India: LGBTQ persons can open joint bank accounts, nominate beneficiaries
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India: LGBTQ persons can open joint bank accounts, nominate beneficiaries

Top Stories Tamfitronics Top Stories Tamfitronics Story highlightsThe Finance Ministry informed that a clarification regarding the issue had also been issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to all scheduled commercial banks, earlier this monthIn a welcome news for the LGBTQ community in India, people in a queer relationship will no longer face any restriction on opening a joint bank account or nominating a person as a beneficiary to receive the money, the Finance Ministry said in a circular."This is to clarify that there are no restrictions for persons of the queer community to open a joint bank account and also to nominate a person in a queer relationship as a nominee to receive the balance in the account in the event of the account holder," read an advisory that the ministry shared on...
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Toddler painter dubbed the ‘pint-sized Picasso’ offered £250,000 for canvas which launched his career
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Toddler painter dubbed the ‘pint-sized Picasso’ offered £250,000 for canvas which launched his career

Top Stories Tamfitronics A TODDLER painter dubbed the “pint-sized Picasso” has been offered £250,000 for the canvas which launched his career.Laurent Schwarz, two, is in the Monet since he started creating his abstract artworks — sometimes just with his fingers — last year.4Laurent Schwarz, two, has been dubbed the 'pint-sized Picasso'Credit: Reuters4Laurent has been offered £250,000 for the canvas which launched his career4Some 30 of his colourful pieces have been sold to collectorsCredit: Newsflash4Laurent's mum Lisa says more than 20,000 fans are hoping to buy his artworkSome 30 of his colourful pieces have been sold to collectors, fetching between £8,000 and £12,000 each.Now a US buyer has reportedly offered a staggering $325,000 — the equivalent of £246,000 — for his debut piece “The Fingers”.Mum Lisa, 32, from Bavaria, Germany, says more than 20,000 fans are...
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The Dangerous Dance of Media and Politics: Why Naspers’ R2 Million Donation to the ANC is a Threat to Democracy

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RFK Jr. Is Honoring His Family Legacy by Endorsing Trump | Opinion
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RFK Jr. Is Honoring His Family Legacy by Endorsing Trump | Opinion

Politics tamfitronics There is always a price to be paid for crossing party lines. But when the person doing it is a Kennedy, the cost is far higher. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s defection from the Democrats and his endorsement of former President Donald Trump last week is being treated by his family in joint statements as a betrayal of the legacy of his namesake father, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and his uncle, President John F. Kennedy. Family members like his sister Kerry and brother Max have denounced him in vituperative terms. Longtime pals like actor Billy Baldwin have said they were ending their friendship. Media coverage was equally hysterical. A New York Times columnist skewed him by pretending to speak as a brain worm inside his head, a reference to a dead parasite that had...
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