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Topic: MBBS students

Punjab MBBS students call off strike after govt agrees to address stipends & fee demands

The development was announced by Forum of Resident Doctors, Punjab. Over 2,000 students of govt medical colleges in Amritsar, Faridkot & Patiala had been protesting since 7 May.

Discontent brewing since 2020, Punjab MBBS students protest Rs 5 lakh fee hike in 5 yrs, stagnant stipend

Protesters argue that despite rising costs and longer working hours, Punjab govt's support for its young doctors remains inadequate.

Doctors welcome MP’s decision to scrap seat-leaving bond for MBBS students. What the policy entails

Policy mandates students to pay fines worth lakhs to institute they're studying in for leaving course midway. MP's move is being praised, but there are also those who defend the policy.

Rampant mark inflation in NEET — 715 was top score 2 yrs ago, now it can mean 225th rank

Rank inflation is seen even among toppers with 67 candidates getting perfect score of 720. Entire issue is about how much inflation has happened, say NEET stakeholders.

‘I didn’t fail the exam, system failed me’—NEET 2024 students go back to preparing again

NEET 2024 exam has been marred by paper leaks, grace marks, several perfect scores, and a drastic increase in cut-off. The beleaguered medical entrance exam faces its biggest test ever, with the matter now before Supreme Court.

After pushback from South, NMC defers plan to add MBBS colleges & seats according to population

National Medical Commission defers its decision — which effectively restricted the 5 southern states from adding more colleges, seats — to 2025-26 on orders of Union health Ministry.

Bad news for southern states? Why NMC’s ‘100 MBBS seats/10L population’ rule has doctors & netas talking

National Medical Commission rule, to be enforced next academic year, will restrict Andhra, Kerala, Telangana etc from opening new institutes or increasing MBBS seats as they exceed ratio.

Why medical college teachers without MBBS are protesting against NMC’s faculty norms

There are nearly 3,000 MSc & PhD holders across medical colleges who teach non-clinical subjects to MBBS students. Medical education regulator has reduced their allotted numbers.

MBBS seats rose 110% in 10 yrs, number of medical aspirants up by over 14 lakh, govt tells LS

The information was provided by MoS (education) Subhas Sarkar in response to questions raised by YSR Congress leader Y.S. Avinash Reddy & TDP MP Jayadev Galla in Parliament.

NExT for 2020 MBBS batch: Health Ministry urges NMC to issue new notification, fix ‘discrepancies’

The government has asked the NMC to defer the National Exit Test from 2024 to 2025 in the wake of protests from 2019-batch MBBS students.

On Camera

In Bihar, BJP is courting upper castes—a clear shift from its 2020 strategy

With two parties led by Dalit leaders now part of NDA, the BJP is hopeful of winning a large number of reserved constituencies.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.