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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicIndian Medical Association

Topic: Indian Medical Association

Maharashtra doctors on strike against govt nod to registration of homeopaths in medical council

Mumbai: Doctors across Maharashtra went on a 24-hour strike on Thursday to protest the government's decision to allow the registration of homeopathic doctors, who...

Why doctors at AIIMS & PGIMER are demanding a deadline for rotatory headship policy

Doctors contend that current system limits growth opportunities & drive fellow colleagues to private sector. They have set 15 August deadline to implement the policy.

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.

On Camera

Chinese don’t want Xi to fall for Trump’s G2 gimmicks—’intentional malice’, potential trap

The central theme emerging from Chinese online discourse is that while Trump may now acknowledge China’s strength and treat it as an equal, this recognition is driven more by fear and strategic anxiety than by genuine intent for collaboration.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.