CCPA slaps Rs 15 lakh penalty on two coaching institutes for misleading ads on JEE, NEET resultsConsumer protection regulator CCPA has fined Motion Education and Career Line Coaching for misleading ads. These institutes published ads a...
15 May, 2026, 03.02 PM IST
He planned Rs 1.4 crore wedding by selling family land: CA asks if 'years of wealth' should be lost for 'two days of celebration'A viral Reddit post about a family considering selling ancestral land to fund a Rs 1.4 crore wedding has sparked debate online after Bengal...
12 May, 2026, 07.05 PM IST
AI transforming healthcare, but human empathy is irreplaceable: President MurmuPresident Droupadi Murmu addressed the first convocation at AIIMS Rajkot. She highlighted the rapid advancements in AI and digital health t...
13 Apr, 2026, 07.53 PM IST
IMA seeks specialist-only prescriptions amid misuse risks and cheap generics of GLP-1 weight-loss drugsThe Indian Medical Association is seeking government intervention to regulate GLP-1 weight-loss drugs. Concerns are rising over their misus...
25 Mar, 2026, 10.20 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
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
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
Russia-Ukraine war may push medical students to Germany, Spain & UKPursuing MBBS in Bangladesh and Nepal costs a tad higher at around Rs 40-50 lakh for the entire duration, while it is Rs 55-60 lakh in Spai...
05 Mar, 2022, 11.40 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
Sanction to prosecute Hurriyat leader, eight others sought in MBBS seat 'sale'At least four people were arrested by the CIK in August and it also named two of their accomplices who are at present in Pakistan and its o...
07 Nov, 2021, 12.47 PM IST
The money one needs to shell out to become a doctor in IndiaPrime Minister Modi inaugurated nine medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh this week. This is a drop in the ocean, though; all put together wil...
01 Nov, 2021, 10.08 AM IST
Mumbai: Nagpada tailor’s ‘dwarf’ daughters rise above obstacles, crack NEETThe sisters who live with their three other siblings and parents—father Ahsanullah is a tailor and mother Rukhsar a homemaker—in the crowde...
29 Nov, 2020, 12.56 PM 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
Training 'quacks' could help counter doctor shortage: StudyIncidentally, the 2001 census had found that only 19% of 'doctors' in rural areas had an MBBS degree. That situation is said to have change...
12 Oct, 2016, 11.34 AM IST
Government clears 10,000 more MBBS seats to address shortage of doctorsOf the Rs 10,000 crore proposal, the Centre would bear Rs 7,500 crore and state/Union Territory's share will be Rs 2,500 crore.
09 Jan, 2014, 10.23 PM IST
Proposal to raise number of MBBS seats in CCEA tomorrowA proposal for increasing the number of MBBS seats is slated for consideration of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs here tomorrow.
08 Jan, 2014, 09.40 PM IST