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Plea filed in SC to establish Transgender Welfare Board to address social
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): A petition was filed on Monday in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre and state governments to establish a Transgender Welfare Board to address the social welfare issues of transgender persons.
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Four arrested for killing transgender in Mumbai
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 27 (ANI): Four people have been arrested for the brutal murder of a transgender in Mumbai, Vishal Thakur, Deputy Commissioner of Police Zone-11, informed on Friday.
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Maharashtra: Transgender stabbed to death in Mumbai
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 25 (ANI): A transgender was allegedly stabbed to death with a sharp-edged weapon in Goregaon's west area of Mumbai on Wednesday.
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UP's first transgender toilet built in Varanasi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 18 (ANI): The first transgender toilet of the state has been built by the government in the Kamachha area of Varanasi under the Smart City project to ensure the participation of the community in the cleanliness of the city.
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Wipro recognised in HRC's 2021 corporate equality index
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 8 (ANI): IT consulting major Wipro Ltd has been named to the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2021 corporate equality index (CEI).
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Syngenta India extends insurance cover to partners of LGBTQ employees
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI/BusinessWire India): In a first of its kind in the agriculture sector, Syngenta, a global science-based agriculture company with 28,000 employees in 90 countries, has decided to extend medical insurance coverage to the partners of employees from the LGBTQ (
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Elliot Page, Emma Portner heading for divorce after 3 years of marriage
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 27 (ANI): Actor-producer Elliot Page has filed for divorce from his wife and choreographer Emma Portner after three years of marriage.
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Biden signs order to reverse Trump's transgender military ban
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US] January 26 (ANI/Sputnik): President Joe Biden signed an executive order that brought in a policy of including all qualified Americans to serve in the US military, effectively overturning a ban on transgender persons that was introduced by the former Trump administration, t
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MHA asks States, UTs to protect, rehabilitate transgenders
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has written a letter to all chief secretaries of Union Territories and states on protection of rights of transgender persons and also directed them to sensitise police and prison officials in this regard.
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Transgenders to collect parking fees in Bhubaneshwar
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], January 22 (ANI): Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday gave transgender groups the responsibility to collect and manage parking fees in Bhubaneswar.
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Transgenders to collect parking fees in Bhubaneswar
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India] January 21 (ANI): In a move to instil hope and opportunity for the transgender community, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday have tasked them with the responsibility of becoming parking volunteers in the state capital.
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NHRC warn States, UT Govts over plight of transgender in India
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed serious "displeasure" and has warned coercive action against the Chief Secretaries of all the States and Union Territories (UT) of India for their failure to submit Action Taken Reports (ATRs) on th
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