Convicts freed early, ragging victim’s father slams system
August 18th, 2012 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 18 (IANS) Four medical students who were convicted of ragging Aman Kachroo to death in a Himachal Pradesh college, are out of jail before completing the four-year rigorous ... Read more...
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Court seeks CBI’s response to Ramadoss bail plea
July 20th, 2012 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) A special court Friday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file reply on the bail application of former health minister Anbumani Ramadoss ... Read more...
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11,000 doctors to graduate in Cuba
July 12th, 2012 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, July 12 (IANS) Cuba will see about 11,000 would-be doctors from 60 countries and regions graduate from its colleges this month, the official Granma daily reported.According to Granma, 5,315 ... Read more...
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Ramadoss appears in graft case, moves bail plea
July 10th, 2012 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Former health minister Anbumani Ramadoss, accused in a corruption case, appeared in a special court here Tuesday and moved his bail application.Ramadoss appeared before ... Read more...
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Goa college files complaint after forged letters surface
June 9th, 2012 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 9 (IANS) Goa's only medical college, the Goa Medical College (GMC), has filed a police complaint in the wake of unidentified persons circulating forged letters to aspiring medical ... Read more...
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Kerala IT firm launches software for medical professionals
June 4th, 2012 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi (Kerala), June 4 (IANS) City-based Coresys Infotech Monday launched eClinician, the mobile version of its clinical decision support system (CDSS) on Android software, which will help medical professionals diagnose ... Read more...
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More medical research needed: Azad
April 28th, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 28 (IANS) More medical research was needed in the country to position it among the global best, union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Saturday and also asked ... Read more...
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Mexican doctor criticised for OT photos on Facebook
April 20th, 2012 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, April 20 (IANS/EFE) The Mexican social media has been buzzing with criticism of an anaesthesiologist who mocked patients by posting humiliating operating room photos on her Facebook ... Read more...
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Petition to close down Mossad quashed
April 19th, 2012 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, April 18 (IANS) The Israeli Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking to close down the country's spy agency Mossad.The petition was filed by a man, identified only ... Read more...
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British Muslims boycott medical lectures on evolution
November 28th, 2011 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 28 (IANS) Muslim medical students in Britain are boycotting lectures on evolution because they say those clash with the holy Quran, a media report said Monday.An increasing number ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh’s junior doctors call off strike
November 20th, 2011 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Nov 20 (IANS) The Junior Doctors Association (JUDA) in Madhya Pradesh have called off their seven-day-long strike after meeting Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, an official said Sunday.At the ... Read more...
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Medical students attempt suicide over low marks
September 3rd, 2011 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kanpur, Sep 3 (IANS) Depressed over their poor performance in exams, three MBBS students of a government medical college here attempted suicide by consuming sleeping pills, police said Saturday. Their ... Read more...
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Bedlam in Tripura assembly over July protests
September 2nd, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 2 (IANS) The mysterious death of a youth and police baton-charge on Congress protesters in July led to an uproar in the Tripura assembly on the first day ... Read more...
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Traders, students join Anna’s protest in Chhattisgarh
August 18th, 2011 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 18 (IANS) The protests in support of anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare got a fillip in Chhattisgarh Thursday as traders, lawyers and even engineering and medical students joined rallies ... Read more...
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Ragging accused sent to judicial custody
August 6th, 2011 - 1:28 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 5 (IANS) Three students of an engineering college in Himachal Pradesh arrested for ragging newcomers were sent to judicial custody for three days by a local court, police ... Read more...
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Three students held for ragging in Himachal
August 4th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 4 (IANS) Three students of an engineering college in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh were arrested Thursday for ragging, police said.Avinash Chaudhary, Ankush Kumar and Abhinav Thakur, all ... Read more...
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Cop suspended for attacking journalists (Lead)
July 26th, 2011 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 26 (IANS) A Tripura police officer was suspended and another transferred for the baton attack on journalists and some Congress activists, an official said Tuesday.A dozen journalists and ... Read more...
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Tripura cop suspended for baton-charge at journalists
July 26th, 2011 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 26 (IANS) The Tripura government suspended a police official and transferred another for the baton attack on journalists and some activists of the opposition Congress earlier this month, ... Read more...
