National Medical Council relaxes medical faculty rulesIndia's medical education is set for a big change. The National Medical Council has new rules. These rules allow more experienced doctors t...
06 Jul, 2025, 02.36 PM IST
35,819 candidates take foreign medical graduate exam: Health ministryNew Delhi: Over 35,000 candidates took the FMGE to practice medicine, said the Union health ministry. Conducted by NBEMS at 71 centres in 2...
06 Jul, 2024, 07.34 PM IST
India's doctor-population ratio of 1:854 better than WHO standard of 1:1000: MoS tells LS"Assuming 80 per cent availability of registered allopathic doctors and 5.65 lakh AYUSH doctors, the doctor-population ratio in the country...
22 Jul, 2022, 09.04 PM IST
West Bengal decides to do away with RMO post, appoint doctors as assistant professors insteadTo date in West Bengal, SR posts were under 'bond services' for a period of three years and in case the bond was flouted, the doctor concer...
23 Nov, 2021, 01.28 PM IST
Higher education institutions to open for final year students from Oct 4: Kerala CM Pinarayi VijayanKerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan further said that class 10 and 12 students' education was very important and therefore, school teach...
07 Sep, 2021, 09.11 PM IST
On duty: Final-year medical students and pre-PG doctorsPM Modi took several important decisions on Monday, including allowing the deployment of final-year MBBS students for teleconsultations and...
04 May, 2021, 06.44 AM IST
PM takes key decisions to boost availability of medical personnel to fight COVID-19The PMO said in a statement on Monday that the services of final year MBBS students can also be utilised for providing services like tele-c...
03 May, 2021, 04.56 PM IST
Exempt IITs from reservation in faculty recruitment: Expert panelThe eight-member committee comprising IIT directors was asked to suggest measures on effective implementation of reservation policies not o...
17 Dec, 2020, 09.53 PM IST
New Nursing Act proposed, to have common entrance testThe Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has finalised National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Bill 2020 to replace the Indian Nursing C...
11 Nov, 2020, 09.54 AM IST
Hospitals get PG seats but can’t meet standardsthere have been several cases of hospitals shutting shop or DNB (Diplomate of National Board) programmes having to be shut down for not com...
11 May, 2019, 11.22 AM IST
Government bars six more medical colleges from taking new admissionsThe ministry had earlier disapproved 23 medical colleges for not abiding by the mandatory standards as set by the Medical Council of India ...
30 Jun, 2017, 07.18 PM IST
Engineering colleges may have common admission test from 2018: Prakash JavadekarPrakash Javadekar said the plan for a common entrance for admission to engineering colleges is under review and final decision will be take...
17 May, 2017, 12.48 AM IST
Pay panel suggests two entry-level grades for centrally-funded technical institutesThe committee has also recommended parity of the elite IITs and IIMs with NITs, IISERs and other institutes asking for the same salary for ...
19 Apr, 2017, 12.16 AM IST
Indian universities nowadays going abroad for headhuntingDeemed private varsities like Amrita University believe in meeting potential candidates during their chancellor's trips abroad.
28 Sep, 2016, 11.26 AM IST
SC/ST/OBC seats in AIIMS faculty not being filled up: SP MPThe SP leader said while some appointments from these sections were done during the tenure of the previous Director, the "mindset" is now a...
10 Dec, 2014, 02.31 PM IST
Delhi High Court comes to the aid of admissison-seekers in MBBS/BDS coursesThe Delhi High Court today came to the rescue of students who could not apply for the admission despite clearing the NEET for MBBS/BDS cour...
19 Jul, 2013, 10.46 PM IST
- MA degree makes IPS officer 'fit' for AIIMS PhD
Can a Master of Arts (MA) degree in archaeology make you eligible for a PhD in forensics at AIIMS? Yes, if the candidate is AIIMS's own dep...
23 Jan, 2009, 09.44 AM IST