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Ramdev crossed red line by falsely claiming he could cure COVID-19, says IMA president R V AsokanDr. R V Asokan, president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), criticized Baba Ramdev for claiming he could cure COVID-19 and disparagi...
Permitting illegally intercepted messages as evidence leads to scant regard to fundamental rights: HCThe high court said as per the provisions of the Telegraph Act, an order for interception can be issued on either the occurrence of any pub...
Vaccine is completely safe, says doctor who got first jab in GujaratOf 100 health workers who were administered COVID-19 vaccine at the civil hospital, nearly half were doctors, including critical care speci...
What spurred Rs 12,000 crore medical education black marketRecently, TOI had conservatively estimated the scale of the black economy in medical seats at about Rs 12,000 crore.
Brooms in limelight: Tracing the history of a hand-made tool that will remain a part of our livesBrooms are much in the news now. They have been ever since AAP chose a broom as its symbol. The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has also involved muc...
Medical mafia has taken over Medical Council of India: AAPAfter Desai's arrest in 2010 the MCI was dissolved and a Board of Governors managed the affairs for the last three and a half years.
The curious case of health secretary Keshav Desiraju's transferNew hypotheses say Desiraju was removed because he was opposing some of Azad's ideas. These include the contentious proposal to bring back ...
- Government drafts official code of marketing practices for pharma industry
A draft Code of Marketing Practices for the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry, released on June 2, bans all kind of gifts to doctors.
- MCI scam: CBI searches premises of former OSD to Ramadoss
The CBI conducted searches at the residential premises of D S Moorthy, former Officer on Special Duty to the then Union Health Minister Anb...
- Devi Shetty, Venugopal likely to clean up MCI
A seven-member board of governors, which will take over the working of the Medical Council of India, plans to clean up the besmirched body.
- Medical Council of India chief arrested on bribery charges
Ketan Desai arrested for demanding bribe of Rs 2 cr from medical college.
- MCI boss, 2 others arrested for seeking bribe
Medical Council of India president Ketan Desai and two others were arrested by CBI for allegedly taking a Rs 2 crore bribe to grant recogni...
- MCI boss Ketan Desai arrested
MCI chief Ketan Desai arrested for corruption.
- MCI issues new ethics code for doctors
The Medical Council of India (MCI) has finalised a code of conduct restraining doctors from getting influenced by drug makers through gifts...
- Doctors from IIT? Govt to brainstorm today
Will Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) soon start producing doctors? The health ministry is meeting on Tuesday to decide.
- Four-year medical course unveiled to bridge urban-rural gap
With the aim to bridge the urban-rural gap in medical services, the government on Friday unveiled a four-year medical course to cater to th...
Is MCI party to medical colleges selling seats?It now appears members of the Medical Council of India themselves have strong links with institutions charging illegal donations. How govt ...
- Govt probes seat-for-sale scam
HRD & health ministries examining, and if found correct, would take action.