Transgender  

As India continues to fight the second wave of coronavirus, the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment being the nodal ministry for Transgender Welfare has decided to provide a subsistence allowance of Rs1500 to each transgender person as immediate support to meet their basic requirements
 

Transgenders in Mumbai are coming forward to help fellow citizens by distributing rations to the needy and necessitous  

The Chhattisgarh police have recruited transgenders as constables 

20 transgenders from Rajasthan have donated lakhs of rupees towards the construction of Ram temple 

 In a move that will go a long way in accommodating transgenders into the mainstream, the Bihar police has revealed its plan of recruiting them in its force
 

A 27-year-old transwoman has been successfully running a restaurant after facing a lot of difficulties 
 

 The government is set to launch a simplified certification process to provide identity cards and special homes to transgenders

In an unprecedented event, 42 transgender persons have applied as candidates for the combined competitive (preliminary) examination (CCE), 2020, conducted by Assam Public Service Commission (APSC)

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to set up a transgender welfare board under the state’s social welfare department
 

Union home ministry has sought comments from Central Armed Police Forces on the issue of inducting Transgender officers in paramilitary forces 

'Imaanfest: Muslim Pride' on April 11 to celebrate gay and transgender members of the Muslim community

Meet Nithu, who fought against all odds to achieve her dreams. Though she faced huge criticism and hardships when she decided to change her identity, she battled it all. Initially her family failed to accept her identity crisis but later accepted her. She's now rearing to go at Miss International Queen 2020, a beauty pageant for transgenders and make India proud.

The president of the trust Krishna Mohan Mishra told media, that this is the first university in the country where members of the transgender community will be able to get education and the process has already been initiated.

Today on World Television Day, let’s take a look at how Padmini Prakash, India’s first transgender newsreader, broke gender stereotype to become a popular face in Tamil Nadu and a prominent voice for the neglected community.

Key bills are expected to be tabled in the Winter Session of the Parliament that begins today. Ahead of the commencement of the Winter Session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended an all-party leaders meeting, where he said that the government will seek to work together will all parties in a constructive manner to take up all pending legislative work.