For many reasons, the district of Gulbarga has very poor performance when it comes to Voluntary Blood Donation. On a deep down analysis made by Sankalp's Rakta Kranthi it was realized that not only are awareness levels lower than any other part of the state, but also the very attitude of people who can make a difference is slowly but surely sounding the death knell for voluntary blood donation here. An attempt was made.

An exclusive portal for people who have the Bombay Blood Group was launched on October 2nd 2012. This is the first of it’s kind platform which will bring together all the individuals with this rare blood group and seek to address their concerns on blood requirement.

We already have heard and experienced situations where rare blood groups like Bombay blood group have been a mystery to people in blood banking. Now, there are 2 more to add to this list: Langereis blood type and Junior blood type. Both positive and negative.

The molecular basis of these two blood types had remained a mystery until recently when scientists at University of Vermont where able to decode them and identified the two molecules as specialized transport proteins named ABCB6 and ABCG2. The last new blood group proteins to be discovered were nearly a decade ago.

Is 15th August just another holiday where we enjoy ? Or is it a day where the nationalist feeling should reach a feverish pitch and we need to keep singing national songs all day only to forget those feelings the very next day? Plenty of debates have gone on as to what is the right way to celebrate the Independence Day.

The first workshop under the banner of “Role of Colleges In Taking Karnataka Towards 100% VBD” was conducted at Rani Chennamma University, Belgaum on 31st August 2012.

Karnataka needs 0.6 million units of blood every year. The state has more than 2 million students studying in professional colleges across the length and breadth of the state. Yet the state has only 60 - 65% of blood being made available through voluntary donations.