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Sunday, July 27, 2025
TopicIndian Medical Association

Topic: Indian Medical Association

Dermatologist & ThePrint columnist Dr Deepali Bhardwaj honoured by IMA for exemplary community service

Annual Doctors’ Day award ceremony was held in Delhi Sunday. Dr Bhardwaj is associated with Deepanjan Charitable Trust, providing free care to BPL families, with focus on women’s health.

Are Homeopaths, Ayurvedic practitioners doctors? Grandmaster’s spat with ‘Liver Doc’ revives debate

Vidit Gujrathi-Abby Philips war of words and the debate that followed revives age-old question discussed among practioners of traditional and modern medicine in India.

Doctors fume as ‘Dr BC Roy Memorial Award’ conferred years after prestigious original was discontinued

Instituted in 1962 by the erstwhile MCI, the original award was considered the most coveted for the medical fraternity in the country but was discontinued in 2019.

India has the digital edge to track female foeticide—record pregnancies, put families on radar

IMA president Dr RV Asokan’s statement calling for the legalisation of prenatal gender determination is more than just IMA’s obligation to ensure doctors’ ease of doing business.

No duty room for 45% doctors on night shifts, safety measures worse in govt hospitals, says IMA survey

Survey sought responses by 3,885 doctors—both from public & private hospitals—from 22 states & UTs. Nearly 80% of those surveyed were junior doctors, who are mostly on night duties.

Indian Medical Association suspends membership of ex-RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh amid CBI probe

Dr RV Asokan, national president of the Indian Medical Association, took suo-motu cognizance amid grievances put up against Ghosh in dealing with rape-murder at the Kolkata hospital.

No central law in pipeline for protection of healthcare personnel, says health ministry

Health ministry has issued order to increase security by 25% in all central govt medical hospitals. States have laws to protect healthcare workers, says a senior health official.

IMA condemns Kolkata rape-murder case, to halt non-emergency services on 17 August for 24 hours

According to the medical association, OPDs and elective surgeries across the country will be halted starting 6 am. They also sought the safety of doctors.

‘Defensive medicine, risk aversion’ — why doctors are on edge over new law on death by negligence

Under IPC, punishment for death due to negligence by doctors entailed either financial penalty or imprisonment, but under new law, jail term is mandatory.

Alliance of India’s 26 top drugmakers opposes generic drug substitution at Janaushadhi Kendras

Leading drugmakers express apprehension over CDSCO’s proposal to permit generic alternatives for key medications, emphasizing the risk of compromised drug quality.

On Camera

A year after Bangladesh’s Monsoon Revolution, a parched summer looms ahead

Mob violence, Islamist rise, and political collapse haunt Bangladesh after Sheikh Hasina’s ouster. Can April 2026 elections restore order?

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.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.