Red Fort blast: After arrest of four doctors, lens now on Pakistan, Bangladesh MBBS holdersSecurity agencies are investigating over two dozen doctors who studied medicine in Pakistan. Their degrees are no longer recognized in Indi...
14 Nov, 2025, 12.03 AM IST
From Harvard to Hanoi: As UK, US & Canada tighten rules, Indian students chart new pathways in global higher educationFaced with rising costs and intense competition in India, students are increasingly seeking higher education in unconventional destinations...
13 Sep, 2025, 10.26 PM IST
Haryana MBBS students' protest: OPD services in private hospitals suspended as doctors boycott workMBBS students at Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) in Rohtak and some other medical colleges ...
28 Nov, 2022, 05.27 PM IST
Indian students look for new destinations to chase medical education dreamsUkraine is a popular destination among MBBS aspirants partly due to its cost-effectiveness. Both Russia and Ukraine attract a substantial n...
12 Mar, 2022, 05.15 PM IST
Experts suggest programme to train MBBS graduates in the UKUnder these programmes, two years of training each in India and the UK provide necessary competencies to these MBBS doctors to become fully...
19 Dec, 2021, 04.54 PM IST
MBBS interns will have to take Ayush training, says National Medical CommissionA draft regulation for Compulsory Rotating Internship, 2021, released by the National Medical Commission (NMC), mentioned that a week’s tra...
10 Jul, 2021, 11.18 AM IST
COVID-19 effect: Pandemic management now part of MBBS courseThe move has been triggered by the coronavirus pandemic and aims to prepare doctors for challenges posed by emerging diseases.
28 Aug, 2020, 02.55 PM IST
Foreign-trained Indian docs seek exemption from mandatory exam, say could add 20,000 medicsAccording to government rules, any Indian citizen possessing a primary medical qualification awarded by a foreign institution who wants pro...
27 Mar, 2020, 07.24 PM IST
Exit test will belittle MBBS exam, shelve the plan: IMA"Re-registration of doctors once in five years can be done to maintain accurate data by the medical councils of the state."
04 Aug, 2016, 12.23 PM IST
China becomes the largest contributor of MBBS doctors to IndiaChina is today the largest contributor of MBBS doctors to India followed by Russia, Ukraine and Nepal, according to data collated by the Na...
06 Nov, 2015, 11.27 AM IST
Modi government plans exit exam for MBBS doctorsThe move by the health ministry comes in the wake of concerns over the quality of doctors being produced in the country.
01 Jun, 2015, 09.18 AM IST
Specialists fly out, leave India to battle health woesDisparity in the number of seats allotted for PG and UG students isfound to be a reason for this brain drain.
27 Aug, 2013, 12.24 PM IST
Specialists fly out, leave India to battle health woesThough India has the largest number of medical institutions, the disparity in the number of seats allotted for post-graduate and under-grad...
27 Aug, 2013, 06.03 AM IST
Lured by cheaper fee structure, wannabe medicos opt Chinese medical collegesAn MBBS course from a govt medical college in China will cost about Rs 15-20 lakh. In India, just the tuition fee and donation will amount ...
17 Aug, 2012, 07.55 AM IST
- MCI planning entrance to enhance credibility quotient
Brainchild of Medical Council of India (MCI), it will do away with doubts over the competence of a doctor with an MBBS degree from not so g...
02 Mar, 2011, 04.30 AM IST
Bigger scam in PG courses not out yetThe scam gets bigger, more brazen as medical graduates embark on specialisations necessary for a successful career.
06 Jun, 2009, 06.48 AM IST
Medical scam just got bigger: PG seats for Rs 2 crThe price for PG in radiology is Rs 2 cr while cardiology, gynaecology and orthopaedics are priced around Rs 1.5 cr.
05 Jun, 2009, 06.40 AM IST