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With final adoption orders stalled in Maharashtra from January 11, about 170 prospective parents have been hit. However, international prospective parents are the worst hit as they have no right to foster
Eight-year-old Devanshi Sanghvi would now live as a nun, eat only what she received in alms, avoid using any kind of technology, not bathe, and even give up all her familial relations
Activists say Devanshi's vows of renunciation that make her a Jain nun are a violation of her rights.
An 8-year-old diamond heiress in India has become a nun in a strict religious order after renouncing worldly possessions.
Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani took to Twitter to flag adoption requests as illegal and urged people to prevent trafficking in the garb of adoption and report all such cases to 1098 or police or a Child Welfare Committee. In Odisha’s Ganjam district, a 45-day-old girl was found next to her mother’s body, when neighbours broke open the door of their house in Golapalli village. Suspecting it to be a case of death due to COVID-19, the local police sent the corpse for post-mortem and contacted the centre in-charge for Childline 1098, the national helpline for children,...