DNA
- Hyderabad
CCMB research confirms ancient trade between India, Middle East
Hyderabad: The recent evidence from the archaeological site at Pattanam, on the South-Western coast in Kerala’s Ernakulam district, and their ancient DNA analyses strengthen the belief of historians that Pattanam played an…
- Chennai
Faeces in TN village water tank: Special court orders DNA tests on 11 persons
Chennai: The Special Court for Exclusive Trial of Cases registered under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, has ordered that blood samples of eleven persons be collected in…
- India
Woman hit-drag case: Accused’s identity proved through CCTV footage
New Delhi: The identity of four accused in the hit-and-run case where a 20-year-old woman was dragged to death while trapped under a car here on new year’s day was established based on…
- India
Scientists discover world’s oldest DNA, breaks record by 1 mn years
London: Scientists have stumbled upon two-million-year-old DNA for the first time — breaking the record of world’s oldest DNA discovery by one million years and opening a ‘game-changing’ new chapter in the…
- India
Mehrauli murder: Blood samples of victim’s father, brother collected for DNA analysis
New Delhi: The blood samples of the father and brother of the woman, who was allegedly killed and sawed into 35 pieces by her live-in partner in Mehrauli here, have been collected…
- Delhi
Mehrauli murder accused confesses to chopping victim’s body in 10 hrs
New Delhi: Aftab Ameen Poonawalla has confessed to investigators that it took him 10 hours to chop his live-in partner’s body into 35 different pieces and that he had burnt her face…
- Telangana
SC declines Telangana HC’s order allowing DNA testing of two children
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has quashed the order of the Telangana High Court allowing DNA testing to determine the paternity of two children in a matrimonial dispute by stating that it…
- Lifestyle
Strict parenting may hard-wire depression risk into child’s DNA
London: Parents, take note. If you are very strict with your child, then you need to stop, as a new study has found that tough parenting can alter how the body reads…
- Health
Large-scale DNA study reveals genetic links to height
Washington: Researchers have identified over 12,000 genetic variants that influence a person’s height.The 12,111 variants, which cluster around parts of the genome associated with skeletal growth, provide a powerful genetic predictor for…
- Lifestyle
Researchers find DNA linked with physically active lifestyle
Stockholm : Researchers from Uppsala University identified DNA regions connected with physical activity or leisure screen usage in a big worldwide investigation. The findings show the benefits of physical activity for health…
- World
China gathering DNA samples across Tibet including from kindergarten children
Taipei: Chinese authorities have been gathering DNA samples across Tibet, including from kindergarten children without the apparent consent of their parents, Human Rights Watch has said, The Guardian reported. In a new…
- India
Azad’s DNA has been ‘Modi-fied’: Cong’s Jairam Ramesh takes dig at former colleague
New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) Hitting back at Ghulam Nabi Azad over his criticism of the party leadership, the Congress on Friday linked his resignation to the end of his Rajya Sabha…
- Politics
BJP again attacks Nitish’s ‘political DNA’, Tejashwi hits back
Patna: Leader of Opposition in Bihar Legislative Council Samrat Chaudhary, in controversial remarks in the upper house on Thursday, said that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s “political NDA is bad”. The BJP lawmaker…
- Telangana
Telangana: Court permits cops to move rape victim, accused together
Hyderabad: In an unusual incident a local court in Vikarabad granted permission to the Kodangal police to take a rape accused and victim for DNA testing in the same vehicle. The Vikarabad…
- India
UP: DNA test gets man arrested for rape committed in 1994
Shahjahanpur: A man was arrested 28 years after he allegedly raped a minor girl when his DNA matched with the boy born as a result of the crime, police said on Wednesday.…
