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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
TopicGenetic testing

Topic: Genetic testing

Is your child at higher risk of rare disease? Why more couples are going for genetic tests

Proponents say genetic tests can help couples make their own reproductive decisions armed with information about possible rare disorders. But it comes with an ethical dilemma.

The science behind how teeth helped identify skeletons in Punjab as sepoys killed in 1857

Researchers relied Carbon-14 dating & genetic analysis to establish that skeletons excavated from abandoned well in Punjab’s Ajnala are of Indians native to Indo-Gangetic plains.

Blood type plays role in Covid infection, O group less susceptible, study shows

Preliminary results suggest type O blood is especially protective against coronavirus, research from genetic-testing giant 23andMe shows.

Chinese parents test DNA to check if kids will become prodigies

Genetic testing industry is booming in China but experts say claims that DNA data can be used to predict a child’s abilities is more horoscope than science.

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BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

Digital push for grassroots banking: 2 new apps to transform urban cooperative banks for 9 cr users

Cooperation Ministry takes a step towards financial inclusion with Sahkar DigiPay and Sahkar DigiLoan. They will enable faster and seamless access to financial services in small towns.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.