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Inside his Olympic career, business and life beyond track New UK govt booklet tells asylum-seekers rape and child sex abuse are illegal One of CARA’s key focus areas is stepping up adoption of children with special needs NEW DELHI: Central Adoption Resource Authority announced Thursday that it was undertaking a review of the adoption regulations notified in 2022 in order to strengthen the regulatory framework and address “emerging legal, procedural and implementation-related issues”.The 2022 regulations had marked a significant shift, wi-th district magistrates getting the power to issue adoption orders in place of district courts.In the public notice issued Thursday, CARA invited comments and suggestions from the public and organisations on the provisions of the 2022 regulations that may require amendment, insertion, substitution or omission. The last day for submitting suggestions is Sept 9.Thereafter, CARA proposes to hold consultations with stakeholders to firm up the review before drafting a proposal for amendments. This, too, will be put in the public domain before being finalised, sources said.According to officials, it was felt that despite the significant changes in 2022, there were some areas that were still ambiguous. “For now, such issues are dealt with through office orders and letters to interpret certain clauses in keeping with the law. The review will address such concerns in consultation with key stakeholders to bring clarity,” an official said.It is learned that one of the key focus areas CARA is working on is stepping up adoption of special needs children. One of the things being explored is whether a sub-category can be created for children with temporary or treatable conditions, like a cleft lip, to enhance the potential for adoption in such cases, sources said.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesAccording to the CARA website, out of 5,022 children adopted between April 2025 and March 2026, just 392 were in the special needs category. Of them, only 84 children figured in the domestic adoption category with the remaining 308 adoptions taking place in the inter-country adoptions category.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos‘NEET, Delimitation, Cauvery, Drugs’: Vijay’s Key Requests Before Amit Shah At Tamil Nadu MeetingPolicy Shift Or Just Words? 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College football player dies at 20 after cancer battle Bribe demand unproven, Rs 20 note no proof: SC acquits 2 NEW DELHI: Thirty years after they were accused of taking a bribe of Rs 20 to issue an income certificate, Supreme Court has acquitted two govt employees in a 1996 corruption case in which they were convicted and sentenced to one year’s imprisonment by a trial court.A bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Atul S Chandurkar held that the govt employees were wrongly convicted in the case as there was no evidence that they had demanded the bribe. The aggrieved employees, now senior citizens, had to fight legal battles for three decades to prove their innocence. They were sacked from govt jobs after conviction.”We find on an appreciation of the entire material brought on record by the prosecution that it falls woefully short of proving the charge against both the accused beyond reasonable doubt,” the bench said. The court noted that the demand of bribe was an essential ingredient to convict a person in a corruption case and that was missing in the case.”When any demand was not proved, as held by both the Courts, it was clear that the complainant had thrust the note of ₹20/- in the pocket of accused number 2 without any demand. The defence as raised that the festival of Eid was to be celebrated on the next day and it was for that purpose that the complainant had given the note of Rs 20/- after receiving the necessary certificate, therefore, assumed significance,” the bench said.As per the prosecution case, the clerk had demanded Rs 120 (Rs 100 for himself and Rs 20 for the peon) for issuing an income certificate. The complainant subsequently approached the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), which organised a trap. The complainant along with the raiding party visited the office and according to prosecution, on receiving such certificate the complainant gave a note of Rs 20/- to A2 who put it in his pocket.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelines On giving pre-determined signal, the raiding party appeared and, thereafter, drew the necessary panchnama.Allowing relief to the accused, the bench said, “…mere possession of a currency note of Rs 20/- with A2 by itself would not be sufficient to uphold the conviction of A1 and A2 for the offence,” the court said.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos‘NEET, Delimitation, Cauvery, Drugs’: Vijay’s Key Requests Before Amit Shah At Tamil Nadu MeetingPolicy Shift Or Just Words? 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Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board had fined two employees for misconduct and deducted the fine amount from their salary in 1972. They had filed a claim petition under Industrial Disputes Act for recovery of the fine amount. The board said it cannot be categorised as industry. The Industrial Tribunal and Karnataka HC agreed with the employees.On an appeal, a seven-judge SC bench on Feb 21, 1978, gave the expansive meaning to industry. Such was the sweep of its ambit that almost everything – temples, universities, colleges, social forestry work and hospitals – came to be defined as industry and those working there got covered as workmen under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. Finding the definition unacceptable, Parliament amended the definition of ‘industry’ in 1982, but the amendment was never notified making it a dead legislation. In 2020, Parliament enacted the Industrial Relation Code, which came into force from Nov 21, 2025, repealing Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos‘NEET, Delimitation, Cauvery, Drugs’: Vijay’s Key Requests Before Amit Shah At Tamil Nadu MeetingPolicy Shift Or Just Words? 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Under the policy, students must choose two native languages.On a related note, the bench of CJI Surya Kant, and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana delved into whether English is an indigenous language. CBSE, through additional solicitor general Aishwarya Bhati, said it is neither foreign nor native. “We have to examine the extent to which English can be considered non-indigenous. I personally have serious reservations about the expression ‘native’. It has a very colonial connotation. It should be ‘indigenous’,” Justice Bagchi said.Need to decide on status of English: CJISecondly, if you see the historical perspective of English and the extent of its roots in Indian society, we will have to take a final call. Although it is your policy, on the constitutional angle — whether English is a non-indigenous language or an indigenous language. If you decide this issue, the rough edges can be largely taken care of,” Justice Bagchi said.CJI Surya Kant said, “The teething problems can be addressed, but ultimately sooner or later it has to be implemented. There is nothing wrong with the three-language education policy (under NE). But how to streamline it is the question. Whatever impediments or difficulties arising, govt can find a solution by consulting domain experts or by constituting an expert body.” As counsel for a bunch of petitioners argued that class tests in the native languages should also be stopped this year, the bench said since CBSE has said these will be elementary tests and no student’s performance will be based on marks scored, “Let the examinations take place as it will tell us how many students cleared it”.Bhati said CBSE will consider the issues flagged by the court and respond. Justice Bagchi said: “The second thing which is really troubling the petitioners is whether students presently in Class 6 can also be given a reprieve from taking the final test (in two native languages) in Class 10. The option is 23 languages in theory. But as you rightly said, only around 4% of schools are under CBSE and 96% are under state boards.