Bengaluru queer festival Maya Bazaar featured a panel discussion on inclusion in corporate spaces. Companies are reluctant to move beyond performative gestures, panellists said.
The country registered its first same-sex union earlier this week, five months after its Supreme Court issued an interim order allowing registration of same-sex marriages.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he has instructed the State Department to update travel guidance to US citizens and businesses over travel to Uganda.
The festival was organised on campus over Friday, Saturday and Sunday by the institute’s queer resource group, Saathi, and had ‘40-50 people present at every programme’.
Justice N. Anand Venkatesh of Madras High Court took up counselling sessions as he heard a case pertaining to a lesbian couple from TN who sought protection from their families.
On 29 May 1951, Jawaharlal Nehru defended adding 'reasonable restrictions' to Article 19, arguing that free speech must be balanced with national security and unity.
On bilateral ties, Admiral Paparo said India-US ties have an exponential effect on deterrence, because it demonstrates a unity of purpose among us to maintain the peace.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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