$6,700 refund checks coming: Thousands of Americans could qualify — are you eligible?IRS tax refunds parents guide: Families can anticipate the largest tax refund season ever. New tax credits and deductions from the One Big ...
08 Apr, 2026, 05.59 PM IST
New law opens Canada citizenship route for millions in USMillions of Americans with Canadian roots can now get Canadian passports. A new law, effective December 15, 2025, grants citizenship by des...
01 Apr, 2026, 11.12 AM IST
What is Bill C3? Canada amends the Citizenship Act to ease the process of granting citizenship with a ‘fair’ and ‘clear’ law; all you need to knowCanada's Bill C-3, effective December 15, 2025, amends citizenship law to grant citizenship to those born before the date who were previous...
17 Dec, 2025, 01.35 PM IST
Indian diaspora to benefit as Canada proposes expansion of citizenship by descentCanada's Bill C-3 aims to eliminate the first-generation limit on citizenship by descent, addressing a court ruling that deemed the restric...
07 Jun, 2025, 10.50 AM IST
Lok Sabha passes Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) BillThe bill stipulates that every ART clinic and bank must be registered under the National Registry of Banks and Clinics of India. The regist...
02 Dec, 2021, 07.29 AM IST
Govt to simplify child adoption rules, make stricter regulation for child care centresAdoptive parents who wish to move to a foreign country along with their child within two years of adoption will also be allowed to do so un...
15 Sep, 2021, 12.06 AM IST
UP Law Commission submits draft population control bill, report to CM AdityanathThe recommendations were made in the 19th report on Population Control, Stabilisation and Welfare which, along with the draft of The Uttar ...
17 Aug, 2021, 04.42 PM IST
Lok Sabha passes Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment BillThe minister said the panel had found various shortcomings in the implementation of the Act and the object of the proposed changes in the l...
24 Mar, 2021, 09.14 PM IST
Bill to amend juvenile justice law comes up for consideration in Lok SabhaThe amendments intend to empower district magistrates and additional district magistrates to authorise orders of adoption and propose that ...
24 Mar, 2021, 05.33 PM IST
Bill to amend juvenile justice law introduced in Lok SabhaAccording to amendments cleared by the Cabinet last month, before becoming a member of the child welfare committee, background and educatio...
15 Mar, 2021, 02.54 PM IST
Union Cabinet okays Surrogacy (Regulation) BillThe 15 major changes suggested by the 23-member select committee of Rajya Sabha to the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019, also included del...
26 Feb, 2020, 04.09 PM IST
Govt introduces bill in Lok Sabha to amend Juvenile Justice ActThe bill seeks to amend the Juvenile Justice Act to empower district magistrates to issue orders for adoption.
06 Aug, 2018, 02.03 PM IST
RIL introduces 12-week paid leave for 'commissioning' mothersThe 12-week period of maternity leave will be calculated from the date the child is handed over to the adoptive or commissioning mother.
17 Apr, 2017, 05.11 PM IST
Juvenile Justice Amendment Bill to offer foster care, easy adoption normsThe bill has recommended children, who are in conflict with law, to be brought up by a foster family, which would be provided funds by the ...
07 May, 2015, 11.48 AM IST
Lok Sabha members oppose trying of 16 year-old as adultsThe henious crimes, she said, would include those offences under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which attract jail term of over seven years.
06 May, 2015, 11.36 PM IST
Parliamentary panel rejects plan for inter-country adoption of orphansStrongly objecting to the proposal of a legislation introduced in Parliament last year as "unacceptable", it said all efforts should be mad...
08 Mar, 2015, 11.09 AM IST
New Bill lets minors be tried as adults for heinous crimesThe new Bill allows minors to be tried as adults in cases of heinous crimes like rape, but lays down that in no case a juvenile will be sen...
07 Aug, 2014, 02.15 AM IST