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DNA test confirms Umar Un Nabi drove explosive-laden car that blew up outside Red Fort Metro station

DNA sample from body part retrieved from the car at the blast site matched with that of his mother, confirms a police officer.

It’s official: New object zipping through our solar system is the 3rd known interstellar visitor

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Where no humanoid has gone before: Italian scientists develop world’s first flying robot

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Clinging to memories & awaiting closure, 2 families wait for bodies of loved ones lost in Air India crash

UK citizens Syed Javed Ali, his wife & 2 kids had come to India to celebrate Eid. Portuguese nationals Devji Lacmane & Vanita Cana were visiting to attend Kumbh & for medical treatment.

3 days after Air India crash, ex-CM Vijay Rupani’s DNA matched, body to be handed over to family today

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel personally visited the Gandhinagar residence of former CM Rupani to meet his family. Rupani was among 241 victims on the London-bound flight.

32 DNA samples matched, 14 bodies handed over to families of Air India crash victims

Process of handing over bodies after DNA testing started Saturday. Civil Hospital Ahmedabad has also ordered coffins in bulk, which have begun arriving in batches at its mortuary complex.

Extreme heat can destroy DNA in tissue, blood. How forensic teams will recover it from Air India crash site

At crash sites, experts look for bone samples. That said, due to the impact, chances are high that the samples can get mixed up, which makes profiling tougher

Air India crash: Inside Ahmedabad hospital morgue, bodies await DNA ID as doctors race against heat, time

All of Ahmedabad’s morgues combined don’t have enough space to store the bodies, it is learnt. Cold storage is available only at a few hospitals, and in limited capacity.

Ancient human DNA is like a ‘time machine’. Geneticist David Reich unpacks how it affects modern man

Reich’s latest work has unlocked origins of the Indo-European family of languages. DNA evidence shows that these 'linguistic pioneers' came from current-day Russia 6,500 years ago.

US biologists win Nobel in Medicine for microRNA discovery. Here’s how it prevents diseases like cancer

Victor Ambros & Gary Ruvkun won the prize Monday. MicroRNAs are a class of tiny, non-coding RNAs that regulate gene activity. A small worm was the silent hero behind the milestone.

On Camera

Indian judiciary must stop panicking over AI

To assume courts weigh every word committed to paper is to ignore reality. The Indian judiciary has long had a "Control+C" problem.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

India eyes 6th generation FCAS, looks at tying up with France for possible collaboration

Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.