Record student suicides push Kota's coaching centres to train hostel wardens, staffTo address the increasing number of student suicides in Kota, India, wardens and staff members of hostels will receive professional trainin...
15 Sep, 2023, 10.53 AM IST
Capgemini sets sights high with Indian talent; govt to mandate NavIC chips in smartphonesWith more than half of its employee base in India, IT major Capgemini views India as one of its fastest-growing markets and a talent hub, g...
15 Sep, 2023, 07.25 AM IST
After spring-loaded fans, Kota hostels use nets to make balconies and lobbies 'suicide proof'Hostel owners in Kota, a coaching hub in India, are installing "anti-suicide nets" in balconies and lobbies to prevent students from taking...
27 Aug, 2023, 12.25 PM IST
Kota admin orders 'anti-suicide device' on ceiling fans to stop student suicidesAuthorities in Kota, a coaching hub in India, have ordered hostels to install a spring device on ceiling fans to prevent students from taki...
18 Aug, 2023, 06.13 PM IST
Getting states to invest more in health is a major challenge: Harsh Vardhan"Health is a subject that requires close coordination with many other sectors, as 80% of determinants of health lie outside of the health d...
20 Jul, 2019, 11.00 PM IST
National Medical Commission Bill gets Cabinet nod, to be introduced in current session of ParliamentThe NMC Bill proposes a common final year MBBS exam, to be known as National Exit Test (NEXT), for admission to post-graduate medical cours...
17 Jul, 2019, 09.02 PM IST
Health Ministry bill proposes scrapping NEET-PG; MBBS final exam enough for admission to MD/MS programmesThe amendment has been incorporated in the revised draft National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill which would be sent to the Cabinet soon, of...
15 Jul, 2019, 09.30 AM IST
4,800 MBBS seats reserved for economically weaker studentsUnion Minister Harsh Vardhan said new medical colleges are being established in under-served districts
12 Jul, 2019, 01.56 PM IST
HC poses 15 questions to Centre, Tamil Nadu government on maternity leaveListing the questions, the court sought to know why it should not declare right of newborn to mother's feeding upto six months exclusively ...
02 Jan, 2018, 09.11 PM IST
Health ministry seeks comments on manner to conduct NEETThe ministry is currently considering options like board specialty-wise NEET (SS), super specialty-wise NEET (SS) and NEET (SS) on the basi...
23 Dec, 2017, 01.18 AM IST
Delhi High Court seeks Centre, police reply on probe plea into illegalities in NEET 2016The court has now listed the matter for further hearing on September 10. The court was hearing the petition filed by Dr Anand Rai, who clai...
21 Aug, 2017, 05.25 PM IST
LG Kiran Bedi pushes for admissions to PG medical course via govt quotaThe surprise inspection by the LG was compelled in view of "repeated complaints" from students who have been coming to Raj Nivas during the...
31 May, 2017, 08.20 AM IST
NEET-PG cut-off slashed amid lack of qualifiers to benefit studentsIn an attempt to bring some relief to the aspirants who wish to pursue postgraduate medical studies, the cut-off for NEET-PG 2017 will be r...
25 May, 2017, 11.09 AM IST
MCI rule on bonus marks for docs in PG courses would apply: Supreme CourtThe pleas filed through lawyer Sahir Hussain, had alleged that the incentive marks were granted to in-service MBBS doctors without even def...
04 May, 2017, 10.23 PM IST
NEET Ordinance gets President Pranab Mukherjee's assent, decks cleared for UG medical admissions by statesDecks were cleared today for exempting state govt medical colleges from the SC-mandated single All India entrance exam for a year with Prez...
24 May, 2016, 06.36 PM IST
Private colleges will also come under the ambit of NEET: J P NaddaOrdinance has given a "firm and statutory" support to the medical entrance test, the students in states will get an opportunity to go for u...
24 May, 2016, 04.35 PM IST