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Meet Captain Monica Khanna, who safely landed SpiceJet flight after engine fire

Kevin Kennedy — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 03:08:39 +0000

Captain Monica Khanna’s quick-thinking saved the lives of around 185 passengers on board the SpiceJet flight that caught fire shortly after takeoff on Sunday.

The Delhi-bound SpiceJet flight safely returned to Patna after cabin crew noticed sparks flying out of the left engine of the aircraft and alerted the pilots. Captain Monica Khanna – the pilot in-charge – acted calmly and took control of the situation. After consulting with First Officer Balpreet Singh Bhatia, she switched off the affected engine and landed the ‘overweight’ aircraft skillfully in Patna.

The Taliban orders women to wear head-to-toe clothing in public

Kevin Kennedy — Sun, 08 May 2022 01:01:02 +0000

Taliban officials announced that women and girls would be expected to stay home, and if they were to venture out, to cover in all-encompassing loose clothing that only reveals their eyes – preferably, a burka.

The restrictions on women’s movement and dress are the harshest that the Taliban have announced since they came to power in August. It suggested the increasing dominance of the group’s hard-line leaders, who appear to be behind the extended ban on most women and girls attending secondary school.

Saturday’s announcement seemed to confirm the fears of many Afghans that the Taliban remained unchanged after two decades out of power. When the Taliban last ruled — from 1996 to 2001 — they also enforced harsh restrictions on women’s dress and movement, and prevented most girls from going to school.

Eurasian Women’s Forum: Women in the Changing World

Kevin Kennedy — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 08:22:23 +0000

Women play an increasingly important role in resolving issues that society and the state encounter and in the modern world, they should not face the choice between family and self-fulfillment,

According to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the third Eurasian Women’s Forum held in St. Petersburg on October 13-15.

“It is completely obvious that in modern conditions a woman should not face the choice between children and family or professional fulfillment. That is why in Russia the conditions are consistently created for a woman after childbirth to begin or resume her professional career at any moment, to become accomplished, to achieve growth in what she enjoys,” Putin stressed.

The Eurasian Women’s Forum, held since 2015, is one of the largest international platforms uniting female leaders from all continents to examine and discuss the role of women in the modern world and work out new approaches to solving global problems.

Swedish Finance Minister Tipped to Become Country’s First Female PM

Kevin Kennedy — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 04:10:29 +0000

Magdalena Andersson is favourite to become Sweden’s prime minister when her Social Democrat colleague Stefan Lofven steps down in November, but major challenges face the current finance minister if she is to keep the top job longer than a few months.

If Andersson is picked to head her party in November, she is likely to become Sweden’s first female prime minister – 40 years after neighbour Norway got its first woman leader and more than 60 years behind Sri Lanka, which was the first country to do so.

Bumble Cofounder Becomes World’s Youngest Self-Made Woman Billionaire, Thanks To IPO

Kevin Kennedy — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 06:48:02 +0000

Whitney Wolfe Herd ended the day Thursday with a net worth of $1.5 billion based on Bumble stock closing at $70.31.]

Shares of dating app Bumble soared in its IPO on Thursday, turning its 31-year-old CEO and founder Whitney Wolfe Herd into the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire. Her nearly 12% stake in the company was worth $1.6 billion as of 12:40 p.m. EST on Thursday.

Bumble stock opened at $76, much higher than its initial IPO price of $43 per share. The company made its debut hours after the markets opened on Thursday.

Amy Coney Barrett Confirmed To Supreme Court, Takes Constitutional Oath

Kevin Kennedy — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 02:01:27 +0000

The Senate has voted 52-48 to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, just about a week before Election Day and 30 days after she was nominated by President Trump to fill the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

In a White House ceremony following the vote Monday evening, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administered the constitutional oath to Coney Barrett.

President Trump spoke at the event, thanking Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and calling today a “momentous day” for America, the constitution and the rule of law. He also praised Barrett’s intellect and poise during the confirmation process. Several Republican senators were also in attendance.

All-female crew makes history at Florida fire department

Kevin Kennedy — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 16:12:43 +0000

A fire crew recently made history in Florida at Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue. A crew comprised entirely of women worked a shift together for the first time in the department’s 57-year history.

They all worked together last month, and knew it was a momentous day. “That was captain, driver engineer, firefighter, rescue lieutenant, and paramedic,” Krystyna Tesia Krakowski, a rescue lieutenant, told CBS affiliate WPEC-TV.

Femina Favorite (Best Parody Music Video): Six Feet Away or We’ll be Six Feet Under

Kevin Kennedy — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 20:59:58 +0000

This is a Femina.com voted #1 parody video.

Six Feet Away or We’ll Be Six Feet Under is an original parody music video about “social distancing” with a hint of political undertones and substantial social commentary. It was written by Kevin Kennedy at the height of the lockdowns …with many questions still unanswered.

Kennedy said, “with this song, I wanted to lend a bit of levity about #SocialDistancing and the current health, social, and economic times that we are all going through…it is sort of the “social distancing” version of “now, get off my lawn”. I hope it makes you laugh or at a minimum puts a smile on your face.”

Spread the good cheer and share with all your people…stay safe and stay healthy!

Nigeria police rescue 19 young women, girls from ‘baby factory’

femina — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 03:33:25 +0000

Nigerian authorities said Monday that 19 girls and young women who were abducted and impregnated by captors who planned to sell their babies have been rescued.

Lagos police spokesman Bala Elkana said the victims and four babies were rescued from four locations in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city.

The victims, aged between 15 and 28, are mainly from eastern Nigeria. They told police they were tricked into coming to Lagos with the promise of jobs.

Nigeria has a high number of syndicates that keep young women to produce babies for sale – a scheme locally termed “baby factories.” The police spokesman said the price of a baby can range from $830 to $1,400.

Little girl writes letter to Tesco CEO to demand pockets for girls’ school trousers

femina — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 03:32:48 +0000

A little girl has written to the CEO of Tesco accusing the supermarket of sexism after discovering that only boys’ school trousers had real pockets.

Nine-year-old Eleanor Waterman was very annoyed when she discovered that the school trousers she had chosen from Tesco had fake pockets.

She was so annoyed, in fact, that she wrote a letter to the supermarket’s CEO Dave Lewis expressing her outrage.

Her mum explained that Eleanor had written the letter because she just couldn’t understand why the boys got real pockets, but the girls didn’t.

‘At the start of term, Eleanor put on her new school trousers – bought from Tesco and chosen specifically because they have pockets,’ said Eleanor’s mum Carly.

‘When she put them on and realised the pockets were fake, she was shocked and annoyed.