Safeena Husain Featured in TIME Women of the Year 2026 List
She was recognized for her significant contributions to girls' education and social empowerment in India’s most marginalized and rural areas.
Educate Girls, founded in 2007, aims to tackle poverty and gender bias by bringing out-of-school girls back into the formal education system.
In 2025, her organization became the first Indian NGO to receive the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership.
Other Indian-origin leaders on the 2026 list include Reshma Kewalramani and Reshma Saujani.
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Ramon Magsaysay Award: Often called 'Asia's Nobel Prize'
TIME Magazine HQ: New York, USA
Practice Quiz — 7 March 2026
Q1. Which index will serve as the base for the new derivatives approved by SEBI for the Bombay Stock Exchange in March 2026?
Q2. Who has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador for SBI General Insurance's 'Chuniye Bharosa, Apno Sa' campaign?
Q3. Regarding the 'YES Essence Women’s Salary Account', which of the following statements is/are correct? I. It offers a ₹5 lakh top-up health cover. II. It provides 5% cashback on the Elegance Debit Card up to ₹10,000 annually. III. The minimum age for eligibility is 18 years.
Q4. From which date has IRDAI proposed the mandatory adoption of Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) for all insurers?
Q5. What regulatory change by SEBI in December 2025 facilitated EPFO's investment in the Raajmarg Infra InvIT (RIIT) IPO?
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