Quick Reads: All Indian Women Platoon Land In Abyei For UN Peacekeeping Misson

It’s easy to miss important news in the hectic daily schedule, so we have compiled a list of recent women-centric news you may have missed.

In the latest news, Indian Armed Forces have recruited over thirty women officers across distinctive arms units making them eligible for command roles in the Indian army. Here are some more quick reads that will keep you up to date.

All-Indian women platoon land in Abyei for UN peacekeeping mission

The UN peacekeeping chief on Monday welcomed the deployment of the largest contingent of women peacekeepers from India in Abyei, saying female troops mean efficient operations. The platoon of women peacekeepers has been deployed in Abyei as part of the Indian Battalion in UNISFA and is India’s largest single unit of women peacekeepers in a UN Mission since it deployed the first-ever all-women’s contingent in Liberia in 2007. Abyei is a disputed zone on the border of South Sudan and Sudan, and has been accorded a "special administrative status."

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30 Women Take Over Command Roles In Army

The Indian Armed Forces have recruited over thirty women officers across distinctive arms units making them eligible for command roles in the Indian army. The women officers who have now acquired command roles in the Indian army will also be considered for promotions to higher ranks going forward. The departments are expected to clear more lists as and when more officers are selected for command positions.

The woman who conned JPMorgan Chase & Co

JPMorgan Chase is suing an entrepreneur and former CEO for allegedly fabricating data to con investors into buying her education startup. 30-year-old Charlie Javice sold her startup “Frank” for $175 million to the US financial company in 2021, five years after the Ivy league graduate founded the company that helped students apply for financial aid in college.

Pilot Couple Killed In Nepal Air Crashes, 16 Years Apart

Anju Khatiwada, 44, was the co-pilot on a Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu that crashed on Sunday, killing at least 68 people and making it the deadliest plane crash in the Himalayan nation in thirty years. Khatiwada joined Nepal’s Yeti Airlines in 2010 after her husband, Dipak Pokhrel, also a pilot, lost his life in an air crash in 2006.

According to airline spokesman Sudarshan Bartaula, Khatiwada’s husband, “Dipak Pokhrel, died in a crash of a Twin Otter plane of Yeti Airlines in Jumla in 2006.” Bartaula added that Khatiwada received her pilot training using the funds she received from the insurance following the death of her husband.

Chandigarh Woman Hit By Car While Feeding Stray Dogs

In a shocking hit-and-run case in Chandigarh that was caught on a CCTV camera, an SUV hit a 25-year-old woman feeding a stray dog near her home and sped away.
The woman, Tejashwita, has suffered injuries to her head and is recovering at a hospital.

According to the family, the incident took place on Saturday night when Tejashwita and her mother Manjider Kaur were feeding stray dogs by the footpath.