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The science behind the selfless act of donating a kidney to a stranger

NPR

The science behind the selfless act of donating a kidney to a stranger About 300 Americans a year give a kidney to a complete stranger. Still, the act of giving an organ to a complete stranger requires an uncommon level of generosity, one that qualifies as extraordinary altruism, says Georgetown University neuroscientist Abigail Marsh. MARSH: We've done other research that's …

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Expats donate blood at Shanghai charity event

China Daily

Executive Vice President of Shanghai People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries Kong Fu'an and other representatives cut the cake with blood donors at the community blood drive. Bloodline, a non-profit organization dedicated to rallying expatriates for voluntary blood donations to aid children fighting blood cancer, has spearheaded more than 50 blood drives since its establishment in 2017. Ashish Maskay, …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Expats donate blood at Shanghai charity event

China Daily

Executive Vice President of Shanghai People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries Kong Fu'an and other representatives cut the cake with blood donors at the community blood drive. Bloodline, a non-profit organization dedicated to rallying expatriates for voluntary blood donations to aid children fighting blood cancer, has spearheaded more than 50 blood drives since its establishment in 2017. Ashish Maskay, …

Shanghai Expats Donate Community Blood

2 weeks ago

The fall of Assad: What it means for India's strategy in West Asia

Live Mint

The fall of Assad regime in Syria has thrust India into a delicate balancing act. Assad has long been a cornerstone of India’s West Asia strategy. New Delhi consistently backed a Syrian-led political process in line with UN Security Council Resolution 2254, reaffirming its commitment to Syria’s sovereignty, independence, and unity. More broadly, the fall of Assad threatens to undermine …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

A Symphony of Compassion: Rajeev's Altruistic Feast for Hospital Staff

New Indian Express

A compassionate restaurateur in Chennai named Rajeev has been tirelessly providing affordable food for attendants working long hours at the nearby hospital. He has expanded his menu to include a variety of rice dishes, offering daily lunch and dinner for over a decade. His efforts have not gone unnoticed, with friends and well-wishers supporting his mission through sponsorships and donations. …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Vegan cheese won’t save the world — but this brand hopes you’ll buy it anyway

Salon

A woman wearing what can only be described as rags struggles to push something large, round, and yellow up a mountain. In a 2016 TED Talk introducing the world to Impossible Foods' hyper-realistic veggie burgers, company founder Pat Brown said that the global appetite for meat "is the main reason behind an ongoing wildlife holocaust." The oat milk brand Oatly …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Review: In ‘Confessions of a Good Samaritan,’ a cheeky documentarian tests her own altruism

LA Times

When documentary filmmaker Penny Lane chose to donate a kidney to a stranger — the dramatic crux of her new “Confessions of a Good Samaritan” — one can’t help but wonder whether the movie idea came first or the altruistic impulse. What makes it believable is the arc of research and self-analysis we’re privy to over the course of “Confessions.” …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

As Michigan legalizes surrogacy, here's how families found ways around the ban

NPR

As Michigan legalizes surrogacy, here's how families found ways around the ban Enlarge this image toggle caption The Portenga-O'Neill family The Portenga-O'Neill family The first time Tammy and Jordan Myers held their twins, the premature babies were still so fragile, their tiny faces were mostly covered by oxygen masks and tubing. Sponsor Message Enlarge this image toggle caption The Myers …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

How will the change in surrogacy rules impact prospective parents? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu

The Surrogacy Act was passed in 2021, but over two years later, it continues to be mired in some amount of confusion and on-going cases in the Supreme Court. Brought in to ban commercial surrogacy, it allows only for altruistic surrogacy under certain conditions, and aims to regulate surrogacy clinics, part of the huge infertility health sector in the country. …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Tweaks fail to fix flaws in surrogacy regulations

Hindustan Times

The government has tweaked the Surrogacy Rules to allow married couples to use donor gametes if one of them is unable to provide viable ova or sperm. The Surrogacy Act remains a much-flawed legislation, and incremental corrections mean sections of the population will continue to be deprived of the option. Even in the present instance, widows and women divorcees can’t …

Surrogacy

10 months ago

Organ commerce rears its ugly head again

The Hindu

This nation has an embittered history with reference to illegal organ trade. We did not hear of the results of the probe, but interestingly, last week, in a follow-up, Bindu Shajan Perappadan reported on the Health Ministry’s warning that there are possible commercial dealings in organ/tissue transplantation of foreigners in India. A new study found key health policy committees since …

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10 months ago

Nick Saban Alabama Senate run poll: Democrats should recruit the former coach to beat Tommy Tuberville.

Slate

Nick Saban has no apparent reason to run for political office and several reasons not to. Over two weeks in late January, pollsters from the market research firm YouGov surveyed 532 registered voters in Alabama and found Saban narrowly leading Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, himself a former college football coach at Auburn, in a hypothetical matchup for Senate in 2026. …

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11 months ago

Centre seeks data from States to assess functioning of Surrogacy Act, 2021

The Hindu

The Union Health Ministry has asked all States and UTs about the total number of couples and single and unmarried women who have availed surrogacy successfully since the Surrogacy Act, 2021, came into force to assess the functioning of the law. In a communication sent to the Principal Secretary /Secretary of all States and UTs last month, the Ministry also …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Maternal filicide needs more research in India

