CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -It is worth noting that the Karnataka government had decided to provide one percent reservation in government jobs for the people of the transgender community and it is the first state in the country to do so.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mondal was appointed a judge in the Lok Adalat of Islampur in West Bengal in 2017, becoming the first person from her community to hold such a post in the country. In early 2018, transgender activist Vidya Kamble was appointed a member judge in a Lok Adalat in Nagpur in Maharashtra.

Detailed explanation-3: -Union of India and others, the court had directed the centre and the state government to treat transgenders as Socially and Educationally Backward Classes of citizens and extend all kinds of reservation in cases of admission in educational institutions and for public appointments.

Detailed explanation-4: -Uttar Pradesh gets its first ‘transgender desk’ at Lucknow police station. LUCKNOW: In a first-of-its-kind gender-inclusive community policing initiative in the state, Lucknow police on Thursday inaugurated a ‘Transgender Community Desk’ at Kaiserbagh police station in the city.

Detailed explanation-5: -In a first for the state, the Karnataka government has announced reservation for ‘male third gender’ in recruitment to the state armed forces.