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Worried about the spate of sexual crimes against women in the country, and buoyed by a passion for socially relevant solutions that bring an impactful change in the world we live in, two young graduates decided to start ADIRO Labs to transform DNA evidence and sample collection in the country.

Mumbai-based Saaniya Mehra and Zane Barboza the founders of ADIRO Labs were both pursuing their undergraduate studies, the former at MIT Institute of Technology, Pune and the latter studying BSc at Himalayan University, when they began working on a product to address the needs of evidence collection from victims of sexual assault.

During the initial phase of our prototyping and design concept generation, we met the former Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Maneka Gandhi who assisted us with a letter of encouragement and support. Post the finalisation of our prototype, we felt that this product was important and relevant enough to bring into the real world, Saaniya tells HerStory.

Their initial research showed that were was a lack of standardised methods to deal with the various kinds of evidence and sample collection in the country, which led to a drastic drop in the number of viable DNA and evidence samples presented in the courts.

ADIRO Labs was founded with a mission to research and design relevant solutions in the public health and law enforcement sectors. Through the startup, the duo initiated Project AASHA. Launched earlier this year, it is a social cause that focuses on citizen empowerment and women's safety.

The implementation of the AASHA DNA Kits, according to the founders, will promote a government-approved, systematic, uniform procedure that employs the use of high-quality DNA collection equipment to assess a victim of sexual assault from head-to-toe, collecting any evidence that may be submitted for forensic analysis.

The founders with a client

To modernise Indian law enforcement and forensic investigation, the startup broadly focuses on evidence detection, collection, storage, and transport in various categories of crime scene investigation, narcotics detection kits, explosive detection kits, and much more.

Our primary aim is to equip our Indian investigating officials with equipment and tools of the highest standard to increase the efficiency of investigations in the field, Saaniya elaborates. They aim to make the kits available at all medical and law enforcement agencies across the country, even those operating in remote areas.

The products are manufactured at their office space in Mumbai and can also be customised. The target audience lies within the B2G space, specifically in the public health sector and in law enforcement. Saaniya believes that the indirect beneficiary is every citizen in the country. They hope to sell the kits to state governments that are modernising investigations in the field.

The founders find it challenging to raise grants for Project AASHA in the public healthcare sector.

With the advent of the DNA bill in July 2019, the importance of DNA-related technologies in India has come to the forefront and we hope that in the coming years, our solution will be adopted on a pan-India level to standardise the approach of medical examiners in the case of evidence collection from victims of sexual assault, says Saaniya.

However, they are happy that the content list and guidelines they worked on with various experts in the government forensic community were published as standard guidelines by the Ministry of Home Affairs in 2018.

AASHA kits have been onboard by many organisations like the Bureau of Police Research and Development HQ, New Delhi; Police Department Andaman and Nicobar; State Forensic Science Laboratory, Uttar Pradesh Police; Home Department, Uttar Pradesh State Government; Chief Medical & Health Officer, Bhopal; Public Health and Family Welfare Department, Madhya Pradesh, and other major hospitals. The company is presently in the process of kick-starting a pilot project in Maharashtra under the State Health and Family Welfare Department. The project is currently stalled due to the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown.

Though bootstrapped, ADIRO Labs is part of the community slate programme at WE Hub, a social enterprise accelerator for women from the Government of Telangana.

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, ADIRO Labs has adapted to the changing scenario by facilitating essential supplies to local government institutions in Maharashtra, and MCGM the nodal point for the distribution of PPEs to all state government hospitals. Currently, their activities are focused in Maharashtra, though they are not limited to supplying PPEs to other states, if approached.

The founders future plans consist of ensuring that AASHA kits are adapted in every state pan-India, and to promote the standardisation and modernisation of evidence collection procedures.

Through this, we aim to increase the influx of viable evidence into the criminal justice system and further enable speedy prosecution and justice for every citizen in our country, says Saaniya.

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Two men have been arrested as police cordon off a property in Cleethorpes.

Humberside Police were called to Constitutional Avenue at around 4.15pm today with witnesses saying that there has been a large police presence in the area with more officers arriving on the scene in the following hours.

At 8pm there were six vehicles in the street along with crime scene investigation officers in white suits, who were seen taking photographs inside the property.

