CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Bangladesh TV hires country’s first transgender news anchor.

Detailed explanation-2: -Early life and education. Padmini was born into a conservative Tamil family in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Padmini was disowned by her family who rejected her gender identity, at the age of 13. She left her home at age 16, and has not been in contact with her family since then.

Detailed explanation-3: -India Scarlett Willoughby (born 2 September 1965) is an English newsreader, broadcaster, journalist and reality television personality. She is Britain’s first transgender national television newsreader and the first transgender co-host of an all-women talk show, Loose Women on ITV.

Detailed explanation-4: -On the occasion of Bangladesh’s 50 years of independence, Boishkahi TV appointed the first ever transgender newscaster in Bangladesh today. Tashnuva Anan Shishir, a talented model and actor, will start her journey as a news presenter from March 08, on International Women’s Day.

Detailed explanation-5: -Noted trans-activist Anannyah Kumari Alex, Kerala’s first radio jockey (RJ) from the third gender community, was found dead at her apartment in Ernakulam district, following which the government ordered an immediate inquiry.