Top court strikes down legal provision that said only mothers who adopt a child below three months of age are entitled to maternity leave, calls for paternity leave legislation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
By pairing Indian drone engineering with Japanese semiconductor expertise, the two firms aim to develop more advanced autonomous systems tailored to both defence & commercial use.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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