Uttarakhand gives female staff a holiday on Karwa Chauth
The Uttarakhand government has declared October 29 a public holiday for female employees in the state. The holiday is for the Karwa Chauth festival. It is a one-day change for women working in government offices and is intended to let them observe the festival.
ContextContext: Karwa Chauth is a festival where many married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for their husbands' long life, mostly in northern India. Several states have made holidays for women staff on this day in recent years.
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