Rickshaw driver's son gets NEET government college KGMU MBBS seat: How Jaunpur student made a comeback from 504 to 627 scrore despite financial strugglesNEET 2026 success story: Prabhat Kumar Yadav, son of an auto-rickshaw driver from Jaunpur, scored 627 marks and secured AIR 3,864, earning ...
25 Sep, 2026, 08.51 AM IST
'Labourers earn more than MBBS doctors': Kerala doctor's viral video sparks debate about medical professionAn Instagram video sparked debate about MBBS doctor salaries in Kerala. The user claimed low pay and limited government vacancies exist. Co...
30 Jul, 2026, 01.03 PM IST
Big relief for MBBS students: NMC directs colleges to collect fees for 4.5 years only, not full courseThe National Medical Commission has directed all medical colleges to charge MBBS fees only for the prescribed 4.5 academic years, not the f...
09 Apr, 2026, 03.56 PM IST
For NRI quota in government medical colleges, Karnataka govt wants 500 additional MBBS seatsThe Karnataka government has urged the Centre to approve extra MBBS seats in autonomous government medical colleges under the Department of...
30 Jun, 2024, 08.14 PM IST
Rs 1.4 crore for MBBS: The college that offers India's costliest medical degreeThe total cost of the four-and-a-half-year degree from the college comes to more than Rs 1.35 crore. The fees include hostel charges, but t...
15 Aug, 2023, 10.54 AM 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
Why Indians head to Ukraine to study medicineUkraine is the third most popular destination after China and the Philippines for Indian students who want to pursue medicine. There are ab...
26 Feb, 2022, 01.30 AM IST
Quota for the rich? 28% of MBBS seats cost over Rs 10 lakh per year in tuition feesHow did we get to this 28%? It’s based on a detailed analysis of fees for the MBBS course in over 530 MBBS colleges. About half the seats i...
07 Mar, 2021, 06.02 PM IST
Stipends for MBBS interns hang fire as MCI drags feetAfter the BoG took over in October 2018, it issued a public notice that MCI was considering including a provision in the Regulations on Gra...
25 Feb, 2020, 10.45 AM IST
Novel coronavirus turns spotlight on Wuhan, Kerala connectWuhan has been a popular destination for Keralites and others as an educational hub with quality and affordable medical courses attracting ...
05 Feb, 2020, 11.48 AM IST
BoG mulling slashing fees for medical coursesIn a number of states, including Delhi and Maharashtra, MBBS students are charged Rs 25 lakh annually.
08 Dec, 2019, 08.13 PM IST
Negative physics, chemistry marks under NEET? Welcome to MBBSOver 85% of those who got admission with single digit marks in at least one subject were admitted to private colleges.
15 Jun, 2019, 10.52 AM IST
Nurses, dentists may get lateral entry into MBBSThe draft National Education Policy 2019 has suggested sweeping changes in medical education.
05 Jun, 2019, 12.35 PM IST
High MBBS fees leaving many doctors in debt trapWith EMIs touching half a lakh for loans between Rs 30- 50 lakh, doctors are left with barely enough to live on.
22 Jul, 2018, 05.27 PM IST
HC asks private medical colleges to make public the fee structureHe said the prospectus should specify relevant details and ensure that admissions were done only on the basis of merit and transparency sho...
23 Nov, 2014, 05.02 PM IST
Education in law inadequate to understand law of education: Madras High CourtEmpathising with the plight of meritorious students, the judge, however, said he did not propose to violate the SC-set schedule for MBBS ad...
21 Nov, 2014, 04.22 PM 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