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TopicBlood donation

Topic: Blood donation

Safety or stigma? How constitutional the blood donation ban on gay men, sex workers, trans people is

Varun Pratap Singh -
The issue of exclusion from donating blood needs to be looked at from the perspective of equality, dignity and discrimination.

‘Rooted in data’: How Centre defended blood donation ban on gay men, sex workers, trans people before SC

Ruchi Bhattar -
Govt's reasoning rests on the principle that the health of the blood recipient must take precedence over the desire of any individual to donate.

How Ahmedabad NGO mobilised 200 volunteers & collected 900 units of blood within hrs of Air India crash

Krishan Murari -
Anticipating a high number of injured, NGO Sahaay, with support from the Ahmedabad chapter of Red Cross, launched a blood donation drive that is ongoing.

SC asks Centre to get expert opinion on lifting blood donation ban on trans people, sex workers

Khadija Khan -
Hearing 3 pleas that contend rules violate constitutional rights, apex court asks Centre to consult experts on how 'discriminatory element' could be removed without diluting safeguards.

India’s blood banks are a danger zone. Patients’ trust in them is questionable

Pulkit Athavle -
Many Indians needing blood transfusions are put at risk of getting serious blood-borne diseases like HIV, Hep B and others—while being unaware of these risks.

Mumbai’s Lalbaugcha Raja won’t be part of Ganpati festival this year due to Covid

Manasi Phadke -
The organisers of the Lalbaug mandal will run a blood and plasma donation drive instead, and honour Covid warriors and soldiers who lost their lives in Galwan.

On World Blood Donor Day, a look at India’s blood crisis that’s compounded by Covid

Tina Das -
In early April, the Indian Red Cross Society had raised an alarm that voluntary blood donation had fallen by almost 100 per cent.

Govt says no proof to link blood donations with Covid-19, issues guidelines for blood banks

Mohana Basu -
To prevent shortage of blood for patients who depend on regular transfusions, the ministry has issued a set of precautionary measures for blood banks. 

By donating blood, CRPF constable saves life of Naxal injured in encounter

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Somapurti was rescued from the encounter site on 29 January and hospitalised in Ranchi. Constable Rajkamal donated B+ blood when the need arose.

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Opinion

What can be expected from the ongoing talks in Islamabad? Odds of resolution remain slim

Swasti Rao -
The initial ceasefire functioned less as a resolution and more as a pause—an opportunity for both sides to recalibrate, while claiming victory.

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Economy

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

Bloomberg News -
New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Defence

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

Snehesh Alex Philip -
This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

National Interest

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

Shekhar Gupta -
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.

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