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Deportation, denaturalisation, ending birthright citizenship: How Trump’s plans could spell havoc
On the Great Nicobar island, why the future is fearful
Living with cats can be great for physical and mental health – but is not without some risks
Why India’s tallest leader would have led the struggle against the Narmada Project
A book on Delhi’s histories recounts how Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya’s shrine became a pilgrimage site
A new book investigates poet Mustafa Zaidi’s death, still a subject of controversy in Pakistan
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A restaurant menu from 1935 is a reminder of how much Bombay has changed
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Adoption
Child rights body opposes plea seeking change in adoption rules for same-sex couples
Scroll Staff
· Apr 15, 2023 · 01:20 pm
SC issues notice to Centre on plea challenging conditions for maternity leave for adoptive mothers
Scroll Staff
· Oct 02, 2021 · 01:08 pm
Coronavirus: 577 children orphaned between April 1 and May 25, says government
Scroll Staff
· May 26, 2021 · 11:15 am
Adoption in India is a challenge. The pandemic made it a nightmare
Aarefa Johari
· Sep 17, 2020 · 09:00 am
An adopted daughter comes back to India looking for her biological mother in this novel
Kunal Basu
· Jan 17, 2020 · 05:30 pm
UK: Sikh couple who were told they cannot adopt a white child win case against racial discrimination
Scroll Staff
· Dec 08, 2019 · 08:44 am
A new bill makes surrogacy illegal for single parents, homosexuals and live-in couples
Chaitanya Mallapur, IndiaSpend.com
· Aug 29, 2019 · 01:30 pm
Meet the author who wants to break the silence around adoption with her children’s book
Chandrima Pal
· May 25, 2019 · 08:30 am
Many Indians are deciding not to bring children into this overpopulated, unkind world
Reem Khokhar
· Jul 23, 2018 · 11:30 am
United States: Sherin Mathews’ adoptive parents give up custody fight for biological daughter
Scroll Staff
· Jan 27, 2018 · 09:11 am
From now on, passports for adopted children will need Child Development Ministry clearance
Scroll Staff
· Oct 27, 2017 · 09:22 pm
Video: A man has devoted his life to create a place which HIV positive orphans can call home
Barcroft TV
· Aug 24, 2017 · 05:41 pm
A Danish musician discovered her origins in a briefcase – they led to a holy city in Maharashtra
Luis Dias
· Jul 21, 2017 · 11:30 am
A Swedish woman’s search for her Indian mother uncovers another tale of baby snatched at birth
Roli Srivastava, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Jun 28, 2017 · 08:30 pm
Cold comfort: What ails India’s new centralised online adoption system?
Aarefa Johari
· Jun 06, 2017 · 10:30 am
Abused on Indian streets, desi dogs are finding loving homes in the West
Purnima Sharma
· Feb 11, 2017 · 11:30 am
New regulations will allow stepparents and relatives to adopt children
Scroll Staff
· Jan 08, 2017 · 03:35 pm
Where is Dev, the child born through surrogacy but left behind by his parents?
Aarti Betigeri
· Sep 29, 2016 · 02:30 pm
