UG, PG medical seats may increase by around 8,000 this academic year: NMC chiefIndia's medical education landscape is poised for growth, with an expected increase of approximately 8,000 undergraduate and postgraduate s...
20 Aug, 2025, 03.26 PM IST
Govt officials among 34 booked by CBI for manipulation of regulatory framework for medical collegesThe CBI has uncovered a vast network involving health ministry officials, the National Medical Commission, and private medical colleges, al...
04 Jul, 2025, 12.15 PM IST
Canada news industry body backs Google's concerns about ad revenue-sharing lawAlphabet's Google has made a "good faith articulation of legitimate concerns" that the Canadian government should address while finalising ...
13 Oct, 2023, 05.19 PM IST
Canada news industry body backs Google's concerns about online news lawNews Media Canada (NMC), a Canadian news industry body, has expressed support for some of Google's concerns regarding a new law that requir...
13 Oct, 2023, 11.04 AM IST
Generics-only policy makes sense only when targeted at pharmacists, not doctorsThe generics-only prescription rule does not make sense when quality of drugs remains suspect. Many have pointed outthat the NMC clause wil...
24 Aug, 2023, 11.07 PM IST
National Medical Commission puts proposed 'generic drugs only' regulations on holdThe National Medical Commission (NMC) has suspended the newly proposed regulations that required doctors to prescribe generic drugs or face...
24 Aug, 2023, 07.14 PM IST
Revoke 'generics only' prescription regulation, IMA writes to ministerCiting the Mashelkar Report of 2003, it went on to say that the problems in the regulatory system in the country were primarily due to inad...
22 Aug, 2023, 11.41 PM IST
English language test dashes nurses' hopes of filling UK jobsThe Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the profession's regulatory body, requires overseas trained nurses to sit a language test before t...
02 Dec, 2022, 10.41 AM IST
At least 1,300 Indian students have received Chinese visas, says Chinese foreign ministryIn a regular press briefing, China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said, "As far as I know, despite COVID-19, progress has been...
08 Nov, 2022, 09.45 AM IST
India apprises China of new norms for Indian medical students studying in Chinese colleges to qualify for practice back homeIn September last, the Indian Embassy in Beijing issued a detailed advisory for prospective Indian students wanting to study medicine in Ch...
07 Nov, 2022, 01.29 PM IST
Ukraine-returned medical students cannot be accommodated in Indian universities: Centre tells Supreme CourtAn affidavit by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said, "The prayer seeking transfer of these returnee students to medical colleges...
16 Sep, 2022, 04.56 PM IST
RIL arm to buy battery company Lithium Werks for Rs 468.2 croreLithium Werks is a leading provider of cobalt free and high-performance lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries. LIP batteries, in addition ...
15 Mar, 2022, 12.49 AM IST
Advanced lithium-ion technologies on track for record annual investmentThe investment in advanced lithium-ion technologies was over $600 million for 2018, indicating 2019 to be a record year for expenditure. Th...
28 Oct, 2019, 05.58 PM IST
UAE-based Indian billionaire Shetty hit by double blow in stock marketShetty, 76, a native of Karnataka state in southwest India, moved to Abu Dhabi in 1973 and founded NMC in 1975.
25 Jun, 2019, 09.08 PM IST
Doctors should practice in rural India for one year compulsorily, says Parliamentary committeeSeparately, it also said graduates from government medical colleges must practice in the country for a “minimum compulsory period.”
20 Mar, 2018, 09.51 PM IST
Cabinet okays Bill to replace Medical Council of IndiaThe draft bill provides for the constitution of four autonomous boards entrusted with conducting undergraduate and postgraduate education.
16 Dec, 2017, 08.26 AM IST
Group of Ministers to look into concerns over draft medical commission billThe draft National Medical Commission Bill, 2016, will be placed before the Cabinet after the GoM submits its report, the official added.
16 Mar, 2017, 07.51 PM IST