Opthamologists bemoan deterioration in the field
September 2nd, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Sep 2 (IANS) At the National Continuous Medical Education (NCME) programme here Sunday, opthamologists stressed the need to concentrate on general eye problems of patients.Speaking in the National Continuous ... Read more...
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Finalise rural medical course, court tells MCI (Lead)
August 10th, 2012 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Medical Council of India (MCI) to finalise within six weeks the curriculum for starting a three-and-half years course ... Read more...
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Finalise content of rural medical course, court tells MCI
August 9th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Medical Council of India (MCI) to finalise within six weeks the curriculum for starting a three-and-half year course ... Read more...
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Court asks MCI to grant additional seats in Telangana colleges
July 13th, 2012 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 13 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh High Court Friday directed the Medical Council of India (MCI) to grant 50 additional MBBS seats each to three medical colleges under ... Read more...
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Zero in exam? In Andhra, you can still get admission
July 7th, 2012 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 7 (IANS) They may have handed over blank papers but they have still qualified for admission into professional degree courses in Andhra Pradesh. Unbelievable but true, say officials.Twenty-two ... Read more...
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CBI court issues warrant against Ramadoss
July 7th, 2012 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Saturday issued a bailable warrant against former health minister Anbumani Ramadoss over corruption charges.CBI Special Judge ... Read more...
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Judge recuses herself from hearing plea against doctors strike
June 22nd, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday could not take up a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to declare that the proposed doctors' strike June 25 was illegal ... Read more...
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Lack of brickbats would have surprised me: Unapologetic Aamir Khan (Interview) (Lead)
June 7th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Aamir Khan says he would have been extremely surprised if he didn't receive brickbats for the issues he highlights on his debut TV show ... Read more...
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I’ve not insulted medical profession: Aamir Khan (Interview)
June 7th, 2012 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Pats and brickbats - Aamir Khan was prepared for it all when he set out to discuss burning issues in his debut TV ... Read more...
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CBI seeks time to submit sanction against public servant
May 16th, 2012 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday requested a Delhi court to provide it with more time to submit proper sanction of prosecution against ... Read more...
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Parliament passes MCI amendment bill
May 10th, 2012 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Parliament Wednesday passed the Medical Council of India (MCI) amendment bill after the Rajya Sabha adopted the motion for its passage following Health Minister ... Read more...
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MCI bill introduced in Rajya Sabha
May 9th, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The central government Wednesday introduced in the Rajya Sabha a bill to extend by another year the tenure of the board of governors of the ... Read more...
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BJP to move privilege notice against Azad (Lead)
May 7th, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday said it would move a privilege notice against Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad for ... Read more...
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CBI files chargesheet against Ramadoss
April 27th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday filed a chargesheet against former union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss for abusing his official position in favouring ... Read more...
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No experiments on animals in colleges: Environment ministry
April 18th, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The ministry of environment and forests has issued guidelines to stop experimentation on animals for training undergraduate and post-graduate students in colleges and to instead ... Read more...
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Contempt notice to central government, Medical Council
February 28th, 2012 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday issued a contempt notice to the central government and the Medical Council of India (MCI) for failing to comply with ... Read more...
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Dieticians demand a dietetic council for India
October 28th, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Dieticians from all across India have approached the health ministry for constituting a regulatory body for dieticians that will monitor the existing practices in the ... Read more...
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Court revokes order for extra seats in medical colleges
October 13th, 2011 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday set aside its earlier order directing the Medical Council of India (MCI) to grant an increase in the additional intake ... Read more...
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Include child abuse treatment in medical courses: Activists
October 10th, 2011 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Diagnosing and psychologically healing child abuse cases should be included in the basic medical training of doctors and nurses, child rights activists said here Monday."Child ... Read more...
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Court terms MBBS admission criteria irrational
September 25th, 2011 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 25 (IANS) The Gauhati High Court has found the Medical Council of India (MCI) eligibility criterion for MBBS aspirants from the scheduled castes and tribes "irrational and in ... Read more...
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40 Indians with Philippines medical degree move court
September 5th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) A group of 40 Indian students, who obtained the doctor of medicine degree from the Philippines, Monday moved the Delhi High Court after the Medical ... Read more...
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Centre refuses to reduce eligibility marks for tribals, SC students
August 26th, 2011 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 26 (IANS) The Union health ministry has refused to further ralax the eligibility for northeastern tribal and scheduled caste (SC) students for admission to medical colleges, a Tripura ... Read more...
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Over 3,000 Indian doctors migrated in three years
August 16th, 2011 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Over 3,000 Indian doctors have migrated in the last three years either for higher education or for prestigious assignments, the Rajya Sabha was informed Tuesday.In ... Read more...
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‘Relax MBBS eligibility for northeast tribal students’
August 7th, 2011 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 7 (IANS) The Tripura government and opposition parties have urged the central government and the Medical Council of India (MCI) to further relax eligibility criteria for admission ... Read more...
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Court raps medical college for easing attendance norms
July 6th, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday rapped the Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) here for allowing its students with barely 30 percent attendance to appear in ... Read more...
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Medical students in Shillong back to classes after stir
July 5th, 2011 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, July 5 (IANS) Medical students of the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute for Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) here in Meghalaya Tuesday resumed their normal classes after a ... Read more...
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MBBS students call off agitation in Meghalaya
July 5th, 2011 - 1:01 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jul 4 (IANS) Students of the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute for Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) here Monday called off their indefinite strike, on its eighth day, ... Read more...
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Court questions Delhi University on medical admissions
July 3rd, 2011 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has questioned the Delhi University (DU) on a plea challenging an allegedly discriminatory residence criteria laid down by it for candidates ... Read more...
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NGO seeks action against ’sex change’ doctors
June 27th, 2011 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) An NGO Monday Monday demanded stern action against doctors involved in the alleged surgical sex change of girls in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city."Stringent actions have ... Read more...
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MCI board of governors reconstituted
May 13th, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The board of governors for the Medical Council of India (MCI) was reconstituted Friday as the term of the present board expires Saturday, an ... Read more...
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MCI moots reforms in medical courses, exams
March 30th, 2011 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) A common entrance test for all undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses, a licenciation exam after internship and a new M.Med. course for medical graduates are ... Read more...
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Ketan Desai’s election to Gujarat University senate challenged
March 28th, 2011 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice on a petition by an NGO challenging the election of Ketan Desai, a former president of the Medical Council ... Read more...
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States urged to adopt measure regulating private clinics
March 15th, 2011 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Tuesday urged state governments to speed up adoption of the Clinical Establishment Bill regulating private clinics.Azad told the Rajya Sabha ... Read more...
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Supreme Court gives nod to single common test for medical courses
March 7th, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 7 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central Government to hold a single eligibility- cum-entrance examination for Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) and post-graduate medical ... Read more...
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Apex court nod for common MBBS entrance test
March 7th, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday paved the way for implementing the Medical Council of India (MCI) notification providing for common entrance test for undergraduate medical courses ... Read more...
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