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelines There are asymmetries in compliance with National Council for Teacher Education norms.”“Now, compounded with that, if suddenly another indigenous language has to be taught, you would have to give some time not only to the students but also for the infrastructure of schools to come on a par. If this can be reconsidered by the council with regard to the applicability to these classes, and it can instead be scaled down to the lower standards, that would give greater assistance to students and their parents in taking a call,” he said. “If the starting point you have chosen is Class VI, consider giving them a reprieve for this year. You can introduce it next year…,” Justice Bagchi said.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos‘NEET, Delimitation, Cauvery, Drugs’: Vijay’s Key Requests Before Amit Shah At Tamil Nadu MeetingPolicy Shift Or Just Words? 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Police, in its affidavit, had said 248 of its personnel and 218 protesters were injured on July 20 and had attributed the violence to criminal elements who infiltrated the ranks of student protesters.The second issue to be inquired into by the panel will be “alleged incidents of targeted violence, harassment, molestation and/or any secondary victimisation directed against female protesters, which, given the gravity and sensitivity of the allegations, warrant a focused and expeditious enquiry”.Leaving it open for the HPEC to enlist assistance of forensic, technical and domain experts in its inquiry, the bench said the committee would undertake “a continuous and periodic assessment of the 10 remaining issues and submit interim findings periodically so as to enable SC to take appropriate measures and issue such directions as may be warranted”.The other issues for the panel to inquire into are: guidelines for graded use of force by police while striking a balance between maintenance of public order and right to peaceful dissent; desirability of banning pellet guns, proper protective gear for police personnel engaged in crowd control; necessity of wearing uniforms and nameplates by police during crowd control for individual accountability; and whether use of surveillance tools violated protesters’ rights to privacy and free assembly.SC flagged two more issues for the HPEC: should blanket prohibitory orders (under Section 163 of BNSS/Section 144 of CrPC) be routinely issued or only for countering “real and imminent threat to public order”; and determination of the constitutional thresholds and safeguards to prevent invocation of Section 152 of BNS.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesThe bench also asked the panel to examine alleged use of force and violence by protesters against police and security personnel, leading to many injuries and the damage caused to public and private property.Though it tasked the HPEC with examining certain broader constitutional questions, the bench clarified that these shall be dealt with by SC after hearing the parties. “These are matters that call for a measure of judicial nuance and circumspection, and merit determination by this court only upon a careful consideration of the submissions,” it said.SC asked police, paramilitary and probe agencies to submit to the panel all CCTV and drone footage, body-worn camera recordings, videography, wireless communication records and PCR call logs and cooperate with the inquiry. Pendency of inquiry by the HPEC will not bar police and security forces from “taking administrative or disciplinary action against such officers as may be found to be in contravention of the rules”.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos‘NEET, Delimitation, Cauvery, Drugs’: Vijay’s Key Requests Before Amit Shah At Tamil Nadu MeetingPolicy Shift Or Just Words? 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Local resident Mohammad Javaid said his newly built, two-storey house developed deep cracks last year.Sporadic cases of land subsidence were also reported across 19 locations in Ramban, Kishtwar, Poonch, Reasi, and Kathua districts following heavy rain and flash floods.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos‘NEET, Delimitation, Cauvery, Drugs’: Vijay’s Key Requests Before Amit Shah At Tamil Nadu MeetingPolicy Shift Or Just Words? 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There were also reports that he was likely to meet the Dalai Lama, who is currently in Ladakh, during his two-day trip, but there was no confirmation about this from anyone.Shortly after landing, Gor went sightseeing in Leh and later participated in river rafting, covering several kilometres from Tsogti to Sangam, the confluence of Indus and Zanskar rivers.Officials said the US envoy’s team had approached for a meeting with Ladakh Lt-governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, but he was in New Delhi.They also said they had no idea whether Gor was meeting the Dalai Lama on Friday morning. The 91-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader has been recuperating in Ladakh since June 28 following a medical procedure on his left knee in New Delhi.This is the first visit by a top US diplomat to Ladakh since it was carved out as a UT from the former state of J&K in Aug 2019, and the Galwan clash between Indian and Chinese troops in June 2020 that led to a prolonged military standoff between the two countries in the region.Gor is also US President Donald Trump’s special envoy for South and Central Asia, and his visit to the two UTs bordering China and Pakistan is being seen as a message to the two countries.In Srinagar, Gor’s remark describing Kashmir as an important part of India drew a sharp reaction from Pakistan, which summoned the US embassy’s charge d’affaires in Islamabad and lodged a “strong demarche” over what it termed a “factually incorrect statement”. Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesHe also talked of US considering reviewing its security advisory for J&K.Asked about Pakistan’s reaction to Gor’s remarks, the J&K CM Thursday said: “This is a matter between Pakistan and America. Neither you nor I can do anything about it.”On Congress’s criticism that there was no need to hear from the US that Kashmir was an important part of India, Omar said, “They have a point of view and they are entitled to it. I am not going to get into a war of words over this.”Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos‘NEET, Delimitation, Cauvery, Drugs’: Vijay’s Key Requests Before Amit Shah At Tamil Nadu MeetingPolicy Shift Or Just Words? 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