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Tripura journalist attempts self-immolation
July 21st, 2011 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 20 (IANS) A journalist of a vernacular daily in Tripura Wednesday attempted self-immolation in front of the police headquarters here demanding reimbursement of his medical expenses.Kazi Plaban, reporter ... Read more...
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Tripura journalists protest police baton assault
July 19th, 2011 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 19 (IANS) Journalists in Tripura Tuesday organised sit-in demonstrations in Agartala and different places of the state, demanding suspension of police officials who allegedly led a police ... Read more...
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Omega-3 eases anxiety among young
July 14th, 2011 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 14 (IANS) Consuming more fish oil seems to significantly ease anxiety and inflammation among healthy young people.Inflammation is the way the body reacts to infection, irritation or other ... Read more...
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Life in Tripura crippled as Left, Congress call shut-down
July 13th, 2011 - 2:53 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 13 (IANS) Life in Tripura was crippled by a 12-hour strike called by the ruling Left Front and the opposition Congress Wednesday following a series of clashes between ... 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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10 killed after suicide bombers storm police station in southeastern Afghanistan
May 22nd, 2011 - 8:25 pm ICT by BNO News
KABUL (BNO NEWS) -- Seven security officials and three suicide bombers were killed on Sunday during clashes at the traffic police station in southeastern Afghanistan, officials said.Pajhwok news agency reported that four ... Read more...
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UK docs, medical students’ academic performance varies by ethnicity
March 9th, 2011 - 6:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 9 (ANI): A new study has found that UK trained doctors and medical students from minority ethnic groups tend to underperform academically compared with their white counterparts.This attainment gap has ... Read more...
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Che Guevara’s motorcycle companion dead
March 6th, 2011 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
London, March 6 (IANS) Alberto Granado, the motorcycle companion of Ernesto Che Guevara, has died in Cuba at the age of 88, BBC reported.Cuban state media reported that Granado died ... Read more...
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Healthcare needs to reach the poor: Planning Commission
March 5th, 2011 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) All the advancements in the domestic healthcare sector notwithstanding, the key challenge lies in meeting the needs of the underprivileged, Planning Commission member Syeda Hameed ... Read more...
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Aurangabad Medical College vandalized over poor facilities
February 22nd, 2011 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
Aurangbad, Feb.22 (ANI): Medical students in Aurangabad vandalized their college and hostel property while protesting against the lack of facilities in campus.The students of the government run institution complained that college provided ... Read more...
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Obama’s doctor coming up with new hospital in Kolkata
January 7th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Pradipta Tapadar
Kolkata, Jan 7 (IANS) A Kolkata-born doctor, who is part of the medical team that treats US President Barack Obama, has decided to do his bit for his native ... Read more...
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Kashmiri teacher says passage scientific, not obscene
December 24th, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 24 (IANS) A Kashmir University teacher who has been booked for setting what police call "an obscene question paper" Friday said he did not commit any crime and simply took ... Read more...
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Shocked Swedish medical students given teacher’s body at first autopsy
December 18th, 2010 - 6:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 18 (ANI): Students at one of Sweden's top medical schools were left in shock after they were given the body of a late teacher in their first ever autopsy.According to ... Read more...
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Kachru ragging death: Convict moves high court
December 1st, 2010 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Dec 1 (IANS) Three weeks after a Dharamsala court held four senior medical students guilty and sentenced them to four years' rigorous imprisonment in the Aman Kachru ragging-to-death case, one of ... Read more...
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Kachru ragging: Guilty get four years’ rigorous imprisonment (Second Lead)
November 11th, 2010 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 11 (IANS) A court here Thursday sent four medical students, found guilty of ragging to death their junior Aman Kachru in March last year, to four years rigorous ... Read more...
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Kachru ragging: Guilty get four years’ jail term
November 11th, 2010 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 11 (IANS) A court here Thursday sent four medical students, found guilty of ragging to death their junior Aman Kachru in March last year, to four years of ... Read more...
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Four convicted in Aman Kachru ragged-to-death case (Lead)
November 11th, 2010 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 11 (IANS) A court here Thursday held four medical students guilty of ragging to death their junior Aman Kachru in March last year.Ajay Verma, Naveen Verma, Abhinav ... Read more...
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