India sends emergency medical supplies for Ebola outbreak response in CongoIndia has provided crucial pharmaceutical supplies to aid the fight against the Ebola outbreak in Congo. The Africa Centres for Disease Con...
28 May, 2026, 08.05 AM IST
She fainted in school from period pain for years; now the 27-year-old fights stage 4 cancer alone after losing her father, with no siblings by her sideRadhika Sapra endured years of dismissed menstrual pain, only to be diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer at 22. Now 27, she battles the di...
26 May, 2026, 02.51 PM IST
AI spooks IT valuations; Groww promoters cut stakeAI has pushed valuations of India’s top IT firms to 2008-09 levels. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
19 May, 2026, 08.01 PM IST
One fridge. 500 books. How a Kolkata teacher built a street library with a simple thought, ‘Reading should belong to every child.’An English teacher in Kolkata, Kalidas Haldar, and his wife established a unique street library in 2021, utilizing a repurposed refrigerato...
30 Apr, 2026, 03.45 PM IST
World Blood Donor Day: People must come forward & donate, transfusion-related Covid is rareThe rate of blood donation in India amounts to only 1% of the population.
14 Jun, 2021, 11.00 AM IST
Twitter donates $15 mn to 3 different NGOs for COVID-19 relief in IndiaWhile CARE has been given $10 mn, Aid India & Sewa International USA have received $2.5 mn each.
11 May, 2021, 11.13 AM IST
India better prepared this year to beat COVID-19 compared to 2020: Harsh VardhanHe made this remark while inaugurating a series of blood donation camps at 13 locations in Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh...
27 Apr, 2021, 06.53 PM IST
Apple CEO Tim Cook pledges support to India amid Covid-19 crisisApple will be making donations and aid relief efforts on the ground, chief executive Tim Cook said on Twitter.
27 Apr, 2021, 12.02 PM IST
Gurugram struggles to find plasma donors with only 1% of COVID-19 patients volunteeringAlthough the Covid-19 vaccine has been introduced in Gurugram, the district health facilities are still struggling to find donors for plasm...
08 Mar, 2021, 02.54 PM IST
Army has undertaken Plasma donation drive for Covid patients of AssamIndian Army in collaboration with the State Health Department organised a Plasma Donation Camp at Tezpur Medical College. Over 40 Army pers...
19 Aug, 2020, 10.44 PM IST
NDRF, Odisha Fire Services Personnel to donate plasma for treatment of serious patientsAs per the State's Health and Family Welfare Department, around 295 personnel including National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Odisha Dis...
19 Jul, 2020, 09.34 AM IST
AAP MLA Atishi donates plasma after recovering from virus, urges others to also do itThe first-of-its-kind 'plasma bank' in the country was recently set up at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Science (ILBS) in south Delhi.
18 Jul, 2020, 05.57 PM IST
Riddhima Kapoor Sahni lauds husband for donating plasma, Neetu Kapoor hopes it inspires others to do the sameSahni posted a picture of her husband at the hospital.
03 Jul, 2020, 05.29 PM IST
Covid-19 doesn't spread through blood, but prospective donors must maintain hand hygieneThe Health Ministry said that Covid-19 positive patients are unsuitable donors.
14 Jun, 2020, 09.53 AM IST
B S Yediyurappa to donate one year's salary to fight COVID-19He has appealed to Ministers, legislators, Members of Parliament, officials and citizens to also do their bit and contribute in whatever ca...
01 Apr, 2020, 11.44 AM IST
PM CARES launched to secure donations for fight against covid-19Another government official pointed out that the questions raised by Congress on the need for a separate fund stood defeated considering th...
01 Apr, 2020, 12.23 AM IST
Over Rs 13 crore donation made towards Haryana COVID-19 Relief FundKhattar had set up the fund a week ago to mitigate the hardship of those affected by the coronavirus outbreak. He had made an initial contr...
30 Mar, 2020, 02.37 PM IST