Adam Harry, India’s first transgender pilot, is still worried about realizing his flying dreams despite a clarification from the country’s aviation regulator on trans persons becoming pilots, saying the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has made it clear that flying duties cannot be assigned to those on hormonal therapy.
Communal clashes took place in the Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh after some unidentified miscreants allegedly threw pieces of meat in the compound of a village temple and desecrated idols at two places which led to protests during which several shops were set on fire, police said. The police added that the gate of a graveyard was also damaged in the violence that ensued.
Assam is committed to resolving the border disputes with its four neighboring states to realize Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a united North East, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday. Assam has disputes with Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, and Nagaland, and “we have already taken significant steps with the first two states in resolving the issues”, Sarma said at a press conference here.