Blood Donation Drive

Prime Minister Narendra Modi kick-started the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) massive membership drive on Monday by enrolling himself as the party's first member.

Around 24,500 units of blood (nearly 9,800 litres) were collected during the blood donation drive to mark the 62nd birthday of Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group, which can help more than 73,500 patients.

The camp will also feature CSR activities like a blood donation drive and eye health check-ups.

Over 2.5 lakh people donated blood during the 'Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav' which began on September 17 and concluded on National Voluntary Blood Donation Day on Saturday, according to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.

Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday said that the number of volunteers who have donated blood under Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav has crossed one lakh.

A 15-day blood donation drive began on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday on Saturday, with Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya donating blood at a camp set up at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi.

The first offence of exceeding a speed limit will attract a fine of Rs 1,000 and suspension of the offender's driver's license for three months. For drunk driving, the fine is Rs 5,000 in addition to the license suspension for the same duration.

A Shiv Sena corporator has come up with a rather unusual incentive to persuade people to donate blood during the coronavirus pandemic - a reward of 1 kilogram of either chicken or paneer

Amid calls for a "peaceful" Bharat Bandh, farmers, who have refused to give space to political leaders in their protest against repeal of farm laws, made a strong statement today by organising a blood donation camp at the Tikri border.

In Assam, the Army has undertaken a plasma donation drive for COVID-19 patients. At least 60 soldiers from the Indian Army on Wednesday volunteered to donate blood plasma to save the lives of critical COVID-19 patients in the state. Many of these Army personnel had recently recovered from COVID-19.

Thalassemia patients in West Bengal are facing a tough time as the blood banks in the state have gone dry due to restrictions on people's movement and a bar on donation drives amid the 21-day lockdown imposed to contain coronavirus epidemic.

About half of the blood centers in the United States are already reporting low inventory levels and the country could see shortages in about two weeks as blood drives are canceled due to the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak, AABB, formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks, said on Tuesday.

"All the seats for all the shows are fully booked," said theatre owner Nambi Rajan, who is usually clean-shaven but has sprouted a bushy grey-white beard in tandem with Rajinikanth's get-up in Kabali

Social network giant Twitter has banned onsite blood drives in its offices worldwide where regulations do not permit blood donations from gay or bisexual men, a move that LGBT-rights advocates say is a first for a public technology company.

The San Francisco-based company made the decision after one of its employees, a gay man, was turned away from donating blood.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi kick-started the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) massive membership drive on Monday by enrolling himself as the party's first member.

Around 24,500 units of blood (nearly 9,800 litres) were collected during the blood donation drive to mark the 62nd birthday of Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group, which can help more than 73,500 patients.

The camp will also feature CSR activities like a blood donation drive and eye health check-ups.

Over 2.5 lakh people donated blood during the 'Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav' which began on September 17 and concluded on National Voluntary Blood Donation Day on Saturday, according to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.

Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday said that the number of volunteers who have donated blood under Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav has crossed one lakh.

A 15-day blood donation drive began on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday on Saturday, with Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya donating blood at a camp set up at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi.

The first offence of exceeding a speed limit will attract a fine of Rs 1,000 and suspension of the offender's driver's license for three months. For drunk driving, the fine is Rs 5,000 in addition to the license suspension for the same duration.

A Shiv Sena corporator has come up with a rather unusual incentive to persuade people to donate blood during the coronavirus pandemic - a reward of 1 kilogram of either chicken or paneer

Amid calls for a "peaceful" Bharat Bandh, farmers, who have refused to give space to political leaders in their protest against repeal of farm laws, made a strong statement today by organising a blood donation camp at the Tikri border.

In Assam, the Army has undertaken a plasma donation drive for COVID-19 patients. At least 60 soldiers from the Indian Army on Wednesday volunteered to donate blood plasma to save the lives of critical COVID-19 patients in the state. Many of these Army personnel had recently recovered from COVID-19.

Thalassemia patients in West Bengal are facing a tough time as the blood banks in the state have gone dry due to restrictions on people's movement and a bar on donation drives amid the 21-day lockdown imposed to contain coronavirus epidemic.

About half of the blood centers in the United States are already reporting low inventory levels and the country could see shortages in about two weeks as blood drives are canceled due to the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak, AABB, formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks, said on Tuesday.

"All the seats for all the shows are fully booked," said theatre owner Nambi Rajan, who is usually clean-shaven but has sprouted a bushy grey-white beard in tandem with Rajinikanth's get-up in Kabali

Social network giant Twitter has banned onsite blood drives in its offices worldwide where regulations do not permit blood donations from gay or bisexual men, a move that LGBT-rights advocates say is a first for a public technology company.

The San Francisco-based company made the decision after one of its employees, a gay man, was turned away from donating blood.