NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the review petitions on same-sex marriage observing that ‘no interference is warranted’ in the earlier judgment.A batch of petitions had sought review of 2023 judgement. A five judge Constitution Bench had held in October 2023 that there is no unqualified right to marriage and same-sex couples cannot…
President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to “stop the transgender lunacy” from day one of his presidency, as Republicans, set to control both chambers of Congress and the White House, continue their push against LGBTQ rights. Speaking at an event for young conservatives in Phoenix, Arizona, Trump said,”I will sign executive orders to end child sexual…
Politico has named Italian PM Giorgia Meloni the most powerful person in Europe in its latest rankings. In less than a decade, the leader of the right-wing Brothers of Italy party has gone from being dismissed as an ultranationalist to establishing herself as a figure with whom Brussels, and now Washington, can do business. Politico…
NEW DELHI: Two international organisations that work for disability inclusion in medical education and for transgender health, respectively, have threatened to complain to the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) seeking temporary suspension of the National Medical Commission’s (NMC) recognition by the world body for violation of existing laws to protect the rights of persons…
WASHINGTON: Presented as a regular guy, a workaday dad, a teacher and a coach from the time he came into national limelight, Minnesota governor Tim Walz accepted the Democratic vice-presidential nomination on Wednesday at the party convention with an address highlighted by a memorable teachable moment.Walz was speaking about reproductive rights being infringed on by…
A video of a recent interaction between Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni and French president Emmanuel Macron has gone viral, with many pointing out Meloni’s cold snub of Macron after the two leaders clashed over the inclusion of specific language on abortion rights in the final statement of the G7 Summit.Reacting to the video, an…
