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Lower NEET-PG cut-off won’t dilute merit, 95k more candidates eligible after revision, govt body tells SC

Cut-off reduced to ensure that post-graduate medical seats don't go vacant, the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) said. SC is hearing a PIL on the matter.

10-month-old Aalin became Kerala’s youngest organ donor. Why cases like hers are rare in India

The infant’s kidneys transplanted into 10-year-old on dialysis; liver saves 7-month-old. Doctors say paediatric deceased donation remains uncommon due to medical & institutional gaps.

Autistic people don’t lack emotions. They feel joy differently

The majority of autistic people have sensory processing differences, compared to non-autistic people. This includes finding many of the spaces of modern living painfully loud, bright, and overly populated.

Nipah: Why latest outbreaks of the deadly virus have remained localised

A 25-year-old nurse died of cardiac arrest 2 days after testing negative for Nipah. Doctors say she died of a secondary lung infection she picked up in the CCU. No spread of Nipah, say doctors.

The new face of AIIMS: India’s first face transplant programme and how it can change lives

The surgery involves harvesting skin, blood vessels, nerves and sometimes bone from a brain-dead donor and transplanting them to a recipient. Donor matching, lifelong follow-up are key challenges.

South Asians eat better, yet have higher risk of diabetes, heart disease by 45. US study flags paradox

Researchers followed nearly 2,700 adults aged 45 to 55 over a decade, drawing data from two long-running cohort studies, find mismatch between healthier lifestyle and clinical risk.

India’s digital de-addiction centres getting busier. AI to aid early detection, ‘relapse always a risk’

As India’s digital footprint expands, more and more people are grappling with non-substance addictions like excessive internet use, gaming, smartphone and social media dependence.

Lancet study links obesity to 1 in 10 infection deaths globally. What it means for India

Study analysed data from over 540,000 adults in Finland and the UK. To study worldwide estimates, the researchers then used global data from the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) Study.

A US man lived two days without lungs. Why it can revolutionise transplant practice

In India, infection-driven severe lung failure is common. Pneumonia, TB, air-pollution-related diseases make respiratory illness one of country’s leading causes of hospitalisation.

An ultrasound a day from a doctor far far away: How AIIMS Delhi reached India’s Antarctic station

Feasibility trials are complete and the team, comprising individuals from AIIMS, IIT Delhi, IHFC, and NCPOR plans to build its own medical-grade robot in the next phase.

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Life in Delhi isn’t easy for Northeast Indians. Racism is always round the corner

Racism is a problem for privileged mainlanders only when it's meted out to them abroad. In their own backyard, it's normalised as 'I was just kidding. Chill yaar'.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

IAF’s Tejas fleet undergoes ‘maintenance check’, decision on airframe yet to be taken

The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.