Four officers had formed a scene guard at the entrance of the house. Those coming and going from the scene were seen signing a register.

A black Ford Kuga has also been taken away by police.

A witness at the scene said: "There has been loads of police here since about 4pm and more and more keep arriving.

"It looks like something serious has happened, because there are officers walking around with a blue folder and signing a register as they come and go.

"Four of them are stood at the entrance of the house guarding it.

"The crime scene investigation officers have been taking photographs inside the house and nobody has really told anyone what is going on."

Two men have since been arrested on drug offences and remain in police custody.

A Humberside Police spokesperson said: "We attended a property at around 4.25pm this afternoon. Two men have been arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply."

If anyone has any information regarding the incident please call Humberside Police on non-emergency number 101, quoting log number 335.

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(UPDATE: Suspect in custody after human remains found inside Flint dumpster)

FLINT, MI -- A body was found Tuesday morning in a dumpster outside a Flint business, police have confirmed.

Officers with the Flint Police Department and Michigan State Police combed through a dumpster Tuesday afternoon in the area of Davison Road and Starkweather Street on the citys east side.

The body was found behind a gardening supply store in the 3500 block of Davison Road, police said.

Flint police Detective Sgt. Tyrone Booth confirmed law enforcement officials are investigating what appears to be a homicide," but he could not provide additional details at this time.

The Flint Police Crime Scene Investigation Unit was called out to the scene along with members of the Michigan State Police Forensic Laboratory out of Bridgeport.

Investigators, some wearing protective suits and masks, were at the scene taking photographs as several residents stood by watching Tuesday.

The incident remains under investigation.

Anyone with information about the incident may contact the Flint Police Department at 810-237-6800.

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Ted Danson is a skilled television actor whose decades-long filmography also includes some impressive roles in feature films. Since portraying bar owner Sam Malone in the classic sitcom Cheers, Danson continues to shine in one successful series after another.

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With that iconic head of hair and idiosyncratic conversational style, Danson knows how to entertain audiences in subtle ways. His diverse acting credits include high-brow comedies, satires, crime procedurals, and dark thrillers. He appears in everything from the absurdist Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! to heady indie films like The One I Love. Here are his 10 best roles according to IMDb.

Danson acts in the final four seasons of the token, long-running procedural series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He plays Diebenkorn "D.B." Russell, the new night supervisor with a background in forensic botany.

Russell is portrayed as a smart, yet humorous, investigator tasked with straightening up the Las Vegas crime lab. Raised by hippies, Russell maintains an approachable reputation with his staff. While he follows through with his directives, Russell has a laid-back approach only someone like Danson can pull off.

Early in his career, Danson landed the starring role in the popular sitcom Cheers. As Sam Malone, Danson plays a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox who opens the eponymous bar in Chicago. The show's events take place in the bar, where Sam is front and center in the action.

Danson provides a compelling, hilarious portrayal of contemporary masculinity with his acting in the series. As a former alcoholic and womanizer, Sam displays both the worst and best qualities of the American male ego. He won both Emmys and Golden Globes during the show's run.

In the unique HBO series Bored to Death, created by writer Jonathan Ames. Danson stars as George Christopher, a suave NYC magazine editor who is a friend and mentor to Jason Schwartzman's character, who Ames names after himself. Alongside Danson and Schwartzman, Zach Galifianakis also stars as an aspiring comic book writer named Ray.

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After Ames decides to post an ad on Craigslist offering private detective services, the trio finds itself in one misadventure after another. Danson is especially brilliant as a burnt-out socialite who despises the intellectual milieu around him.

Danson appears in three episodes of Seth McFarlane's science fiction satire The Orville. This spoof of Star Trek and classic space series stars McFarlane as Ed Mercer, an officer on board an exploratory spacecraft in the 25th century.

In Season 2, Danson plays Admiral Perry, a ranking member of the Planetary Union. The Planetary Union is made up of many planets, including Earth, and they work together to maintain order in the universe. While the first season of The Orville received mixed reviews, the second involves better writing, more concrete character development, and genre-appropriate humor.

