Adoption
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SC strikes down law limiting maternity leave to adoption of children under 3 months
India | Mar 17, 2026, 04:08 PM ISTThe top court's judgement came on a plea filed by advocate Hamsaanandini Nanduri challenging Section 60(4) of the Social Security Code that allows 12 weeks of maternity leave only if an adoptive mother adopts a child below three months of age.
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Millie Bobby Brown welcomes baby girl with husband Jake Bongiovi via adoption, shares adorable post
Hollywood | Aug 22, 2025, 03:07 PM ISTStranger Things fame actress Millie Bobby Brown has adopted a baby girl with husband Jake Bongiovi. The couple announced this joyful news with their fans on Instagram on Thursday. Check the post here.
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China puts halt on foreign adoptions of its children after three decades. Here's why
World | Sep 07, 2024, 03:28 PM ISTChina had launched its foreign adoption scheme in 1992 as part of its now-scrapped one-child policy after couples gave up females for adoption. Over 160,000 children have been adopted by families across the world, including 82,000 in the United States.
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'Hola, mama...' Former US marine stolen at birth tearfully reunites with Chilean mom after 42 years
World | Aug 28, 2023, 05:26 PM ISTThyden was placed in an incubator shortly after birth. His biological mother was told that he had died and his body had been disposed of.
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Chhattisgarh Legal Services orders probe of children homes after child abuse video goes viral
India | Jun 06, 2023, 02:01 PM ISTThe police on Monday lodged an FIR against a woman staffer of an NGO-run adoption centre in tribal-dominated Kanker for allegedly thrashing two children and took her into custody.
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Sikh couple not allowed to adopt white kids win court battle
World | Dec 07, 2019, 08:41 PM ISTA Sikh couple living in the UK has won a landmark court battle after they were racially discriminated against by a local council that did not allow them to go for adoption.
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Boy invites kindergarten classmates to adoption hearing. They show up with hearts
Trending | Dec 07, 2019, 02:33 PM ISTFive-year-old Michael Clark Jr's classmates populated the rows of the Kent County courtroom in Michigan -- upon his invitation.
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20,000 prospective parents and only 1,991 kids: Adoption scene in India
India | Aug 05, 2018, 01:21 PM ISTOn a query on the number of children available for adoption in 2017-18, it was informed that the figure is 1,991 including 1,322 girls.
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Texas to ban adoption by Jewish, Muslim, gay couples
World | May 07, 2017, 10:25 AM ISTParents seeking to adopt children in Texas could soon be rejected by state-funded or private agencies with religious objections to them being Jewish, Muslim, gay, single, or interfaith couples.
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IAS couple to adopt martyr's daughter
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New rules to allow step parents to have legal relationship with child
India | Jan 08, 2017, 11:52 AM ISTThe government has now allowed step parents to legally adopt children through the national adoption body and have a "legal relationship" with them as per the new norms.
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Donkeys up for adoption in Hawaii, but only in pairs
World | May 21, 2016, 10:39 AM ISTHonolulu: When David Paul Sennett was a child, he had a stuffed donkey. But he always wanted a real one of his own. Decades later, Sennett's childhood dream came true when he adopted Barney, a
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Parents can not give baby to tantric for adoption, rules Jaipur HC
India | Aug 02, 2015, 09:48 AM ISTJaipur: Jaipur High Court today opened up on a weekend to hear a peculiar case where grandparents were fighting to keep a child in the family but the parents were adamant on giving up the
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Adoption helped overcome miscarriages pain, says Jackman
Hollywood | Dec 18, 2012, 09:03 PM ISTLos Angeles, Dec 18: Actor Hugh Jackman says adopting his first child Oscar with wife Deborra-Lee Furness helped them cope with the pain of miscarriages.The 44-year-old actor talked about his wife's miscarriages and adoption plan
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A baby box where parents can legally leave newborns anonymously
World | Nov 01, 2012, 10:35 AM ISTKirishi, Russia: A box in which parents can leave their babies anonymously without any legal risk opened Wednesday in a town in northwestern Russia - part of an effort that activists hope will save many
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Kristin Davis Adopts A Daughter
Hollywood | Oct 09, 2011, 04:54 PM ISTLos Angeles, Oct 9: Kristin Davis is a proud new mother.The former Sex and the City actress has adopted a baby daughter named Gemma Rose, using a domestic adoption service a few months ago to