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  Famous explorer Christopher Columbus was probably a Jew not from Italy but THIS country, shows study

  World | October 14, 2024 13:30 IST

  Christopher Columbus, whose expeditions changed the course of history, was previously believed to be an Italian from Genoa. However, the new study shows he was a Sephardic Jew who concealed his real identity to avoid religious persecution.

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  DNA Technology Bill withdrawn from LS. What is DNA Technology Bill, why did Modi govt withdraw it?

  India | July 25, 2023 15:06 IST

  DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019 enables technology for the purposes of establishing the identity of certain categories of people, including victims, offenders, suspects, undertrials, those missing and unidentified deceased.

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  Just 7% of our DNA is unique to modern humans: Study

  Science | July 17, 2021 9:43 IST

  Just 7% of our genome is uniquely shared with other humans, and not shared by other early ancestors, according to a study published Friday in the journal Science Advances.

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  Working hour: Night shifts may hamper DNA repair

  Lifestyle | June 27, 2017 17:31 IST

  Night shift worker produced lower levels of a chemical by-product of active DNA tissue repair called 8-OH-dG in the urine than his day counterpart.

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  Scientists win Nobel chemistry award for work on DNA repair

  World | October 07, 2015 17:21 IST

  Stockholm: Sweden's Tomas Lindahl, American Paul Modrich and US-Turkish scientist Aziz Sancar won the Nobel Prize in chemistry today for "mechanistic studies of DNA repair."The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said their work "has provided

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  Britain's future king Prince William has Indian heritage: DNA analysis

  World | June 14, 2013 18:48 IST

  London, Jun 14: Prince William, second-in-line to the throne, will be first British king with proven Indian ancestry, DNA analysis has revealed.The DNA analysis of saliva samples taken from the Duke of Cambridge's relatives have

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  Bosnians arrives on eve of the 17th anniversary of mass murder

  World | July 11, 2012 8:42 IST

  Srebrenica (Bosnia), Jul 11: Thousands of people from around Bosnia and the world begun gathering in Potocari, near Srebrenica on Tuesday on the eve of the 17th anniversary of the killing of 8-thousand men and