Government given time to bend adoption law for German couple 17 March 2010, 17-2 Hrs
New Delhi, March 17 The Supreme Court Wednesday gave the Union government four more weeks to see if the country's adoption laws can be relaxed just once to help a German couple adopt its twins born to an Indian surrogate mother.
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A new option for Indian women - the vaginal ring 17 March 2010, 17-1 Hrs
Kolkata, March 17 For women who often forget to take their oral contraceptives amid busy schedules, doctors say the vaginal ring should come in handy. Promising negligible chances of pregnancy, it arrived in India about three months ago.
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Women's quota bill: Despite opposition, government firm 07 March 2010, 07-2 Hrs
New Delhi, March 7 Even as Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Sunday launched fresh attacks on the women's reservation bill in its present form, the government said there was no option but to push forward with the legislation in the absence of a consensus.
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Thousands tackle physics, English in first board exams 03 March 2010, 03-1 Hrs
New Delhi, March 3 The month-long exam schedule for class 12 students of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) began Wednesday with a challenging physics paper while some Class 10 students appeared for Music, an optional subject.
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India's budget: NRIs wake up and smell the coffee (Comment) 28 February 2010, 28-1 Hrs
India's budget yet again demonstrates to NRIs that investing in their homeland is probably the best option right now. The West is still struggling to climb out of one of its deepest recessions and provides low returns, while India's growth story promises healthy returns. Surely, it's time to wake up and smell the Indian coffee.
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German surrogate twins: Government to relax adoption norms 25 February 2010, 25-1 Hrs
The government Thursday told the Supreme Court that it is willing to waive some of the restrictions in adopting children born through surrogacy to help a German couple adopt their twin sons born to an Indian surrogate mother in 2008.
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Vegetable vendor's plea moves apex court 15 February 2010, 15-0 Hrs
New Delhi, Feb 15 The Supreme Court has sought the Maharashtra government's response to a lawsuit filed by a vegetable vendor accusing a Pune-based private trust of selling her two granddaughters to a Spanish couple under the garb of adoption.
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Modi exploring options to take IPL to US 11 February 2010, 11-2 Hrs
New Delhi, Feb 11 Indian Premier League (IPL) supremo Lalit Modi and USA Cricket's chief executive Donald Lockerbie are exploring options to take the IPL to the US.
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Sky Bus, not Metro, tailor-made for Indian cities: Inventor 09 February 2010, 09-1 Hrs
New Delhi, Feb 9 The Sky Bus is tailor-made for congested Indian cities and is a safer and better option than Metro Rail, according to B. Rajaram, inventor of the Sky Bus and former managing director of Konkan Railway.
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Goa to explore video-web technology for trials 05 February 2010, 05-2 Hrs
Panaji, Feb 5 In a bid to offset the sustained negative publicity for the state vis a vis crimes against foreigners, the Goa Law Commission (GLC) is exploring options, including judicial trials using video-web technology and special fast track courts, to try cases of foreigners.
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