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Buried alive as newborn, UP ‘miracle’ girl now at centre of neta vs foreigners adoption battle

Family of former BJP MLA Rajesh Mishra, who helped rescue the child, has claimed nodal adoption agency flouted rules to favour a couple from Malta. Case is now in Supreme Court.

Spanish couple abandon adopted Indian child, Bhopal agency under the scanner

Shelter home allegedly misled parents on age of children; Italian couple also writes to Indian authorities against agency.

Under fire, country’s central adoption agency seeks to increase senior cadre strength 

Agency seeks over four times more Group A officers, wants integrated finance division. 

This is the reason why Indians adopt more girls than boys

Data provided by CARA in RTI reveals that more girls were put up for adoption in the last two years

‘Too many checks and balances could reduce adoption rates’

Experts argue current adoption norms are extremely bureaucratic and prospective parents get tired of the waiting process and give up.

US adoption agency could be punished for Sherin Mathews death

CARA head says Holt International could be derecognised if lapses are found in its follow-up reports on three-year-old, Sherin Mathews, found dead in Texas.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.