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Registrar General of India mandates birth certificates for new-borns before discharge, emphasizing digital certificates for various services from 2023.

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By Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Just days after the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in one of its ...