gender
- India
Gender change through surgery a constitutional right, rules Allahabad HC
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has observed that a person has constitutional right to change their gender though surgical intervention. Justice Ajit Kumar made the observation while hearing a plea of a…
- India
India climbs eight places to 127 in global gender index, says WEF report
New Delhi: India has ranked at 127 out of 146 countries in terms of gender parity — an improvement of eight places from last year — according to the World Economic Forum’s…
- India
Gender neutral uniforms, safe washrooms: NCERT’s manual for schools on transgender students
New Delhi: Gender-neutral uniforms in schools, transgender-inclusive curriculum, safe washroom facilities, and measures to prevent gender-based violence are among the recommendations made by a new NCERT manual for smoothly integrating the third…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad NGO Rubaroo conducts edition 9 of 16 Days of activism
Hyderabad: City-based NGO Rubaroo on Saturday conducted edition six of ’16 days of Activism’ at Lamakaan. The event culminated with the celebration of International Human Rights Day. The theme for this year’s…
- India
In a first, India uses ‘she’, ‘her’ to refer to all genders in draft law
New Delhi: In a first in the legislative history of India, pronouns such as ‘her’ and ‘she’ have been used to denote all genders in a draft law. The draft Digital Personal…
- India
Economic inequality in India linked to caste, gender discrimination: Bhalchandra Mungekar
Jalna: Economist and former Rajya Sabha MP Dr Bhalchandra Mungekar on Monday said economic inequality in India is linked to caste and gender discrimination. Dr Mungekar was speaking at the concluding function…
- Business
Virgin Atlantic updates gender identity policy, gives staff choice of uniform
New Delhi: Virgin Atlantic has launched its updated gender identity policy, giving its crew, pilots and ground team the option to choose which of the iconic uniforms, designed by Vivienne Westwood, best…
- India
I was misquoted, was only paraphrasing Ambedkar’s views: JNU VC on ‘caste of gods’ remark
New Delhi: After her no god is upper caste remark stoked controversy, JNU Vice Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit on Wednesday defended her comments as an academic exercise and said she was misquoted…
- Entertainment
‘Lock Upp’: Saisha Shinde says trans women are stripped publicly to prove their gender
Mumbai: The reality show ‘Lock Upp’ hosted by Kangana Ranaut keeps throwing up stories that tug at the heart strings of the audience. One such story was shared by Saisha Shinde, who…
