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IIT Madras researchers develop database on coronavirus antibodies – ET HealthWorld

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IIT Madras researchers develop database on coronavirus antibodies – ET HealthWorld

Chennai: Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) have developed an online open-source database called ‘Ab-CoV’ containing detailed information about all COVID-related antibodies identified so far, including the source of each antibody, and the viral protein(s) and virus strains they recognise. ‘Ab-CoV’ includes 1,780 coronavirus-related antibodies including 211 nanobodies, and contains more … Read more

Tribal women too are entitled to equal share in inherited property, rules Madras HC 

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Tribal women too are entitled to equal share in inherited property, rules Madras HC 

Tribal women too are entitled to inherit an equal share of property along with their male counterparts or coparceners, as the Madras High Court has held and directed the State government to initiate steps for notifying that all Scheduled Tribes (ST) in the State would be governed by the provisions of the Hindu Succession Act, … Read more

Madras High Court gets five new judges, Acting Chief Justice administers oath of office to them

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Madras High Court gets five new judges, Acting Chief Justice administers oath of office to them

Madras High Court Acting Chief Justice T. Raja (fourth from right), Justice S. Vaidyanathan (third from left) and Justice R. Mahadevan (third from right) with the newly appointed judges (from left to right) Justices K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi, R. Kalaimathi, P.B. Balaji, L. Victoria Gowri and K.K. Ramakrishnan after their swearing-in ceremony held in Chennai on … Read more

SC declines to intervene in adv. Victoria Gowri’s appointment as Madras HC Additional Judge even as she took oath of office

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SC declines to intervene in adv. Victoria Gowri’s appointment as Madras HC Additional Judge even as she took oath of office

The Supreme Court on February 7 declined to entertain petitions challenging the appointment of advocate Victoria Gowri as an Additional Judge of the Madras High Court even as the lawyer took an oath of office in a ceremony held almost simultaneously with the apex court hearing. The court hearing before a Special Bench of Justices … Read more

Advocate L. Victoria Gowri assumes office as judge of Madras High Court 

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Advocate L. Victoria Gowri assumes office as judge of Madras High Court 

In a ceremony held at the High Court premises at 10:35 a.m, the ACJ administered the oath also to advocates P.B. Balaji and K.K. Ramakrishnan and judicial officers. Madras High Court Acting Chief Justice T. Raja on Tuesday administered the oath of office to L. Victoria Gowri as an additional judge of the court even … Read more

Madras High Court quashes ban on manufacture, sale of gutkha

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Madras High Court quashes ban on manufacture, sale of gutkha

Seized gutkha products. File photo: Special Arrangement In a significant verdict, the Madras High Court has held that the Commissioner of Food Safety is empowered to ban manufacture and sale of tobacco products only for a temporary period that may extend up to a maximum of one year and therefore the successive notifications issued in … Read more

Madras HC seeks response on petition filed by ‘Savukku’ Shankar on alleged solitary confinement in Cuddalore jail

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Madras HC seeks response on petition filed by ‘Savukku’ Shankar on alleged solitary confinement in Cuddalore jail

A view of the Cuddalore Central Prison | Photo Credit: File The Madras High Court on Wednesday sought the response of the Tamil Nadu Home Secretary and Director General of Prisons to a writ petition filed by YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar alleging that as many as nine inmates of the Cuddalore Central Prison … Read more

IIT Madras develops IT Tool to enhance health of rural SC community – ET HealthWorld

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IIT Madras develops IT Tool to enhance health of rural SC community – ET HealthWorld

Chennai: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has developed an Information Technology tool to monitor and improve the health of rural Scheduled Caste (SC) communities in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. The IT Tool, developed using open-source software, was deployed to gather detailed household-level annual health-related information. This IT Tool was also utilized … Read more

Contempt petition by Dhoni | Madras High Court orders IPS officer Sampath Kumar to appear on December 9

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Contempt petition by Dhoni | Madras High Court orders IPS officer Sampath Kumar to appear on December 9

MS Dhoni had accused the officer of having made contumacious statements against the Supreme Court and the High Court in a ₹100 crore defamation suit MS Dhoni had accused the officer of having made contumacious statements against the Supreme Court and the High Court in a ₹100 crore defamation suit The Madras High Court on … Read more

Madras HC declares as illegal child welfare committee having detained a schoolgirl around whose neck a teenager tied a ‘Thali’

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Madras HC declares as illegal child welfare committee having detained a schoolgirl around whose neck a teenager tied a ‘Thali’

It makes sure that the girl gets handed over to her parents forthwith and calls for report on what had the police done to the boy It makes sure that the girl gets handed over to her parents forthwith and calls for report on what had the police done to the boy The Madras High … Read more