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Kangana Ranaut has opened up on her relationship with her father, and how it irrevocably changed years ago.
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Indian all-rounder Axar Patel scripted history in the pink-ball Test with backto-back 5-wicket hauls on Thursday.
NASA SCIENTIST SWATI MOHAN’S BINDI CREATES A BUZZ ON TWITTER
he House is expected to approve a bill known as the Equality Act which would enshrine legal protections for LGBTQ Americans by amending existing civil rights laws to prevent businesses and institutions from discriminating against people based on sexual orientation and gender identity. a person wearing a costume: Speaker Pelosi Holds Weekly News Conference On Capitol Hill© Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images Speaker Pelosi Holds Weekly News Conference On Capitol Hill “In the absence of federal civil rights protection, there are members of the LGBTQ community who are fair game in the eyes of the law to be targeted, based on sexual orientation. That is not America,” House Democratic Chair Hakeem Jeffries said in a press conference on Wednesday. The House is set to vote on the legislation on Thursday. The bill first passed the House in 2019, but was not considered by the then-Republican controlled Senate and faced opposition from the Trump administration. Last year, the Supreme Court issued a ruling stating that the protections guaranteed by the 1964 Civil Rights Act on the basis of sex extended to discrimination against
LGBTQ protections will be enshrined in US law if bill survives a steep climb to 60 votes in the Senate. LGBTQ Americans. The Equality Act would explicitly set those protections for people based on orientation and gender identity, as opposed to having those safeguards included under the umbrella term of “sex.” The Equality Act would extend protections to cover federally funded programs, employment, housing, loan applications, education and public accommodations. President Biden named passing the bill as one of his key priorities during his presidential campaign. He issued a statement supporting the bill when it was introduced by House Democrats last week.
Same-Sex Marriage Not A “Fundamental Right”, Centre Tells Delhi Court
The Centre has said that the top court by its judgement in the Navtej Singh Johar case only decriminalised a particular human behaviour which was a penal offence, it “neither intended to nor did in fact legitimise the human conduct in question”.
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An armed and angry mob of Trump supporters stormed Capitol Hill and clashed with police on Wednesday as Congress convened to validate Joe Biden’s presidential win. What led to the siege, and why is Trump being blamed?
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‘WILL ENSURE SMOOTH TRANSITION OF POWER’: TRUMP CONCEDES DEFEAT, CONDEMNS CAPITOL VIOLENCE
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