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
India asks its students to verify credentials of Uzbek universities before enrollingIndian students pursuing medical degrees in Uzbekistan are urged to verify university credentials. The Indian Embassy in Tashkent issued an...
04 Apr, 2026, 10.17 PM IST
NMC releases final NEET UG 2026 syllabus, urges students to follow updated curriculumThe National Medical Commission (NMC) has released the final syllabus for NEET (UG) 2026, effective from the 2026-27 academic session. This...
25 Dec, 2025, 11.48 AM IST
B.R. Shetty: How Indian entrepreneur went from Padma Shri honouree to losing his $10 billion healthcare empireB.R. Shetty built a vast healthcare and finance empire from scratch in the UAE. His ventures, including NMC Health and UAE Exchange, achiev...
16 Oct, 2025, 08.20 PM IST
National Medical Commission rules allow complaints against doctors: GovtThe National Medical Commission (NMC) faces criticism for allegedly rejecting patient appeals, despite existing regulations allowing them. ...
04 Aug, 2025, 03.14 PM IST
Pay scale, retirement policy of Delhi AIIMS should be adopted for all medicos to ensure equity: NMCA task force from the National Medical Council suggested implementing AIIMS, Delhi's pay scale and retirement policy nationwide to ensure f...
15 Aug, 2024, 05.15 PM IST
PG medical counselling to be done only through online mode: NMCThe National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued the "Post-Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023," announcing that all rounds of cou...
07 Jan, 2024, 03.54 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
After SC's order, Deemed universities abolish NRI quota, move seats to open categorySeveral medical institutions have scrapped the NRI (non-resident Indian) quota and reduced the number of seats available in the NRI categor...
27 Jul, 2023, 04.28 PM IST
Supreme Court seeks details from Centre about Ukraine-returned medical students who have availed academic mobility programmeThe Centre said it cannot accommodate the medical students studying in universities of Ukraine, who have returned to the country due to war...
11 Nov, 2022, 07.46 PM IST
Efforts underway to conduct NExT for medical students in 2023 first half; mock-run likely in 2022The National Exit Test (NExT) will be a common eligibility and entrance exam for admission to post-graduate medical courses and for obtaini...
30 Jul, 2021, 05.10 PM IST
Process of setting up National Medical Commission likely to be over in FebThe NMC Act, which seeks to usher in mega reforms in the medical education sector, received the assent of the president on August 8 and was...
12 Jan, 2020, 03.39 PM IST
NMC, autonomous boards to come up within six months: Harsh VardhanUnion health minister Harsh Vardhan said that the government will be constituting the National Medical Commission, the Medical Advisory Cou...
11 Aug, 2019, 10.16 AM 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
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
Even NMC officials want total ban on plaster of paris idolsThe Nagpur Municipal Corporation's (NMC) draft policy on idols made of plaster of paris (PoP) has triggered a huge debate.
10 Jul, 2013, 01.22 AM IST