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Donation of prominent Muslim’s body to science sparks debate
Khabar South Asia The donation of the body of a prominent Indian Muslim to a medical college has triggered a controversy in India, with many Muslim clerics claiming the act is un-Islamic. But one top Islamic scholar says neither the Qur’an nor the Hadith forbid organ … |
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Twitter triumph in tragedy
Calcutta Telegraph Knowing Rudra’s family would not have been able to pay for a liver transplant, which in India costs anywhere between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 25 lakh, his friends started a campaign on Facebook and Twitter. As word spread, former Jamshedpurean Meenakshi … |
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Six months on, UK Sikh family waits to cremate girl’s organs
Times of India … her death by doctors at the government Rajindra Hospital in Patiala had mentioned infection in her brain, while denying any allegations of misuse of the organs and claimed to have retained Gurkiren’s heart, lungs, brain and part of her liver at the … |
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Six months on, UK Sikh family wait to cremate girl’s organs
Times of India Embalming is a procedure, usually done in India, to preserve decaying of a dead body, through arterial injection of fluids. It, however, can disrupt the post-mortem … The histopathology report into her death by doctors at the government Rajindra … British Sikh girl’s organs back in UK for testsHindustan Times |
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Fined For Trying To Find Who’s Funding Anti-GMO Labeling Campaign?
Mintpress News … pro-GMO labeling group Moms for Labeling state that the No Campaign “illegally conceals the identity of the campaign’s donors” and that donations to the campaign are “laundered through the Grocery Manufacturers Association,” and, as such, the GMA, … |
Trading honesty for benefitsThe Asian Age… controlled by them. Credit for whatever positive new initiatives that are under way go largely to a proactive judiciary, civil society and a few organs of the state that still remain largely autonomous and i…
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Combining music, education and generosity
The New Indian Express … particular cause, the last day’s programme was focused on value education, while the other three days dealt with creating an awareness towards suicide prevention and alleviating depression and developing awareness about importance of organ donation. |
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Justice JS Verma’s family alleges medical negligence led to his death
IBNLive New Delhi: Six months after his death, former Chief Justice of India JS Verma’s family has alleged that medical negligence killed the eminent jurist. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has now stepped in asking the Health Ministry to look into the case … |
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Durga at home: Southern replica at Bittan’s heart
Times of India BHOPAL: Like last year, pandal in the heart of Bhopal—Bittan Market – this Navratri has a southern feel with an idol in it, 1,700 km away from the temple town of Mahabalipuram. The prasad distributed would be the ‘falhar khichdi’ made of sabudana that … |