Right to adopt child not fundamental: High Court

New Delhi: The right to adopt a child can’t be a fundamental right and prospective parents don’t have right to choose who to adopt, the Delhi High Court has said. PTI

Top French civilian honour for Tharoor

New Delhi: Former minister Shashi Tharoor was on Tuesday conferred the “Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur” (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by visiting Chairman of the French Senate Gérard Larcher. The highest French civilian award came in recognition of Tharoor’s efforts to deepen Indo-French ties. TNS

IGNOU certificates now via DigiLocker

New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) on Tuesday issued academic certificates through DigiLocker. Students pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate programmes will be able to access their certificates on the official application that can be downloaded on digilocker.gov.in/installapp.