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Clear final MBBS exam in 2 attempts: SC to foreign return medical students

The exams will be in accordance with the existing National Medical Council (NMC) syllabus and guidelines

Updated On: 29 Mar 2023 | 10:51 AM IST

Govt working to level number of medical UG and PG seats in 4 yrs: Mandaviya

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has said the government is working to equal the number of undergraduate and postgraduate medical seats within four years so that all MBBS graduates can pursue PG courses. Speaking at the 13th annual conference of the Global Association of Physicians of Indian origin (GAPIO) here on Saturday, Mandaviya also invited healthcare professionals from the Indian diaspora to invest in research and open hospital chains in the country with "assured business." More than 70 countries will sign hospital-to-hospital, country-to-country and country-to-hospital MoUs at the 'Heal In India, Heal By India' expo to be held in April-May this year, he said. "When we open a dispensary, we also need doctors. Eight years ago, India had 51,000 MBBS seats. Today, we have 1,00,226 under-graduate seats, and post-graduate seats grew from 34,000 to 64,000," the minister said. "We have set a target to make the number of MBBS UG and PG seats equal so that all our doctors get

Updated On: 12 Feb 2023 | 8:41 AM IST

Latest LIVE: Seat belts compulsory for all passengers from Nov 1 in Mumbai

From the Russia-Ukraine conflict to coronavirus cases, catch all the latest developments from India and across the globe here

Updated On: 14 Oct 2022 | 5:08 PM IST

NEET PG Counselling 2022: Round 1 seat resignation facility starts

The candidates, who resign the seat on or before October 10, will be considered for the second round of NEET PG counselling

Updated On: 04 Oct 2022 | 5:52 PM IST

UP NEET PG counselling registration 2022 begins; check details here

UP NEET PG counselling registration 2022 commences from today. Eligible candidates can register themselves on the official website- upneet.gov.in

Updated On: 26 Sep 2022 | 8:26 PM IST

Delhi University admissions 2022: Here's how you can apply this year

The entire admission process will be online and registering on CSAS is mandatory for all candidates seeking admission to Delhi University colleges

Updated On: 12 Sep 2022 | 11:47 PM IST

Maharashtra education society cheated medical aspirants of Rs 65 cr: ED

The money collected from 350 medical aspirants was used for purchasing properties or for personal use by the accused, ED alleged in the charge-sheet recently filed in the money laundering case

Updated On: 23 Jul 2022 | 8:57 PM IST

1,456 seats vacant: SC asks why Centre is playing with med students' lives

The bench asked the MCC to fill the seats, failing which an order might be passed to compensate the students affected by the vacancies.

Updated On: 08 Jun 2022 | 7:57 PM IST

SC asks NMC to frame scheme for MBBS students hit by Covid and Ukraine war

The top court took note of the plight of the student who could not complete the clinical training physically in the Chinese institute due to the pandemic situation

Updated On: 29 Apr 2022 | 11:17 PM IST

Ukraine-returned medical students admitted to Bengal colleges, says Mamata

Banerjee had on March 16 wrote to PM Narendra Modi requesting him to accommodate the medical students who returned from Ukraine in Indian colleges shortly after interacting with them in the city

Updated On: 29 Apr 2022 | 7:56 AM IST

SC allows Tamil Nadu to allocate 50% medical seats to in-service candidates

In a major victory for Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court refused to stay its decision allocating 50 per cent super-specialty seats in government medical colleges to NEET-qualified in-service candidates.

Updated On: 16 Mar 2022 | 2:01 PM IST

HC says students forced to go to Ukraine, points out vacant PG seats

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday remarked that students are forced to go to places such as Ukraine, pointing out the vacant seats in PG medical courses.

Updated On: 16 Mar 2022 | 7:24 AM IST

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What will it take to bring down cost of medical education in India?

What made Indian students travel to Ukraine for studying medicine? The answer is access to quality education at affordable fee. What can be done to bring down the cost of medical education in India?

Updated On: 03 Mar 2022 | 8:15 AM IST

Govt gave nod to 157 new medical colleges since 2014: Health Ministry

"On completion, nearly 16,000 undergraduate medical seats would be added" said the Union Health Ministry.

Updated On: 24 Oct 2021 | 7:15 PM IST

NEET-SS: Centre defends syllabus change, proposes to defer exam to Jan 2022

The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it has decided that NEET Super Speciality exam for 2021 can be deferred by a period of two months and be held on January 10-11, 2022

Updated On: 04 Oct 2021 | 9:58 PM IST

Medical admission: HC asks Centre to make known stand on OBC quota

The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Centre to make known its stand on implementation of OBC reservation under the All India Quota (AIQ)

Updated On: 19 Jul 2021 | 8:25 PM IST

PIL challenges additional medical seats for management quota in Gujarat

A PIL has been filed in the Gujarat High Court against the allocation of 677 additional seats to management quota in the ongoing medical college admission process.

Updated On: 23 Dec 2020 | 9:18 PM IST

230 additional MBBS seats in four Rajasthan medical colleges approved

The National Medical Science Commission has also approved the commencement of Srikalyan Government Medical College, Sikar in the session 2020-21

Updated On: 27 Oct 2020 | 9:38 PM IST

DMK to protest as Guv seeks time to study medical students quota bill

DMK will hold a protest outside the Raj Bhavan to demand Tamil Nadu Governor give his immediate assent to the bill for reservation to government school students in medical college admissions

Updated On: 23 Oct 2020 | 6:36 AM IST

NRI quota in PG Medical & dental courses in pvt colleges not sacrosanct: SC

The NEET PG 2020 examination had been held in January, and the results were declared on January 31, 2020

Updated On: 09 Oct 2020 | 9:59 PM IST