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Friday, August 15, 2025
TopicTransgender community

Topic: transgender community

Chennai transgender groups are living their Bharatnatyam dream—for respect, dignity, livelihood

Students of Sathya Sai Dance Academy are Tamil Nadu’s first transgender auto driver, talk show host, physiotherapist and many others.

Reshaping lives and empowering the Transgender community

Literacy India was established in 1996 as a non-profit organization with the primary objective of providing education, employ-enablement and empowerment to vulnerable communities.

‘Rights are paper tigers unless given teeth by courts’: Full text of Justice Chandrachud speech

Speaking at an event in King's College, London, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud discussed the Supreme Court's role in the protection of human rights for various sections of India.

Noida has a Pride Station, but India still isn’t ready for transgender colleagues

The transgender community in India doesn’t get many job offers. When they do, it lacks pay, benefits, and sometimes even leave.

Ensure no discrimination of transgender persons at Covid vaccine centres — govt to states

The Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry has also urged the states to conduct awareness drives especially to reach out to the transgender community about the vaccination process.

India’s trans community is getting left out of the Covid-19 vaccine drive. This is why

Just 20,269 people, in what the govt classifies as the ‘other’ category, have got vaccinated as of 17 May in a population of at least 4.87 lakh transgenders in the country.

Chhattisgarh Police recruits 13 transgender people as constables for first time

Of the successful candidates, eight belong to Raipur district, two are from Rajnandgaon and one each hail from Bilaspur, Korba and Surguja districts, Chhattisgarh's DGP said.

Imran Khan goes on a barefoot religious trip to Saudi Arabia with wife Bushra Maneka

Here’s what’s happening across the border: Pakistan’s transgenders to debut in election; Karachi is the hottest assembly seat.

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Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.