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Topic: AIIMS

NITI Aayog pitches for enactment of National Medical Commission Bill 2017

The need for the bill arose due to failure of Medical Council of India and the Nursing Council of India to ensure availability and quality of health professionals.

Bombay High Court junks PIL seeking health status of Manohar Parrikar in public domain

The court termed the petition as a half-hearted attempt to make serious inroads in the territory of privacy of an individual. 

With Manohar Parrikar indisposed, BJP concerned about ‘go Goa gone’

BJP’s quandary stems from the fact that Parrikar did not groom a second rung and the party has few leaders in Goa who carry adequate weight.

Manohar Parrikar in Delhi’s AIIMS, BJP-led govt in Goa under threat

The man who conjured up a patchwork alliance of diverse political outfits after the 2017 assembly polls in Goa is ill, and BJP is wondering what to do.

Vajpayee’s death has created a void in the Valley, say J&K political leaders

The former PM who passed away Thursday had advocated ‘insaniyat, jamooriyat aur Kashmiriyat’ to resolve issues in Kashmir.

Vajpayee to be cremated at Delhi’s Smriti Sthal Friday afternoon, PMO takes over arrangements

Authorities have been asked to make preparations for a procession of up to 20 lakh people, given the former PM’s popularity.

New way to predict heart attacks: A high-resolution camera that peeps into your arteries

The procedure, called OCT, is done in addition to a normal angiography, and produces a three-dimensional image from inside the heart.

As India mourns legendary Neeraj, is the era of poetry over in Bollywood music?

Experts weigh in on the art of poetry in Bollywood songs

India gets ready for first healthcare centre for the aged

PM Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of National Centre for Ageing at the AIIMS in New Delhi today. Another centre is coming up in Chennai.

Rahul Gandhi, before you sermonise on Vajpayee, look how you treated Narasimha Rao

The Congress has never bothered to credit Narsimha Rao for the massive liberalisation of the trade and investment policy in 1991.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.