Man convicted for impregnating minor niece acquitted by Bombay High Court

Man convicted for impregnating minor niece acquitted by Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has acquitted a maternal uncle who had been sentenced to ten years in prison for sexually assaulting his minor niece who later gave birth to a daughter. A bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal was hearing an appeal against a judgement passed by the Mangaon Sessions court in Raigad which had concluded … Read more

Vengaivayal case | How long will you take to catch culprits, Madras High Court asks CB-CID

Vengaivayal case | How long will you take to catch culprits, Madras High Court asks CB-CID

The overhead water tank in Vengavayal village in Pudukkottai district where human faeces was found, in December 2022. File photograph | Photo Credit: MOORTHY M The Madras High Court on Monday, July 8, 2024, asked why the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) is unable to catch the culprits even 18 months after human faeces was … Read more

BSP leader Armstrong’s body to be laid to rest at Pothur in Tiruvallur district, orders Madras High Court

BSP leader Armstrong’s body to be laid to rest at Pothur in Tiruvallur district, orders Madras High Court

BSP supremo Mayawati pays tribute to the murdered leader Armstrong’s body in Chennai on July 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam The Madras High Court held a special sitting on July 7 and passed orders for burying the body of murdered Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Tamil Nadu unit president K. Armstrong on a … Read more

Issue passport to Indian woman of Chinese origin, Madras High Court directs MEA

Issue passport to Indian woman of Chinese origin, Madras High Court directs MEA

A view of the Madras High Court building in Chennai. File | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani Convinced with the Indian nationality of a 67-year-old woman of Chinese origin, the Madras High Court has directed the Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to issue her a passport so that she can visit her eldest son, an … Read more

High Court notes ‘something amiss’ in NCB handling complaint against top official

High Court notes ‘something amiss’ in NCB handling complaint against top official

The Bombay High Court has directed the central government and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to respond to a Mumbai-based journalist’s plea for a CBI investigation against NCB Deputy Director General Gyaneshwar Singh, also noting concerns over the treatment of the complainant and the handling of related issues by officials. The court observed that the complainant … Read more

AI plus gene editing promises to shift biotech into high gear – ET HealthWorld

AI plus gene editing promises to shift biotech into high gear – ET HealthWorld

By Marc Zimmer New London: During her chemistry Nobel Prize lecture in 2018, Frances Arnold said, “Today we can for all practical purposes read, write and edit any sequence of DNA, but we cannot compose it.” That isn’t true anymore. Since then, science and technology have progressed so much that artificial intelligence has learned to … Read more

Gonorrhoea cases reach record high in England

Gonorrhoea cases reach record high in England

16 hours ago Aurelia Foster,Health reporter Getty Images The best way to avoid sexually transmitted infections was using a condom, the UK Health Security Agency said A record number of people in England were diagnosed with gonorrhoea last year, annual UK Health Security Agency figures show. Diagnoses rose 7.5% – from 79,268 in 2022 to … Read more

Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of two additional judges as permanent judges of Gauhati High Court

Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of two additional judges as permanent judges of Gauhati High Court

A view of Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D. Y. Chandrachud has recommended to the Centre the names of two additional judges for appointment as permanent judges of the Gauhati High Court. The Collegium, also comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna … Read more