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India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea to legalize same-sex marriage, a stinging setback for gay people seeking equal rights in this socially conservative country of 1.4 billion people. A five-member bench of judges ruled unanimously against the petitioners, with the chief justice saying it was up to Parliament to create any laws recognizing same-sex unions. Still, it offered a few glimmers of hope to same-sex marriage proponents, if largely rhetorical in some cases. The judges ruled that transgender people can marry other transgender people, and expanded the definition of discrimination. Among the four opinions they issued in the ruling, some were pointedly sympathetic to the petitioners.

Persons: ”, Anjali Gopalan Organizations: Foundation Locations: India’s, New Delhi

[1/2] U.S. President Joe Biden and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend an official state dinner at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 22, 2023. Biden and Modi gathered with CEOs including Apple's (AAPL.O) Tim Cook, Google's (GOOGL.O) Sundar Pichai and Microsoft's (MSFT.O) Satya Nadella. Modi, who has appealed to global companies to "Make in India," will also address business leaders at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Modi praised Gopalan for keeping India "close to her heart" despite the distance to her new home, and called Harris "really inspiring." On Friday evening, Modi will address members of the Indian diaspora, many of whom have turned out at events during the visit to enthusiastically fete him, at times chanting "Modi!

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☆ More investors are betting on India. But not all of it is worth the hype, according to analysts
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Su-Lin Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

But for the moment, I can understand why India is an attractive market for a lot of foreign institutional investors." Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has plans to make India a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25. While downgraded, India's growth forecast still cuts higher than others in the Asia-Pacific. Modi has plans to make India a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25, while Adani said at a recent Forbes conference in Singapore that India will go from a $3 trillion economy to a $30 trillion one in the next 25 years. Adani said at a recent Forbes conference in Singapore that India will go from a $3 trillion economy to a $30 trillion one by 2050.

☆ 23 Black leaders who are shaping history today
▼ + stars: | 2021-02-01 | by ( Courtney Connley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +39 min

Following the lead of trailblazers throughout American history, today's Black history-makers are shaping not only today but tomorrow. —Cory StiegRosalind Brewer, 58, Walgreens' next CEO and only Black woman to currently lead a Fortune 500 firmWalgreens' next CEO Rosalind Brewer. When she steps into this new role, she will be the only Black woman currently leading a Fortune 500 firm, and just the third Black woman in history to serve as a Fortune 500 CEO. "When you're a Black woman, you get mistaken a lot," she said during a 2018 speech at her alma mater, Spelman College. —Tom Huddleston Jr.Jason Wright, 38, first Black president of a National Football League teamWashington Football Team president Jason Wright.

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☆ Kamala Harris, prima femeie din istoria Statelor Unite care devine vicepreședinte
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-07 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +9 min

După câteva luni, Kamala Harris a renunțat la visul ei prezidențial, însă a primit ulteror șansa de a ajunge la Casa Albă făcând echipă cu fostul vicepreședinte Joe Biden. - comma, în engleză înseamnă virgulă)”, scria Kamala Harris în autobiografia ei din 2018, The Truth We Hold („Adevărul pe care îl deținem ”- n.r.). Crescute de mama lor, care nu s-a mai recăsătorit, surorile Kamala și Maya și mama lor, Shymala, erau cunoscute ca „Shymala și fetele”. Kamala Harris a făcut carieră în justiție înainte de a deveni politicianKamala Harris s-a născut în Oakland, în California. Cuplul nu are copii împreună, dar Kamala Harris este mamă vitregă pentru cei doi copii pe care avocatul îi are dintr-o căsătorie precedentă.

Persons: Joe Biden, Harris, Doug Emhoff, ❤️, , fi, r, Cr, ay, Fra, num, fo, ana, ist pol Organizations: Albă, ak, țământ din Locations: Americii, Statelor Unite, America, n la, Kam, se de, SUA

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