10:00 AM, Oct 02, 2011
Mumbai: The Prime Minister has become the latest in the list of public figures to pledge to donate his eyes. But alarming statistics show that last year 70 per cent of the eyes donated went to waste. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has pledged to donate his eyes. It is a good cause given that 15 million Indians are blind. Yet, his eyes may not be usable as transplants, depending on...08:54 AM, Sep 13, 2011
New Delhi: Setting an example, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Singh on Thursday pledged to donate their eyes. They signed the pledge form on the occasion of National Eye Donation day. There are over 4.5 million visually challenged persons in the country and doctors feel that at least three million can gain their sight through cornea transplant. Eye donation can help restore vision among the corneally-blind. There...12:01 PM, Sep 08, 2011
Bangalore: He worked with Mahatma Gandhi and participated in freedom struggle, but the 113-year-old wants contribute in India's development even after his death, so the centenarian has pledged to donate his eyes for research. The word 'Living Legend' is not mere metaphor when it comes to Pandit Sudhakar Chaturvedi, who on Saturday pledged his eyes for research, as his age and health proving to be no bar for this noble...08:42 PM, Dec 18, 2010
National Eye Donation Fortnight starts from Aug 25 to Sept 8 annually. ...07:20 PM, Sep 04, 2009
Ignorance and mismanagement compound the eye donation process. ...04:26 PM, Jan 27, 2009
An Orissa resident donated his eye to a man who had almost lost both his eyes. ...02:38 PM, Jul 30, 2008
Sydney: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday blamed the rain for the defeat in the first Twenty20 international against Australia, saying the wet conditions made it difficult for bowlers. India lost the first T20 by 31-run and will have to win the next match on Friday to level the series. The weather played a big part in it. In England, we didn't win any tosses and it rained in...02:57 AM, Apr 18, 2008
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