Mumbai, Aug 3 (IndiaSpend/IANS) Smokers and non-smokers now represent an equal number of lung-cancer patients, according to a study carried out by the Lung Care Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation focused on improving lung health in India.

Actress Danai Gurira of "Black Panther" fame is the latest face to join the Reebok family and they will together enable women from all walks of life to become their own heroes, furthering the brand's mission of helping people around the world to "Be More Human".

Rape seems to be a never-ending threat to women in India. A group of eight men allegedly gang-raped an eight months pregnant woman in Sangli. The 20-year-old woman from Satara went to Turchi Phata in Tasgaon along with her hotelier husband for a business meeting.

A man from Haryana was arrested for harassing over 200 women by sending them nude pictures after creating their fake accounts on social networking site facebook, police said on Thursday.

The Supreme Court on Thursday said the adultery law per se is discriminatory and violates Article 14 as it punishes only the man and spares the woman portraying her as a victim.

Bangladesh on Thursday launched a national action plan to put an end to marriages of girls aged less than 18 years through institutional initiatives, programmes and joint efforts.

In an anti-trafficking operation conducted by Delhi Police, close to 39 Nepalese women were "rescued" from a hotel in Paharganj, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) claimed today.

Children born to women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) may be more likely to develop autism, according to a study.

Kerala on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that Sabarimala temple does not belong to any religious denomination and it cannot invoke the protection of Article 26 of the Constitution to save the practice of prohibiting women from entering the temple having the deity of Lord Ayyappa in celibate state.

The men and women teams of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) were the first ones to book their main draw berths on the opening day of the 48th All India Inter-Institutional Championships at the Bharatiar University indoor hall here on Wednesday.