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Alain Cocq, suffering from an orphan desease of the blood, rests on his medical bed in his flat in Dijon, northeastern France. (AFP)

Frenchman to livestream own death in right-to-die case

Alain Cocq had written to president Macron to be permitted for euthanasia but he wrote back to him saying its not...

4 Sept 2020 4:18 PM IST

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A bold step towards a more evolved society

It's in giving sanction to living wills that the judges made passive euthanasia a workable idea.

11 March 2018 1:28 AM IST

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Supreme Court allows passive euthanasia

In landmark ruling, India's top court rules living will' permissible.

10 March 2018 5:56 AM IST

Home blood pressure monitoring in pregnancy reduces hospital blood pressure visits by 50 percent without increasing complications. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here are 10 facts about euthanasia you probably did not know

A five-judge Constitution bench of Supreme Court passed the order allowing passive euthanasia with guidelines.

9 March 2018 12:11 PM IST

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Passive euthanasia

We get celebrities to give their take on a current issue each week and lend their perspective to a much-discussed topic.

18 March 2018 12:32 AM IST

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Ethical debate on euthanasia unlikely to end

Suicide is death inflicted on oneself, unlike murder, but remains outside what is permitted by law.

28 March 2018 2:22 AM IST

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said (Television) Journalists behave as if they have turned Popes or guardians overnight. There are limits. (Photo: PTI)

Everyone has right to die with dignity: Chief Justice of India on...

The Aruna Shanbaug case led to a change in euthanasia laws of the country.

10 Sept 2018 10:39 AM IST

Jeb, a two-year-old Belgian Malinois, was the service dog for Kenneth Job, 79, an Air Force veteran with neurodegenerative disease called Charcot-Marie-Tooth who uses Jed to help him stand and walk. (Photo: YouTube)

DNA evidence exonerates dog from death sentence in US

Meanwhile, the real killer is still on the loose, officials in Michigan were quoted as saying by local media.

12 Feb 2017 11:39 AM IST

SDMC has operationalised a new dog sterilisation centre as the civic body completed the census of stray dogs, which has pegged their number at 1,89,285. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Taiwan bans euthanasia of stray animals

The law came into effect Saturday, two years after it was passed by parliament -- a period meant to prepare shelters for...

5 Feb 2017 4:06 PM IST

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Bed-ridden Odisha man seeks euthanasia

To end his sufferings, immobile Muralidhar, who can hardly mumble a few words, has appealed to the President for...

25 Jun 2017 3:07 AM IST