Indian Army officers during a blood donation camp, at AIIMS in New Delhi.
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A blood donation camp, the first event in the series, was organized at Corps of Military Police (CMP) centre and School on the eve of Republic Day with the assistance of Command Ho...
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A policeman along with others donate blood at a blood donation camp during the ongoing agitation against new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi.
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A police personnel donates his blood at a camp on the occasion of 'Vijay Diwas' in Mirzapur.
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Farmers donate their blood at a blood donation camp during their protest against the Center's new farm laws at Singhu border, in New Delhi,
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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Delhi BJP President Adesh Gupta during the inauguration of a blood donation camp for Corona warriors organized by BJP Yuva Morcha at Indian ...
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Volunteers donate blood at Lalbaugcha Raja Ganesh Mandal, on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, in Mumbai.
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Football fans donate blood at Netaji Indoor Stadium to observe 'Football Lovers Day', during Unlock 3.0, in Kolkata. In 1980, 16 football fans died in a riot during a Mohun Bagan-E...
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People donate blood during a camp, organised by Shivsena, at Jogeshwari in Mumbai.
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Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi donates blood at Indian Red Cross Society to mark World Blood Donor Day, in New Delhi.
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Youth Congress workers donate blood on the death anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi at IYC headquarters, New Delhi.
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Youth Congress workers donate blood on the death anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi at IYC headquarters, New Delhi.
Photo by Jitender Gupta/Outlook
Youth Congress workers donate blood on the death anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi at IYC headquarters, New Delhi.
Photo by Jitender Gupta/Outlook
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan visits a blood donation camp organised by Red Cross, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown.
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The priests from Archdiocese Ernakulam, Ankamalai wait at the Government General Hospital Ernakulam for donating blood as per the request of Kerala government to regularize the sho...
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People wearing a face mask to help protect him from contracting the coronavirus donate blood at the Thai Red Cross in Bangkok, Thailand. Blood donations in Thailand have fallen by ...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visits the Howrah City Police blood donation camp organized in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, in Howrah.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visits the Netaji Indoor Stadium during a month-long blood donation camp organized by the Kolkata Police Officer in wake of the coronavir...
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Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad greets Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi during a blood donation camp organised by Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) at BJP office, in Pa...
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A super blue blood moon rises behind the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple on the Acropolis of Athens. Our moon is always there, constant amid our feats and follies.
Blood donor base has shrunk owing to cancellation of blood donation drives because crowding fears over Covid-19 and lack of mobility and motivation in general.
According to reports, India has a shortage of 1.9 million units of blood. The Covid-19 lockdown has further aggravated the blood shortage situation in the country.
Amid the lockdown, blood donors in several cities complained that police do not allow them to get to hospitals to help the patients who are in dire need of blood.