New Indian Express

The authors from Nimhans quoted well-known American psychiatrist Phillip Resnick, who in 1969 had classified filicide into five types based on ‘motives’ behind the act. The fifth type is the spouse-revenge-filicide, where one parent displaces anger towards the child secondary to ongoing severe marital discord, and jealousy”. They found “consistent associations with family stressors, including severe marital discord, jealousy, unemployment, …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Like the Pope, some people view surrogacy as 'deplorable'. For many, it's a precious gift of parenthood

ABC

This weekend Anna, Matt and Brendan will uphold a somewhat belated annual tradition. Olivia doesn't believe altruistic surrogacy 'exists' Morgan's perspective is polar opposite to Olivia Maurel, 32, a surrogacy-conceived French-American woman who says she was "ripped" from her mother at birth and "sold to strangers". "I used to be very against commercial surrogacy — I used to think I'd …

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1 year, 2 months ago

At These Companies, There's A Space Where Getting Older Isn't A Taboo

Huff Post

Taylor Glascock for HuffPost Alma Klein and Elizabeth Harris, co-founders of Sages, an employee resources group, pose for a portrait with members of Sages at Arc Worldwide, Inc. on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023 in Chicago, Ill. “They do financial planning and seminars in VivaWomen!, which is our women’s group, but they weren’t talking about specifically how do you save for …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Three crocodiles push stray dog to safety after it falls into danger-filled river

The Independent

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1 year, 2 months ago

Why Britain is updating its laws on surrogacy and gamete donation

Hindustan Times

WHEN KIM COTTON, a young British woman, carried and gave birth to a baby for an anonymous couple in 1985, many Britons were horrified. In 2014 a law was passed to allow same-sex couples to apply for the “parental orders” by which the intended parents in a surrogacy arrangement assume legal parenthood. The Law Commission says that for parents to …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Killer Mike makes faith the center of his story on 'Michael'

NPR

Killer Mike at the top of the mountain On his first solo album in a decade, a career skeptic is born again Enlarge this image toggle caption Jonathan Mannion/Courtesy of the artist Jonathan Mannion/Courtesy of the artist "I've never really had a religious experience, in a religious place," the Atlanta rapper Killer Mike says to begin the title track of …

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1 year, 6 months ago

'Slumdog Millionaire' moment: Boy who sold biryani gets high-paying job

Firstpost

It is true that many people are born with a silver spoon in their mouth, while others struggle to make ends meet. Sheenagh Pugh, a famous British poet, assures the latter in one of her poems titled ‘Sometimes,’ that ‘Sometimes things don’t go after all from bad to worse.’ She adds, ‘Sometimes a man aims high, and all goes well.’ …

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1 year, 7 months ago

J&K: NIA conducts raids in Pulwama and Shopian in connection to terror funding case

India TV News

The National Investigation Agency on Monday conducted raids in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama and Shopian in the case of terror funding. In a case involving the separatist and secessionist activities of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami, the NIA conducted searches at 16 locations in Jammu and Kashmir on May 4 as part of its ongoing crackdown on terror funding in Jammu and …

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1 year, 7 months ago

School leaders’ union to ask headteachers to stop working as Ofsted inspectors

The Independent

Headteachers should stop working as Ofsted inspectors until a pay dispute with the Government is resolved, a school leaders’ union has said. It came after Ms Perry’s sister, Professor Julia Waters, called on school leaders who work as Ofsted inspectors to hand in their badges and refuse to be complicit in the watchdog’s “reign of terror”, in her speech to …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Blue Economy under Indian G20 Presidency: Not an altruistic intent, but a development imperative

India Today

The Blue Economy imperative for the Indian G20 Presidency gets reinforced by the fact that the BE has a separate connotation for the global south, as compared to the global north. India’s taking over the G20 presidency from Indonesia is significant that makes India the middle of the triad from the global south to preside over the G20. READ | …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Passionate football fans ‘likely to be hostile to rival fans but also more kind’

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Passionate football fans are not only more likely to be hostile …

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The science behind the selfless act of donating a kidney to a stranger

Expats donate blood at Shanghai charity event

Expats donate blood at Shanghai charity event

The fall of Assad: What it means for India's strategy in West Asia

A Symphony of Compassion: Rajeev's Altruistic Feast for Hospital Staff

Vegan cheese won’t save the world — but this brand hopes you’ll buy it anyway

Review: In ‘Confessions of a Good Samaritan,’ a cheeky documentarian tests her own altruism

As Michigan legalizes surrogacy, here's how families found ways around the ban

How will the change in surrogacy rules impact prospective parents? | In Focus podcast

Tweaks fail to fix flaws in surrogacy regulations

Organ commerce rears its ugly head again

Nick Saban Alabama Senate run poll: Democrats should recruit the former coach to beat Tommy Tuberville.

Centre seeks data from States to assess functioning of Surrogacy Act, 2021

Maternal filicide needs more research in India

Like the Pope, some people view surrogacy as 'deplorable'. For many, it's a precious gift of parenthood

At These Companies, There's A Space Where Getting Older Isn't A Taboo

Three crocodiles push stray dog to safety after it falls into danger-filled river

Why Britain is updating its laws on surrogacy and gamete donation

Killer Mike makes faith the center of his story on 'Michael'

'Slumdog Millionaire' moment: Boy who sold biryani gets high-paying job

J&K: NIA conducts raids in Pulwama and Shopian in connection to terror funding case

School leaders’ union to ask headteachers to stop working as Ofsted inspectors

Blue Economy under Indian G20 Presidency: Not an altruistic intent, but a development imperative

Passionate football fans ‘likely to be hostile to rival fans but also more kind’