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Transgenders in Armed Forces

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 and its implications are being examined by the Indian Armed Forces in order to determine potential employment opportunities for transgenders. Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 Legal recognition It recognizes transgender individuals as a third gender and recognizes their right to self-identification based on their gender identity. Social justice It prohibits discrimination against transgenders in education, employment, healthcare, and access to public spaces. Institutional support It mandates the creation of welfare boards at the State levels, which will be responsible for facilitating access to social welfare schemes for transgender persons. Certificate of identity Transgenders can obtain…

25 November, 2023 Rights issue

India's Mother Tongue Survey

India's Mother Tongue Survey The Ministry of Home Affairs recently completed the Mother Tongue Survey of India (MTSI), which included a field video of all 576 languages in the country. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIC) and the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) will document and preserve the linguistic data of the surveyed mother tongues in audio-video files. About the MTSI: The Mother Tongue Survey of India is a project that surveys the mother tongues that are consistently reported during two or more Census decades. It also documents the linguistic characteristics of the languages chosen. The respondent provided…

12 November, 2022 Rights issue

SC’s Split Verdict on Karnataka Hijab Ban

SC’s Split Verdict on Karnataka Hijab Ban The Supreme Court's two-judge panel recently rendered a divided decision on the Karnataka government's ban on the hijab on state pre-university campuses. Details about the news Controversy: A dispute sprang out at the Government College in December 2021 after students wrote the principal a memo requesting permission to wear hijabs (headscarves) in class. They were refused authorization. Since then, numerous Karnataka schools and colleges have prohibited students from entering their buildings while donning hijabs. Petitioners' Defenses They choose to wear the "hijab," which is essential to their religious practice. How a student's decision…

13 October, 2022 Rights issue

Sedition in India

Sedition in India How is sedition defined under the law? Sedition, which falls under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, is defined as any action that brings or attempts to bring hatred or contempt towards the government of India and has been illegal in India since 1870. It defines sedition as an offence committed when "any person by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards the government established by law in India". Disaffection includes disloyalty…

04 March, 2021 Rights issue

Right to Protest

Right to Protest The Supreme Court said farmers have a constitutional right to protest as long as their opposition against the three agricultural laws did not slip into violence. But the CJI said whether the farmers should be allowed into the city or not was a question best left to the police and not the court. The court reiterated its suggestion of forming a committee of experts in agriculture to hear both farmers and the Union government on the laws. The right to protest is a fundamental right as per the Indian Constitution. This right is a part of the right…

21 December, 2020 Rights issue

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