World Breastfeeding Week 2022: How adoptive moms can ensure adequate nutrition in kids
Breastmilk is key to a child's health. However, adopting a child shouldn't pose a unique challenge in terms of offering adequate nutrition to the baby. In today’s time and age, a number of alternative methods and practices are in place to offer the babies, shares expert
Aug 06, 2022, 11:57 AM IST
In India, mother has the right to decide surname of child: Supreme Court
Justice Murari, who authored the judgment on behalf of the bench, said: "After the demise of her first husband, being the only natural guardian of the child, we fail to see how the mother can be lawfully restrained from including the child in her new family and deciding the surname of the child."
Jul 28, 2022, 20:50 PM IST
Mandira Bedi says she may not have adopted a boy ‘if daughter Tara was her first-born’
Actress Mandira Bedi is a well-known name of the industry. The actress who lost her beloved husband Raj Kaushal last year to a heart attack has now shared her view on adopting a girl child.
Mar 12, 2022, 12:16 PM IST
Maternity leave given only if adopted kid's below 3 months: Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on leave rules
The petitioner, Hamsaanandini Nanduri, challenged the Constitutional validity of Section 5(4) of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, as per which, a person has to be an adoptive parent to a child below three months to avail the benefit of 12 weeks maternity leave.
Oct 01, 2021, 15:37 PM IST
Adoption cannot be restricted to orphaned, abandoned children, says Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court noted that the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act not only intends to take care of children who are in conflict with law and those in need of care and protection, but also to provide for and regulate adoption of children from relatives and adoption by a step-parent.
Jul 04, 2021, 09:08 AM IST
Lindsay Lohan plans to adopt first child
The actress has been single ever since she called off her engagement to Russian billionaire Egor Tarabasov in 2016.
Jul 17, 2018, 14:56 PM IST
Sushmita Sen happy about changing image of adoption
Actress Sushmita Sen, who raises two adopted daughters, is happy that people are now more open to the idea of adoption. She says it is high time people get over the thinking that blood and bones create a family.
Mar 23, 2018, 17:05 PM IST
Abandoned at railway station, sisters get new parents from Europe
"Destiny is not designed by mere mortals like us. It is crafted by God."
Jan 10, 2018, 08:01 AM IST
Registration of adoption under Hindu law to be made mandatory
Parents adopting a child under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act (HAMA) could soon be required to mandatorily register the adoption with country's apex adoption body as part of efforts to check trafficking, a senior government official said.
Nov 22, 2017, 14:50 PM IST
Now, passports for adopted children will only be issued after clearance by Child Development Ministry
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said that passports for adopted children will only be issued after prior clearance by Ministry of Child Development in all cases.
Oct 28, 2017, 13:57 PM IST
Malawi court permits Madonna to adopt two children
Madonna has been granted permission to adopt two more children from Malawi after the High Court in the impoverished southern African country gave its approval.
Feb 07, 2017, 18:31 PM IST
New centre aims to create awareness about adoption
Poverty coupled with lack of education, unemployment, child labour, homelessness, substance abuse, poor parenting skills, abuse and neglect, physical and mental health needs, community violence, inability to access resources are some of the reasons that children encounter every day.
Apr 10, 2016, 17:10 PM IST
Caitlyn Jenner planning to adopt a child?
Caitlyn insists she's perfectly secure whether she's single or not.
Dec 28, 2015, 11:02 AM IST
Marriage seemed casual in comparison to adoption: Angelina Jolie
Actress-filmmaker Angelina Jolie says her marriage to Brad Pitt was "very casual" in comparison to him legally adopting her children, Maddox and Zahara.
Nov 06, 2015, 08:39 AM IST
Government issues model guidelines for foster care
Under the guidelines brought by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development, children in the age group of 6-18 years, whose parents are unable to take care of them due to reasons such as mental illness, poverty or imprisonment and those staying in child care institutions will be placed in foster care.
Oct 19, 2015, 22:32 PM IST
Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity orphanages to be derecognised?
The central government is mulling derecognising 13 orphanages run by Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity due to its non-compliance with adoption guidelines.
Oct 09, 2015, 09:12 AM IST
Flipkart offers Rs 50,000 allowance to employees for adoption
After relaxing maternity and paternity policies, eCommerce major Flipkart is now offering an allowance of Rs 50,000 to employees looking to adopt children.
Jul 13, 2015, 19:08 PM IST
