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170 children died in UP adoption homes in five years: Govt data

UP government authorities said that poor health of children lodged in state adoption homes was responsible for this figure.
Published on Feb 20, 2019 12:27 pm IST

International adoptions: UP witnesses ten-fold rise over four years

According to CARA, 43 children from UP were adopted by parents located outside India, in 2018. This is ten times more than the number of inter-country adoptions witnessed by the state in 2014-15 -- four.
Published on Feb 20, 2019 12:11 pm IST

Nowhere’s child: A year after Sherin Mathews case, are Indian adoptees in foreign countries any safer?

A photograph of 3-year-old Sherin Mathews at a makeshift memorial, October 2017, in Richardson, Texas.
Updated on Oct 15, 2018 01:10 pm IST

Inspection by ministry of women and child development reveals sorry state of child adoption agencies

The homes inspected were in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, West Bengal, Punjab, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Updated on Aug 28, 2018 09:50 am IST

1,991 children, 20,000 prospective parents: India’s adoption scene

Officials said the main reason for availability of less number of children is because many of them are with childcare institutions which have not been registered with the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), the apex adoption body in the country.
Published on Aug 05, 2018 05:19 pm IST

Baby girl found on railway tracks in Barmer, finds home in Sweden

Rajendra Parihar, the managing trustee of Navjeewan Sansthan, with Elin Kristin Eriksson and Kajri.
Updated on Jul 18, 2018 10:17 pm IST

Writ against adoption by foreigners

The five girls, aged between three to six years, are currently lodged in a children’s home under the social justice and empowerment department in Bharatpur.
Updated on Jun 28, 2018 10:20 pm IST