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“DO I REALLY SUPPORT WOMEN?”: KATRINA’S PERTINENT QUESTIONS

While maintaining that many steps have been taken in the realm of women’s empowerment, Katrina Kaif, the ambassador for nonprofit organisation Educate Girls, posed some uncomfortable personal questions. “Sometimes, I honestly feel that do we really support our contemporaries? Do I really support women as much as I can, the women who are around me and in my work area?” she pondered.

“Sometimes the competitive mindset can actually stop you from being cooperative and encouraging towards others and I, myself, have become more aware of that,” she admitted. “Am I lifting up the women around me? Am I doing what I can to support them and encourage them or to help them grow?”

On her part, the actress maintained that she is trying to encourage women to become better in their profession, whatever it may be.

HYDERABADI WOMEN OPT FOR ONLINE MEDICAL CONSULTATION

Statistics prove that more city women are now seeking medical consultation online to improve their health as well as that of their families. While 35% women call digital doctors for themselves, 65% utilise these services for the kin.

According to DocOnline, a platform that provides access to doctors digitally, figures collected between December 2017 and February 2018 show that women in Hyderabad are becoming increasingly comfortable with consulting with doctors online. Of the 5,000 people studied, 40% of them were women.