Even though Danson appeared in the Cheers spin-off Frasier just once as Sam Malone, his cameo is seen among fans of both series as monumental. Sam visits Frasier, played by Kelsey Grammer, who moved from Boston to Seattle to become a radio psychiatrist. Sam visits Frasier at his radio station, and the two quickly catch up about the fates of other characters from the original series.

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Sam meets Frasier's father Martin and brother Niles. During his appearance, Sam opens up about his past as a sex addict. He also struggles with a new romantic relationship, ultimately leaving the woman, Sheila, when he finds out she's cheating on him.

In this enthralling female-led legal thriller, Glenn Close and Rose Byrne play a pair of corporate lawyers. Close's character, Patty Hewes, is a legendary NYC lawyer whose firm hires Byrne's character Ellen Parsons, a recent law school graduate. While most of the show revolves around the power struggle that evolves between the two women, each season tackles a different large-scale case.

Danson plays a corrupt billionaire CEO who is charged in a class-action lawsuit against a handful of his former employees in Season 1. As Arthur Frobisher, Danson plays up the smooth and handsome white-collar crook, the kind of guy who lies through his teeth while maintaining a smile on his face.

The Good Place is a singular sitcom from the brilliant mind of Michael Schur. When Eleanor Shellstrop, played by Kristen Bell, is killed in a freak accident, she wakes up in the afterlife, particularly in a upotia-like realm replete with endless frozen yogurt and parties. Danson plays Eleanor's guide, a bow-tie wearing man named Michael.

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Michael, as a sort of mayor in Eleanor's neighborhood, isn't who he seems, and Danson gives one of the best performances of his career as a quirky, morally confused scout in the great beyond.

That's right. Danson acts in Steven Spielberg's big-budget WWII epic. The movie follows a group of United States Army Rangers, led by Tom Hanks's character Captain John H. Miller, as they search for a lost paratrooper played by Matt Damon.

Danson co-stars as Captain Fred Hamill, who leads a group of 101st Airborne Pathfinders that crosses paths with Miller and his men. Hamill gives his comrades a place to rest for the night on their journey to track down Ryan.

Danson pops up off and on over Curb Your Enthusiasm's 10 seasons as a fictionalized version of himself. Larry finds him smug and is clearly jealous of his friend's popularity in Hollywood. Over the course of the show, Ted breaks up with his wife, played by his real-life wife Mary Steenburgen, and dates Larry's ex-wife Cheryl.

Danson is an amusing antagonist to Larry, and the pair often find themselves at odds. However, Larry often comes out looking much worse.

In Season 2 of FX's anthology series Fargo, Danson portrays Sheriff Hank Larsson. The season also stars Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemmons, Kieran Culkin, and Patrick Wilson. Larsson is a symbol of the old guard in Minnesota, and he works with Wilson's character Lou Solverson, a State Trooper and his son-in-law, to solve a triple homicide in a local diner.

The homicide is linked to an infamous crime family in Fargo: the Gerhardts. Dunst and Plemmons play a married couple who are implicated after a terrible accident.

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Kshawn Thomas, 27, of Greenland, was killed Tuesday around noon while riding his motorcycle at Gene Hill, according to Police Information Officer Akia Thomas.

Details surrounding the accident are still unclear. Investigations are ongoing in this matter, Ms. Thomas said, though a police officer stationed at the scene said a fuel tanker was involved in the collision.

Police cordoned off the scene of the crash to the public, at one point letting through a crime scene investigation vehicle and an excavator carrying sand apparently intended to soak up any fuel that leaked onto the roadway.

After the crash, numerous motorbikes departed the scene, and a slow-moving ambulance, lights flashing, followed around 2 p.m. as traffic was turned back.

Starting shortly after the crash, community members mourned Mr. Thomas on his Facebook page.

His untimely death is a huge loss to all of us in East End/Long Look (specifically Greenland) and adds to the pain we feel of losing another young man from our community, Opposition Leader Marlon Penn (R-D8) posted on Facebook. Kshawn was a humble, respectful and hard-working young man and will surely be missed around our community, as he was always helpful and considerate.

Mr. Penn also asked the community to remember his parents, Daphne Chalwell-Thomas and Kourtney Thomas, and siblings, Kevon and Shakeema Thomas, in their time of bereavement.

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