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TopicJoint family

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Woman can be ‘karta’ or head of a Hindu Undivided Family, rules Delhi HC

Upholding single judge's order, HC bench says 2005 amendment to Hindu Succession Act gave women all the rights a coparcener has, including right to be a karta.

Nuclear families ‘less familiar with Indian values’, which leads to more divorces, says BJP MP

BJP MP Saroj Pandey made these comments during a discussion on Family Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2022, passed by Rajya Sabha Thursday.

Covid-19 could spell the end of the joint family in India. That’s the harsh reality

Younger Indians who are returning to work after the national lockdown may not want to go home and infect their parents and grandparents.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?