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Senior journalist, freedom fighter Dinu Randive passes away
Senior journalist and freedom fighter from Maharashtra, Dinu Randive passed away at his residence in Dadar, Mumbai this morning due to old age. He was 95. Mr. Randive played a key role in the struggle movement to carve out Maharashtra state called Samyukta Maharashtra movement. He also participated in the Goa liberation movement. He was ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Topics: Death • Dinu Randive • Journalist • Maharashtra
Kerala becomes first Indian state to adopt a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for determining brain death cases
Kerala has become the first Indian state to adopt a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for brain death certification in government and private hospitals. The Kerala government has brought out SOP as per the high court directive and to mitigate public fear about the process involved in declaring a person as brain dead. According to the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Topics: Anatomical pathology • Brain Dead • Brain death • Branches of biology • Coma • Death • Medicine • Organ transplantation • Procedure • SOP • Standard operating procedure
Mobile euthanasia programme by “Right to Die” group in Netherlands
A mobile euthanasia programme launched in the Netherlands has become recent point of controversy. In Netherlands a specialized team is sent out house-to-house to aid patients finish their lives. The project has elicited acute critique from doctors. The project is the brainchild of the Dutch predominately donor-funded pro-mercy killing group: “Right to Die” NL. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2012
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Aktion T4 • Animal euthanasia • Assisted suicide • Barbiturate • Death • Euthanasia • Medical ethics • Right to die • Suicide