Blood Sample Collection

The Madras High Court has directed the authorities to come up with a standard operating procedure for conducting a Potency Test by merely using blood sample of an accused, saying science has advanced and there is no need for collecting semen sample.

People should not be misled by online health service aggregators and blood samples should go only to the accredited labs for accurate results, the Delhi High Court said on Tuesday expressing concern on the issue.

The Karnataka assembly passed the ''Identification of Prisoners (Karnataka Amendment) Bill,'' which seeks to include collection of blood, DNA, voice and iris scan samples as "measurements" of offenders for effective surveillance

Health workers and the police officials who went to collect the blood samples of the suspected COVID-19 patients were allegedly attacked by a mob in Bihar's Munger.

Police stations in the country will soon have special kits to collect blood and semen samples, besides other evidence, to carry out immediate investigation into sexual assault cases, officials said Sunday.

The Hyderabad High Court has said excise officials cannot forcibly collect blood, nail and hair samples from actor Charmme Kaur, who is among a dozen top Telugu actors being investigated in a massive drug racket busted earlier this month.

By collecting samples from the portal vein -- which carries blood from the gastrointestinal tract, including from the pancreas, to the liver -- physicians can learn far more about a patients pancreatic cancer than by relying on peripheral blood from a more easily accessed vein in the arm, says a study.

In an appeal against a five-year sentencing for Salman Khan in the 2002 hit-and-run case, his lawyer today alleged in Bombay High Court that there were several discrepancies in the collection of the actor's blood samples and its examination.

The Central Bureau of Investigation has asked the Maharashtra government to preserve the stomach wash, urine and blood samples of former media executive Indrani Mukerjea, which were collected last week.

An analysis of blood samples collected over a period of one year from across the country has revealed that over 23 per cent of the total samples tested positive with lead poisoning.

The defence also argued why the Bandra police did not collect the blood samples at nearby Bhabha Hospital, instead of taking Mr Khan to the government-run JJ Hospital in South Mumbai

The defence counsel questioned the doctor further on the procedures followed while collecting blood samples

Thursday is set to be a crucial day in the trial of the 2002 hit-and-run case involving actor Salman Khan. One of the most important witnesses in the case, a doctor with the State-run JJ Hospital, who had collected actor Salman Khan's blood samples after the incident, is expected to depose in court.

For identification of victims of last year's Uttarakhand floods tragedy, the Hyderabad-based Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics and the Uttarakhand government are trying to contact relatives of missing persons and obtain blood samples for DNA matching.

Blood samples of Asiad gold medallist runner Pinki Pramanik for a chromosomal test to determine the athlete's gender were on Monday collected at the city's SSKM Hospital.

The Madras High Court has directed the authorities to come up with a standard operating procedure for conducting a Potency Test by merely using blood sample of an accused, saying science has advanced and there is no need for collecting semen sample.

People should not be misled by online health service aggregators and blood samples should go only to the accredited labs for accurate results, the Delhi High Court said on Tuesday expressing concern on the issue.

The Karnataka assembly passed the ''Identification of Prisoners (Karnataka Amendment) Bill,'' which seeks to include collection of blood, DNA, voice and iris scan samples as "measurements" of offenders for effective surveillance

Health workers and the police officials who went to collect the blood samples of the suspected COVID-19 patients were allegedly attacked by a mob in Bihar's Munger.

Police stations in the country will soon have special kits to collect blood and semen samples, besides other evidence, to carry out immediate investigation into sexual assault cases, officials said Sunday.

The Hyderabad High Court has said excise officials cannot forcibly collect blood, nail and hair samples from actor Charmme Kaur, who is among a dozen top Telugu actors being investigated in a massive drug racket busted earlier this month.

By collecting samples from the portal vein -- which carries blood from the gastrointestinal tract, including from the pancreas, to the liver -- physicians can learn far more about a patients pancreatic cancer than by relying on peripheral blood from a more easily accessed vein in the arm, says a study.

In an appeal against a five-year sentencing for Salman Khan in the 2002 hit-and-run case, his lawyer today alleged in Bombay High Court that there were several discrepancies in the collection of the actor's blood samples and its examination.

The Central Bureau of Investigation has asked the Maharashtra government to preserve the stomach wash, urine and blood samples of former media executive Indrani Mukerjea, which were collected last week.

An analysis of blood samples collected over a period of one year from across the country has revealed that over 23 per cent of the total samples tested positive with lead poisoning.

The defence also argued why the Bandra police did not collect the blood samples at nearby Bhabha Hospital, instead of taking Mr Khan to the government-run JJ Hospital in South Mumbai

The defence counsel questioned the doctor further on the procedures followed while collecting blood samples

Thursday is set to be a crucial day in the trial of the 2002 hit-and-run case involving actor Salman Khan. One of the most important witnesses in the case, a doctor with the State-run JJ Hospital, who had collected actor Salman Khan's blood samples after the incident, is expected to depose in court.

For identification of victims of last year's Uttarakhand floods tragedy, the Hyderabad-based Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics and the Uttarakhand government are trying to contact relatives of missing persons and obtain blood samples for DNA matching.

Blood samples of Asiad gold medallist runner Pinki Pramanik for a chromosomal test to determine the athlete's gender were on Monday collected at the city's SSKM Hospital.