750 leprosy colonies in India still remain segregated from mainstream society: OfficialThere are still 750 leprosy colonies in India that need to be integrated into mainstream society, according to S Govindaraj, Commissioner a...
26 Jan, 2025, 09.41 PM IST
Centre earmarks four MBBS seats for 2024-25 for civilian victims of terrorism; seeks nomination before September 17The Central government has allocated four MBBS seats for the 2024-25 academic year in medical colleges for the spouse and children of civil...
30 Aug, 2024, 04.09 PM IST
NEET-UG result uproar: Big shake-up looms for NTA amid backlash over exam resultsAmid ongoing controversy over the NEET-UG medical entrance exam, significant changes are anticipated within the National Testing Agency (NT...
18 Jun, 2024, 09.40 AM IST
LS polls: 105 winning candidates' education between class 5 and 12About 19% of winning candidates in the recent elections declared their educational qualifications between class 5 and 12, while 77% had gra...
06 Jun, 2024, 01.29 PM IST
Ram Mandir: Markets, Banks, schools, offices holiday on Jan 22. Here's what's open and what's closedRam Mandir Holiday: The country is poised to witness the elaborate consecration ceremony, known as "pran pratishtha," of the Ram temple in ...
22 Jan, 2024, 06.21 AM IST
Ram Mandir Inauguration: Meat ban announced in these states; Here is the listAs India prepares for the Ram Temple inauguration on January 22, several states, including Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Assa...
21 Jan, 2024, 12.30 PM IST
Union Cabinet approves setting up of 157 govt nursing colleges: Mansukh MandaviyaCo-location of these nursing colleges with medical colleges will allow optimal utilisation of the existing infrastructure, skill labs, clin...
26 Apr, 2023, 10.30 PM IST
AIIMS fee structure may be revised along lines of IITs, IIMsAs per the recommendation made at the AIIMS' "chintan shivir" held in August, the fee structure for medical education at AIIMS across India...
11 Oct, 2022, 05.51 PM IST
View: Dearth of healthcare workers in rural India may be a prime reason for rising Covid fatalities thereConcentration of healthcare workers varies across states, but is primarily concentrated in urban areas. It spreads out to total areas throu...
23 May, 2021, 11.42 PM IST
Covid Survival Guide: What you should do if you want to get yourself testedTill now, ICMR had only been conducting tests on symptomatic patients. India’s apex medical body intensified random sampling last week, inc...
24 Mar, 2020, 12.36 PM IST
Coronavirus test centres in India: All you need to knowA list of the 52 designated test centres for coronavirus across India.
18 Mar, 2020, 06.41 PM IST
Over 2 per cent cut in education budget; new IITs, IIMs to be set upWhile the school education sector has got an outlay of Rs 42,219.50 crore for 2015-16, the higher education sector has got Rs 26,855 crore.
01 Mar, 2015, 05.06 AM IST
BJP showers sops for poor, ryots in manifesto for Chhatisgarh pollsRice at Re one per kg for poor families, bonus for farmers, interest-free loans for peasants, free laptops and tablets for students are the...
06 Nov, 2013, 06.34 PM IST
7th AIIMS to come up in Sonia Gandhi's constituencyThe seventh AIIMS-like institute will come up at Rae Bareilly - Congress president Sonia Gandhi's parliamentary constituency - soon.
13 Sep, 2013, 10.30 AM IST
Chhattisgarh selects IT firm Ricoh India to supply 1 lakh tabletsChhattisgarh has selected listed IT firm Ricoh India for supplying 1 lakh tablet PCs to final year degree college students in the state by ...
19 Apr, 2013, 08.54 PM IST
- Steps taken to meet increasing demand for doctors: Government
Various steps have been taken to liberalise norms for opening new medical colleges, besides amending relevant MCI regulations to meet the i...
27 Nov, 2012, 11.30 PM IST
- 1 doc for 1,000 people not before 2028
India will take at least 17 more years before it can reach the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommended norm of one doctor per 1,000 p...
27 Sep, 2011, 10.52 AM IST