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14th meeting of Brahmaputra Board HPRB held in GuwahatiGuwahati hosted 14th High-Powered Review Board meeting of the Brahmaputra Board, spearheaded by Union Minister C. R. Patil. The agenda revo...- 2020 Delhi riots: Court rejects Umar Khalid's bail plea to care for ailing motherUmar Khalid bail: A Delhi court has turned down the interim bail application of activist Umar Khalid, who sought permission to partake in h...
- National pet day April 11: which pet is best for you? The surprising life-saving health benefits of having pets, plus smart ways to adopt and support animal welfare worldwideNational Pet Day April 11: Over 70% of U.S. households own a pet, yet millions of animals still wait in shelters every year. This National ...
- Legislative dignity for Harish Ranas: The legal journey shaping India’s right to die debateIndia's journey towards the right to die with dignity has seen major milestones. The Harish Rana case marks a significant step, applying th...
- Harish Rana, India's first person to be allowed passive euthanasia, dies in AIIMSHarish Rana, the first person in India to receive passive euthanasia, has passed away. He was 31 years old and had been in a coma for over ...
- Harish Rana case: Why SC Justice Pardiwala quoted Shakespeare to let Ghaziabad engineering student ‘die’The Supreme Court has permitted passive euthanasia for Harish Rana, a Ghaziabad student in a vegetative state for over 13 years. Doctors ca...
- Harish Rana case: What is euthanasia, difference between passive and active euthanasia, is it legal in India?Harish Rana euthanasia case: Harish Rana, who has been in a vegetative state for nearly 13 years, has been allowed passive euthanasia by th...
- Uruguay becomes first country in Catholic Latin America to allow euthanasia via legislation. What will be the process?Unlike laws in U.S. states, Australia and New Zealand restricting euthanasia to those with a life expectancy of no more than six months or ...
- Helping people to die: Europe leads the waySwitzerland is one of a growing number of countries that allow people to receive help to end their lives. France this week looked set to jo...
- SC judgment on passive euthanasia: Here's everything you need to knowThe ruling has significant moral, social and professional implications. Here's what that means.
- After passive euthanasia, SC will now examine ‘living will'The SC had said such a request would be vetted by a board of medical experts and thereafter the HC would go through the report before grant...
- Doctors may get to end life support in hopeless casesThe loopholes remained around the possibility of the person making a miraculous turnaround, or medical science later in the person’s life, ...
- Government ready with draft bill on passive euthanasia, asks for people's viewsThe bill provides protection to patients and doctors from any liability for withholding medical treatment stating palliative care can conti...
- Poke me: Life-Affirming Death (Readers react)This week's Poke Me invited your comments on "Supreme Court wants India to have a clear stand on euthanasia".
- Poke Me: Supreme Court wants India to have a clear stand on euthanasia. Here are two viewsThe law, too, must play its part by upholding the right of doctors to remove unnecessary life-prolonging interventions that prevent dying w...
- Supreme Court seeks Modi government's views on right to diePresenlty, doctors in India are not allowed under the Hippocratic Oath to switch off life support systems except in medical cases involving...
- World's oldest comatose patient Aruna Shanbaug deadThe 66-year-old was battling a serious bout of pneumonia and was on ventilator support, King Edward Memorial (KEM) hospital sources said.
- Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan calls for euthanasia debate"A consensus should be developed on whether to allow killing of terminally-ill people with no chances of revival. It is a complex issue."
- Decriminalising suicide is not an option, extending scope of law may help ease miseryThe contention is over the concept of "living will", which means a person can will to be assisted in dying if ever struck with a terminal i...
- Government opposes it, but Supreme Court calls for debate on euthanasiaThe SC has decided to adjudicate the legality of active and passive euthanasia and the emerging concept of 'living will' after shying away ...
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