condition, had a heart attack while working out
Comedian Raju Srivastava suffered a heart attack while working out. It is being told that while e
MADE IN CHINA NOT MADE IN PRC, by tricking China, adopting this trick to avoid boycott
China may be ready for bloodshed at the border, but the dragon's saliva drips from the Indian mar
Income Tax Department officials are investigating in six premises of actor Sonu Sood, who became
Frustrated Pakistan retaliated against Iran on Thursday. Pakistani Air Force entered the border o
Amidst rising inflation, the prices of packaged and labeled curd, paneer, lassi, and essential it