The Daily Populous

Ayushman Bharat, the Centre's flagship health insurance scheme for the poorest of the poor, will now provide medical cover to transgenders and support medical intervention like sex change operations.

Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) provides a medical cover of Rs 5 lakh per family per year for free treatment at all public and empanelled private hospitals.

This benefit will now be extended to transgenders under the government's new scheme, Support for Marginalised Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise (SMILE). »

A rogue grandmother and her friend broke their legs after sneaking into a water park at 2am during a drunken night out.

The pair had snuck into Aldershot Lido water park early August.

The drunken duo splashed water down the slide from the top in a bid to generate lubrication and speed before stepping into the side. »

In the film, Fauci rails about the harassing phone calls his wife and daughters have received during the pandemic.

Dr. Anthony Fauci grew up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, where he says he quickly learned that "you didn't take any shit from anybody.".

It extended to his family, including his wife and three grown daughters, in a brand of threatening personal attacks fueled by online rage. »

Brazil’s highest court has upheld a ban on missionaries entering reserves that are home to isolated and recently contacted Indigenous people during the pandemic.

This triggered a lawsuit by Indigenous and political organizations, which the Supreme Federal Court (STF) has now ruled in favor of.

“As we are under an anti-Indigenous government, it is important to have a decision which reassures the Indigenous policy.”. »