Indian-origin UK nurse Agimol Pradeep wins Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award 2026, receives $250,000 prizeAgimol Pradeep, an Indian-origin nurse, won the Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award 2026. She received $250,000 for her work promoting org...
15 Sep, 2026, 06.07 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh Assembly passes organ donation Bill; Rs 1 lakh aid proposed for donor familiesAndhra Pradesh passed the Human Organ Transplantation Amendment Bill-2026, proposing stricter penalties for illegal organ trade. The bill e...
19 Aug, 2026, 08.23 PM IST
India needs greater awareness and participation in organ donation: ExpertsIndia faces a significant organ shortage, requiring greater public awareness and participation. Experts emphasize that deceased donors can ...
13 Aug, 2026, 07.24 PM IST
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
India records over 5 lakh organ donation pledges: Union health ministryThe achievement underscores the increasing public recognition of organ donation as a profound act of humanity that offers hope and a second...
22 Jun, 2026, 09.19 PM IST
Delhi doctors restart blood circulation after death for organ donation, first in AsiaDoctors in Delhi have achieved a first in Asia by successfully restarting blood circulation post-mortem in a 55-year-old woman to facilitat...
08 Nov, 2025, 11.36 PM IST
World Organ Donation Day 2025: What you should know about organ pledging, process, and impactWorld Organ Donation Day, observed annually on August 13, aims to raise awareness about organ donation's life-saving potential and honor do...
13 Aug, 2025, 09.48 AM IST
Mucherla village in Telangana leads the way in organ donation with over 70 eye donationsIn the village of Mucherla, Telangana, all 500 residents have pledged to donate their eyes after death, inspiring a movement that has alrea...
16 Feb, 2025, 02.00 PM IST
Central government employees to get 42 days special casual leave for organ donationCentral government employees who donate their organs are entitled to 42 days of special casual leave. This leave covers the recovery period...
11 Jan, 2025, 09.36 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
In first bilateral hand transplant in north India, dying patient saves four livesMeena Mehta, Admin. Head of New Greenfields School, Kalkaji, demonstrated selfless care for others through posthumous organ donation. Her o...
20 Jan, 2024, 09.34 PM IST
Niti Aayog working towards making India more organ donation-friendly; Rules may be easedOrgan donation and transplantation is governed by Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 (amended in 2014) under National Or...
04 Sep, 2023, 01.33 PM IST
Govt taking steps to increase organ donation in the country, says Mansukh MandaviyaOver 15,000 organ donations are now made annually in the country as compared to 5,000 in 2013, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said...
03 Aug, 2023, 03.36 PM IST
Most Indians afraid to donate organs, think it's a scam‘Family’ is the biggest deterrent to an individual donating his organs, suggests study.
05 Nov, 2019, 06.53 PM IST
Ebola can transmit through organ donationExperts explained how simple assessments of donors can help ensure that the organ supply is safe, while having little impact on the donor p...
15 Dec, 2014, 04.56 PM IST
- AIIMS mulls Facebook route to encourage organ donations
AIIMS plans to take the help of social networking site Facebook to encourage voluntary organ donations.
30 May, 2012, 04.14 PM IST