A woman in US’s Georgia has decided to sue a fertility clinic after giving birth to a boy through in vitro fertilisation, who later turned out to be another couple’s child, due to a mix-up of embryos. According to the lawsuit filed in Georgia state court, Krystena Murray, 38, learnt about the mix-up only after…
When Nia Darville Stokes-Hicks and Armondi Stokes-Hicks married two years ago, they set up five bank accounts. Each had an individual bank account for personal spending, and they shared a checking account for paying household bills. They had a joint savings account. And they had yet another account for money the couple set aside to…
CHENNAI: An elderly couple’s traumatic experience aboard a 10-hour Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt, where they endured wet seats and dripping water for a large part of the journey, has led to a Chennai court penalising the airline for deficient service. The ordeal extended beyond the flight, with delays and mishandling disrupting their journey and causing…
There is a rush to give birth in the US to beat the birthright ban deadline. Indian couples are dialling up doctors and are lining up at maternity clinics for C-sections before February 20. One Indian-origin gynaecologist said he fielded calls from around 20 such couples. Why February 20? This is the deadline for termination…
A 53-year-old Indian-origin woman has been arrested in South Africa for allegedly scamming 17 couples by taking payments for the same wedding venue on the same date. Prelyn Mohanlall, an expelled criminal attorney, was arrested on Tuesday after being tracked down by a private security company (Reaction Unit South Africa or RUSA). Her attorney, Chris…
MUMBAI: Concerned by reports of attacks on intercaste and interfaith married couples, the Maharashtra home department has promulgated an SOP for their security and guidelines to set up safe houses for them.As per a Supreme Court ruling, the department has ordered special cells headed by police commissioners and superintendents of police in all cities and…
Hong Kong’s top court on Tuesday upheld earlier rulings that favored subsidized housing benefits and equal inheritance rights for same-sex married couples, in a landmark victory for the city’s LGBTQ+ community. The Court of Final Appeal’s dismissal of the government’s appeals ended some yearslong legal battles over the differential treatment facing same-sex couples married overseas…