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In 1901, Austrian American immunologist and pathologist while mixing blood of different people made a groundbreaking discovery saving numerous lives and helping the world in creating blood banks, enabling modern surgery and advancing several other fields- Organise a fair organ transplant regime
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- India logs record 20,138 organ transplants in 2025; over 5 lakh pledge donationsIndia recorded its highest-ever annual organ transplant count in 2025. Organ donation pledges verified by Aadhaar have now crossed five lak...03 Aug, 2026, 10.15 PM IST
- Canada's blood supply drops 20% as Canadian Blood Services issues urgent donation appeal ahead of August long weekend. Here's what's happeningCanadian Blood Services is urging Canadians to donate after the country's blood supply dropped nearly 20% since June 1. Officials say all b...29 Jul, 2026, 11.25 PM IST
- India performs world's third highest number of organ transplants, yet demand outpaces supplyIndia's organ transplant situation is dire, with 3.9 lakh needed just in 2021, emphasizing the escalating demand. Unfortunately, only a fra...29 Jul, 2026, 01.37 PM IST
- Regime change? Inside Reza Pahlavi's faltering bid to lead IranReza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last shah, is facing growing questions over his leadership ambitions despite years of campaigning fo...28 Jul, 2026, 10.32 PM IST
- In 2007, a last-resort cancer treatment led to an extraordinary HIV breakthrough that helped rewrite medical historyCancer treatment received major breakthrough in 2007 and the findings remain one of the most remarkable chapters in modern medicine. A trea...27 Jul, 2026, 06.41 PM IST
- Quote of the day by Christiaan Barnard: 'It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to...' - inspiring quote by South African cardiac surgeon who performed first-ever human-to-human heart transplant teaches lessons on organ donation and how one life can give another a second chanceQuote of the day by Christiaan Barnard: Christiaan Barnard's quote highlights organ transplantation's life-saving potential. A heart can gi...22 Jul, 2026, 01.47 PM IST
- Delhi HC allows 17-year-old boy to donate part of liver to ailing fatherIn a landmark decision, the Delhi High Court has permitted a 17-year-old boy to donate a portion of his liver to his ailing father. The cou...01 Jul, 2026, 05.21 PM IST
- Quote of the day from American actor Jesse Eisenberg, who donated his kidney to a complete stranger: 'I feel slightly more comfortable in my own skin. In some ways I have balanced the scale...'; lessons on how giving back to society can help us grow, from The Social Network starActor Jesse Eisenberg, known for his roles in "The Social Network" and "Zombieland," shared his profound experience donating a kidney. He r...23 Jun, 2026, 01.20 PM IST
- Doctors said father’s kidney transplant was difficult. Still, his 18-year-old son, fresh off scoring 92% in Class 12, donated a kidney and made the impossible happenA remarkable Father's Day story unfolds as 18-year-old Ali donated a kidney to his father, Abid Raza, who was battling severe kidney failur...20 Jun, 2026, 05.02 PM IST
- New data reveals why patients from the US and UK are flocking to India for organ transplantsIn 2023, India conducted 1,851 organ transplants for foreign nationals, accounting for nearly 10% of all transplants. The majority of these...04 Aug, 2024, 11.09 AM IST
- 'My son will live in them': Mother of 8-year-old Odisha boy whose organs were donated after deathAfter the cremation of her eight-year-old son, a mother in Bhubaneshwar found solace in the belief that he would live on through others by ...06 Mar, 2024, 11.27 AM IST
- In Odisha, organ donors' funeral to be held with full state honoursOdisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announces an initiative granting full state honors at the funeral of organ donors, aiming to raise awa...16 Feb, 2024, 01.48 PM IST
- Karnataka govt mulls conducting funerals of organ donors with full state honoursHealth Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao posted on social media platform X, encouraging people to become organ donors, saying that a single organ d...03 Nov, 2023, 03.15 PM IST
- Who can be an organ donor, what's the cost? Here are 10 FAQ about organ transplantImprovements in surgical techniques and transplant medicine have led to successful organ transplants. ORGAN India, an initiative enabling o...20 Jun, 2023, 09.50 AM IST
- To make everybody donate every bodyThe prime minister's appeal to people to register as organ donors is an important intervention. Studies have found that India's total organ...27 Mar, 2023, 11.23 PM IST
- Health Ministry working on 'One Nation, One Organ Allocation' policyWorking towards firming up the policy, the ministry has already recommended states to remove the domicile criterion for registering those s...16 Feb, 2023, 09.49 PM IST
- Who can donate organs in India, when and howFor organ recipients, a transplant often means a second chance at life. Vital organs such as the heart, pancreas, liver, kidneys and lungs ...02 Aug, 2015, 10.35 AM IST
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