CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Girl Power: Indian Women Who Broke the Rules by Neha J Hiranandani briefly tells us the story of 50 Indian women who went against what society told them, overcame adversity and achieved their dreams.

Detailed explanation-2: -Falguni Nayar, Roshni Nadar, Nirmala Sitharaman in Forbes’ World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list. Maintaining her position for the fifth time in a row, Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, was featured in the Forbes’ annual list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indira Gandhi became the first woman Prime Minister of India and served from 1966 to 1977. Indira Gandhi was named as the “Woman of the Millennium” in a poll which was organised by BBC in 1999. In 1971, she became the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna award.

Detailed explanation-4: -1947: On 15 August 1947, following independence, Sarojini Naidu became the governor of the United Provinces, and in the process became India’s first woman governor. On the same day, Amrit Kaur assumed office as the first female Cabinet minister of India in the country’s first cabinet.