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IVF guru, a lab scientist and questions over two babies whose parents attended his clinic were secretly fathered by the same lab technician
3 days, 12 hours ago

IVF guru, a lab scientist and questions over two babies whose parents attended his clinic were secretly fathered by the same lab technician

Daily Mail  

Questions were raised about Britain’s most eminent fertility doctor yesterday after it emerged two children whose parents attended his clinic were secretly fathered by the same lab technician. DNA tests reportedly revealed the two seemingly unrelated adults were both conceived using sperm donated by a senior lab technician who worked one floor above Patrick Steptoe’s fertility clinic at Oldham Hospital. …

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Jhansi hospital fire: Parents search for missing babies amid growing demand for DNA tests
1 month, 1 week ago

Jhansi hospital fire: Parents search for missing babies amid growing demand for DNA tests

Hindustan Times  

Kuldeep Sikarwar, Rani Sen and Sitara Devi saved at least five babies during the fire at the Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College’s neonatal intensive care unit on Friday night killing 10 newborn babies. “No one is giving me a clear answer about how they identified the babies who were charred beyond recognition,” she claimed. “A doctor told me they were …

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DNA Tests Identify 19th-Century Teenager's Skull Found in Illinois Home
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

DNA Tests Identify 19th-Century Teenager's Skull Found in Illinois Home

Associated Press  

DNA tests have identified a 19th-century teenager's skull found in an Illinois home's wall. The skull was discovered in 1978 and was later stored in the Batavia Depot Museum. It was recently found by museum supervisors and was analyzed by Othram Laboratories, a forensic laboratory in Texas. The DNA profile matched that of Esther Granger, a 17-year-old woman who died …

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"Crossed All Limits Of Humanity": Bombay High Court Upholds Man's Conviction For Rape Of Mentally Challenged Girl
3 months, 1 week ago

"Crossed All Limits Of Humanity": Bombay High Court Upholds Man's Conviction For Rape Of Mentally Challenged Girl

Live Law  

Observing that he crossed all the limits of humanity, the Bombay High Court bench at Nagpur, recently upheld the conviction of a man for raping and impregnating a neighbourhood girl, who was suffering from Down syndrome.Single-judge Justice Govind Sanap noted from the material on record that there was sufficient evidence to prove beyond reasonable doubt that it was the appellant, …

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Wayanad landslides: DNA tests completed on 401 samples so far
4 months, 1 week ago

Wayanad landslides: DNA tests completed on 401 samples so far

The Hindu  

Three more limbs were recovered from the landslide site at Kumbalappara, near Nilambur, in Malappuram district on Tuesday. Revenue Minister K. Rajan told mediapersons that DNA tests had been completed on 401 samples collected from bodies and limbs in the catastrophe. Mr. Rajan said as many as 115 blood samples had been collected for DNA tests so far. A footbridge …

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NCPCR chief slams Akhilesh Yadav for demanding DNA test in Ayodhya gang rape case
4 months, 2 weeks ago

NCPCR chief slams Akhilesh Yadav for demanding DNA test in Ayodhya gang rape case

Op India  

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights chairperson Priyank Kanoongo on Saturday targeted Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav over his demand for DNA test of accused in Ayodhya gang-rape case. एक नाबालिग लड़की का बलात्कार हुआ है,आरोप आपकी पार्टी के नेता पर हैं और आप हठधर्मिता से उसका बचाव कर रहे हैं। ये वही DNA है जो बच्चियों के बलात्कारियों …

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Kuwait assures full support to Indians affected in fire tragedy, conducts DNA tests to identify charred bodies
6 months, 1 week ago

Kuwait assures full support to Indians affected in fire tragedy, conducts DNA tests to identify charred bodies

India TV News  

Kuwait's Foreign Minister Abdullah Ali Al-Yahya on Thursday assured full support to the Indians affected in a massive fire at an apartment housing foreign workers in the country and vowed to promptly investigate the tragedy that killed 49 people, including about 40 Indians. He assured full support including for medical care, early repatriation of mortal remains and investigation of the …

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Bangladesh MP murder case: Flesh found in septic tank at Kolkata flat, sent for DNA tests
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Bangladesh MP murder case: Flesh found in septic tank at Kolkata flat, sent for DNA tests

India TV News  

Kolkata: In another disturbing revelation in the brutal murder of a Bangladeshi MP in West Bengal, police have found flesh in a septic tank at the Kolkata housing complex where Awami League member Anwarul Azim Anar stayed and where he was allegedly killed. The flesh samples would be sent for forensic and DNA tests to confirm whether they belonged to …

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The biggest celebrity paternity scandals: As Kyle Walker is revealed as the father of Lauryn Goodman's second child, here's a list of stars who have taken DNA tests
11 months ago

