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SC tells LG to set up garbage disposal committee
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday instructed Delhi's Lieutenant-Governor (LG) Anil Baijal to set up an expert committee to frame policies and remedial measures in addressing garbage menace in the capital.
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Apology not enough: transgender actress reprimands Scarlett Johansson
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Aug 07 (ANI): A Hollywood transgender actress, Alexandra Billings, has said that Scarlett Johansson's apology on casting herself as the lead for the upcoming film 'Rub & Tug' is not enough.
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SC raps Delhi LG on garbage disposal
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday came down heavily on Delhi's Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal for not taking effective steps in the garbage disposal issue in the city.
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Are LGBQ teens more prone to diabetes?
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 1 (ANI): Diabetes risk is higher among LGBQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Questioning) teens as compared to heterosexual teens, according to a study.
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Draft rules prescribe reporting mechanism: LG on CCTV issue
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 29 (ANI): Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal on Sunday clarified that the draft rules for the regulation of installation of CCTV cameras only prescribed a reporting mechanism and not a licensing mechanism.
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Kejriwal rips LG's report on CCTV cameras
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 29 (ANI): Amid the ongoing tussle between Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal and the Delhi government, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a symbolic gesture tore a report of the LG committee on installing CCTV cameras in Delhi.
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Massive protest in Tel Aviv over anti-LGBT surrogacy law
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
TEL AVIV [Israel], July 23 (ANI): Thousands of people on Sunday night took to streets to protest against a law on surrogacy parenthood that excludes single men and homosexual couples.
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LGBQ teens at higher risk of substance abuse
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] July 14(ANI): Turns out, lesbian, gay, bisexual or questioning (LGBQ) teens are at substantially higher risk of substance use than their heterosexual peers.
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Anti-gay law: Activists hopeful, SC to resume hearing
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi/Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court, on Thursday, will resume hearing a batch of petitions against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalises homosexual activities.
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Tharoor raps BJP, says Section 377 about freedom, not sex
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], July 11 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Thraoor on Wednesday said that by not taking a 'clear stand' on scarring of section 377, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has 'betrayed Hindu values, as the issue is about freedom and not sex.
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Section 377 arbitrary, unconstitutional: lawyer Menaka Guruswamy
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): As the Constitution Bench of Supreme Court continues to hear the pleas seeking scrapping of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which criminalises homosexuality, lawyer for one of the petitioners Menaka Guruswamy on Wednesday said that the section
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If enacted, Section 377 'won't withstand the test of constitutionality'
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): As the Constitution Bench of Supreme Court continues to hear the pleas seeking scrapping of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which criminalises homosexuality, advocate Arvind Dattar said if enacted the law "won't withstand the test of constitutiona
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