More Americans identify as transgender than ever; Trump’s claim they “don’t exist” contrasts with rising numbersDespite political rhetoric, a UCLA study reveals that approximately 2.8 million Americans aged 13 and older identify as transgender, with r...
24 Aug, 2025, 03.10 AM IST
Health data cover up? 100+ US government datasets quietly altered without warningA report reveals that over 100 United States government health datasets faced alterations earlier this year. These changes, often without p...
15 Jul, 2025, 08.24 PM IST
Cuts have eliminated more than a dozen US government health-tracking programsUS Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's plan to "Make America Healthy Again" faces challenges as government cuts eliminate over a dozen dat...
04 May, 2025, 07.11 PM IST
Ivy League is losing its fig leaf: How Trump’s crackdown on federal funding threatens academic freedomThe Trump administration's revocation of $400 million in federal research funding to Columbia University has triggered a lawsuit by academi...
27 Mar, 2025, 11.56 PM IST
Supreme Court directs HCs, states to ensure separate toilets for males, females, PwDs, transgendersThe Supreme Court emphasized the urgent need for adequate and separate public toilet facilities accessible to all genders, including PwDs a...
15 Jan, 2025, 08.48 PM IST
West Bengal JEE Admit Card 2024 released at wbjeeb.nic.in. Here is direct download link on WBJEE websiteWest Bengal JEE Admit Card 2024 : WBJEEB issued the WBJEE Admit Card 2024 for the exam featuring Math and Physics, Chemistry segments on a ...
18 Apr, 2024, 04.35 PM IST
States, UTs told not to segregate prisoners on caste, class or religionThe Union Home Ministry has urged states and Union Territories to stop segregating prisoners based on caste and religion and stop assigning...
01 Mar, 2024, 12.12 AM IST
Chess official calls for more research as decision to block transgender women from events draws fireThe foundation of chess, which she called an "intellectual sport," is equal: "I mean, there is no difference between men and women at the i...
19 Aug, 2023, 10.20 PM IST
Majority undertrials from poorer sections, shows NCRB dataWhile the number of convicts from SCs, STs and OBCs stood at 89,802, those under trial stood at 283,535, with the highest number in Uttar P...
03 Sep, 2022, 12.56 AM IST
Mental Health issues LGBTQ community members face in societyResearches across the world have proved LGBTQ community members face more mental health issues than heterosexuals. The stigma, prejudice an...
14 Dec, 2021, 07.49 PM IST
Unemployment rate in urban areas for Jan-Mar 2020 rose to 9.1%However, the sample size was lower in the survey compared to the previous four quarters and consisted of 1.73 lakh people and 43,971 househ...
31 Dec, 2020, 08.40 PM IST
Urban unemployment eased to 7.9% in October-December 2019: GovtThe labour force participation rate rose to 37.2% from 36.8% in the trailing quarter while the worker population ratio increased to 34.2% f...
29 Oct, 2020, 10.14 PM IST
Urban unemployment fell to 8.4% in July-September 2019: GovernmentUrban unemployment in the age group 15-29 years was 20.6%. Among states, urban unemployment was higher than the national average in Kerala,...
19 Oct, 2020, 09.40 PM IST
What Kerala's new transgender policy could teach other states about recognising the rights of a maltreated communityIndia's transgender people were recognised for the first time by the Census in 2011. It pegged the TG population at 4.88 lakh, 56% of whom ...
09 Dec, 2015, 03.22 PM IST
HIV on wane but millions of sex workers live on the edge. Is legalising prostitution the solution?HIV may be on the wane, but there are still millions of sex workers who have little choice but to live on the edge and the future looks pre...
07 Dec, 2014, 02.30 PM IST
- Goa economic census to be conducted between July and October
The Goa economic census will be held between July-October and for the first time, handicraft establishments would be enumerated in the cens...
02 Jul, 2013, 07.31 PM IST
- Unisex identification: Passports cannot serve their purpose by neutering gender
The proposal by Britain to neuter gender in passports could have far wider ramifications than merely sparing the blushes of transgender or ...
21 Sep, 2011, 01.03 AM IST