The biggest celebrity paternity scandals: As Kyle Walker is revealed as the father of Lauryn Goodman's second child, here's a list of stars who have taken DNA tests

Daily Mail  

It's not uncommon to hear about celebrities finding themselves embroiled in paternity scandals. The latest celebrity paternity scandal is between footballer Kyle Walker and his ex Lauryn Goodman, leaving his pregnant wife Annie Kilner 'fragile' Kyle has been named as the biological father of Lauryn's six-month old daughter, three-years after she gave birth to his son, Kairo Melanie Brown and …

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The people whose DNA held a secret
1 year, 2 months ago

The people whose DNA held a secret

BBC  

These people took DNA tests. "There's the one drop rule in the United States where if you have one drop of African ancestry, then you were considered a person of colour," says Rubinstein Deyerin. Being part of a minority group may mean you're more likely to face discrimination, brutality and even genocide, but, as Rubinstein Deyerin's mother knew, it might …

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Special Court in Pudukottai orders DNA tests on 11 persons - The Hindu
1 year, 8 months ago

Special Court in Pudukottai orders DNA tests on 11 persons - The Hindu

The Hindu  

The Special Court for Exclusive Trial of Cases Registered under the SC/ST Act, Pudukottai has issued an order to collect blood samples from 11 persons, to conduct DNA tests, in connection with the case relating to the mixing of human faeces in an overhead water tank that supplied water to Adi Dravidar families in Vengaivayal village in the district, in …

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Children have a right to protect their genetic information from DNA tests: SC judgment
1 year, 10 months ago

Children have a right to protect their genetic information from DNA tests: SC judgment

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has held in a judgment that children cannot be mechanically subjected to DNA tests in each and every case between warring parents as a short-cut to establish proof of infidelity. The information goes to the very heart of who she or he is,” the judgment added, emphasising that “a child’s genetic information is part of his fundamental …

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Disputed Paternity: When Can Courts Order DNA Test In Matrimonial Cases Involving Allegations Of Adultery? EXPLAINED
1 year, 10 months ago

Disputed Paternity: When Can Courts Order DNA Test In Matrimonial Cases Involving Allegations Of Adultery? EXPLAINED

Live Law  

Courts in India are witness to bitter matrimonial disputes and the children often become victims in the battles of their own parents. The court said a Family Court no doubt has the power to direct a person to undergo a medical test including a DNA test but “an order directing that a minor child be subjected to DNA test should …

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Children's Right Not To Have Their Legitimacy Questioned Frivolously Part Of Their Privacy Right : Supreme Court On Power To Order 'DNA Test'
1 year, 10 months ago

Children's Right Not To Have Their Legitimacy Questioned Frivolously Part Of Their Privacy Right : Supreme Court On Power To Order 'DNA Test'

Live Law  

The Supreme Court observed that DNA tests of children born during the subsistence of a valid marriage may be directed only when there is sufficient prima-facie material to dislodge the presumption under Section 112 of the Evidence Act. The court also observed that it is not prudent to draw an adverse inference under Section 114 of the Evidence Act, in …

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Demand grows, but DNA tests fall under a grey area
2 years, 1 month ago

Demand grows, but DNA tests fall under a grey area

The Hindu  

Deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA tests occupy a grey area in the quest for justice, vacillating between the dangers of slipping into self-incrimination and encroachment of individual privacy and the ‘eminent need’ to unearth the truth, be in the form of evidence in a criminal case, a claim of marital infidelity or proving paternity. The Supreme Court has recently held — …

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The Census Has Revealed A More Multiracial U.S. One Reason? Cheaper DNA Tests
3 years, 3 months ago

The Census Has Revealed A More Multiracial U.S. One Reason? Cheaper DNA Tests

NPR  

The Census Has Revealed A More Multiracial U.S. One Reason? Enlarge this image toggle caption Cayce Clifford/Bloomberg via Getty Images Cayce Clifford/Bloomberg via Getty Images Genetic markers vs. social experience Although DNA ancestry test takers likely make up a sliver of the U.S. population — 16%, according to a 2019 estimate by the Pew Research Center — the wide reach …

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Woman who was conceived when her 13-year-old mother was raped by a man, 28, speaks out
3 years, 4 months ago

Woman who was conceived when her 13-year-old mother was raped by a man, 28, speaks out

Daily Mail  

A woman who was conceived when her 13-year-old mother was raped by a man, 28, while babysitting has recalled how coming face-to-face with her birth father was the 'hardest thing she has ever done'. 'I know I exist because you chose to rape a child': Daughter condemns rapist pensioner father, 74, in harrowing impact statement after taking DNA test in …

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