Govt withdrew DNA Bill as it didn't want elaborate safeguards recommended by standing committee: CongressDNA technology Bill was examined in detail by the committee, which recommended several key amendments. Despite some members submitting note...
25 Jul, 2023, 10.40 AM IST
Bills lined up to include Chhattisgarh groups in SC, ST lists ahead of electionsThe government has introduced two bills to include more communities in the central Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes lists, with an eye...
25 Jul, 2023, 12.53 AM IST
DNA Technology bill withdrawn from Lok SabhaThe government on Monday withdrew the DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019 from Lok Sabha. Amid sloganeering by oppos...
24 Jul, 2023, 12.59 PM IST
Parliament Monsoon session begins today; 31 bills likely to be taken upOther important legislations that are expected to be taken up in the Session are the Bill to replace the Government of the National Capital...
20 Jul, 2023, 10.08 AM IST
New Bill to collect prisoners' physical, biological samplesThe opposition questioned the legislative competence of the House to decide on the matter and called the proposed provisions draconian and ...
29 Mar, 2022, 12.09 AM IST
Parliamentary panel raises concerns over creating national DNA database as proposed under new billThe 32-member Department related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change, heade...
03 Feb, 2021, 10.49 PM IST
Rajya Sabha sitting extended till August 7When the Upper House met for the day, Venkaiah Naidu said the sitting of the house has been extended till August 7.
26 Jul, 2019, 01.15 PM IST
Opposition seeks standing committee scrutiny for at least 3 billsSenior opposition leader says, there’s no confrontation between opposition and government
16 Jul, 2019, 07.42 AM IST
Data protection, Aadhaar bills listed for budget sessionAround 40 Bills have been listed to be taken up in first session of 17th Lok Sabha.
24 Jun, 2019, 08.19 AM IST
Lok Sabha gives consent to DNA billThe bill seeks to set up a DNA regulatory board to give accreditation to the laboratories and also frame guidelines.
08 Jan, 2019, 04.06 PM IST
DNA profiling bill will violate autonomy and privacy of citizens: CongCongress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said the BJP-led government wants "an India that is defined by them".
26 Aug, 2018, 05.32 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi’s jibe at Congress: Beneficiaries now get 100 paise out of every rupeeAddressing a large public gathering at Jujwa, Modi took a jibe at the Congress and said that beneficiaries were now getting full 100 paise ...
24 Aug, 2018, 08.37 AM IST
Home ministry guides states on searching crime scenes & collecting evidenceThe move — coupled with the Union cabinet’s nod for DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2018 last week — aims at increasi...
11 Jul, 2018, 08.54 AM IST
DNA Profiling Bill to be discussed by Narendra Modi government tomorrowThe draft bill also states that all DNA data including DNA profiles, DNA samples and records, will only be used for identification of the p...
04 Jul, 2018, 12.42 PM IST
DNA data banks to be set up at national, state level to store DNA profilesThe draft bill also states that all DNA data including DNA profiles, DNA samples and records, will only be used for identification of the p...
13 May, 2018, 04.59 PM IST
- Facebook will partner with Microsoft to help fight child pornography by tracing trawl photos for child abuse
Facebook has announced to introduce a new technology which will automatically trawl photos posted by users for child abuse.
22 May, 2011, 06.42 PM IST
- Gujarat gearing up with latest swine-flu vaccine
While Gujarat’s chief minister Narendra Modi is down with Swine Flu, the state will see a swine flu vaccine being developed using the most ...
30 Oct, 2009, 09.04 PM IST