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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
TopicMaternity leave

Topic: maternity leave

Naidu govt backs bigger families to maintain demographic dividend, lifts 2-child cap on maternity leave

Naidu has been vocal advocate for population growth. Last yr, his govt scrapped a 3-decade-old rule that barred individuals with over 2 children from contesting panchayat & municipal polls.

Punjab and Haryana HC rules that an employee cannot be fired while on maternity leave

The court ordered the government to pay the petitioner her full salary for the duration of her maternity leave, with arrears to be released within eight weeks.

Same leave benefits as officers: Rajnath Singh approves parity in rules for women in armed forces

Defence ministry introduces new rules allowing women soldiers, sailors & air warriors 360 days of childcare leave in their career. 180 days of maternity leave also allowed for pregnancies.

Maternity benefits part of woman’s dignity, can’t be based on nature of employment, says Delhi HC

Court rules in favour of advocate denied maternity leave by Delhi State Legal Services Authority. DSLSA argued she had no locus standi to approach court as she was not a regular employee.

Indians on social media accept maternity shoots of actresses but look down on pregnant models

Maternity shoots seem to be accepted in India if the mother is a Bollywood star, not a model. The flak designer Ayush Kejriwal received recently proves just that.

Bar council rule implies women can’t juggle pregnancy & legal profession

When the court said maternity leave cannot granted to a “professional course”, it deepened the notion that in a woman’s life professionalism and family cannot go hand in hand.

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Türkiye is expanding its influence in India’s neighbourhood — after Pakistan now Bangladesh

India is more adept at handling the complexities that China brings, but Türkiye may be somewhat of a ‘terra incognita’.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.