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TopicNational Medical Commission Bill

Topic: National Medical Commission Bill

SubscriberWrites: Replacing Hippocratic oath with Charak Shapath redundant. Oaths do not ensure ethics

Oath, in whatever form or language, is useless unless one who takes it, follows the same in letters and in spirit, writes Sibu K Das

Indian healthcare needs foreign medical graduates. Draft rules do just the opposite

National Medical Commission’s overtly stringent draft regulations will end up creating a new set of barriers for graduates who have done MBBS in foreign universities.

National Medical Commission proposes new rules, likely to abolish 5-acre land requirement

The regulations proposed to reduce the minimum bed requirement for a medical college & make skill labs mandatory. NMC has sought feedback from stakeholders by 19 October.

YV Reddy questions Fin Commission mandate on defence funding, K Sujatha Rao on new medical bill

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Lok Sabha passes National Medical Commission Bill, replaces MCI with new body

BJP leader Mahesh Sharma said the 1956 India Medical Council Act has completely failed to fulfil aspirations of the people and had become a den of corruption.

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Pakistan will regret letting the Army back in

While the "establishment" has enjoyed a large share of power, last week's constitutional amendments gave Army chief Asim Munir additional powers and lifelong immunity from prosecution.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.