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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
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Topic: National Medical Commission

NMC issues NExT notification — multiple attempts, but must clear all 6 papers in one go for PG seats

NExT, the licentiate examination, is set to be introduced for final year MBBS students from 2024.

Early clinical exposure, thrust on community medicine — all about new MBBS guidelines

On 12 June, National Medical Commission issued new guidelines for UG medical students after 25 years. These aim to be more ‘learner-centric, patient-centric & gender-sensitive’.

2-part exam with focus on clinical training — all we know about NEXT, proposed medical exit test

The test is likely to be conducted from 2024. National Medical Commission has approached govt requesting that AIIMS organise the first NEXT.

40 medical colleges lose recognition for non-compliance with NMC norms, 100 more under lens

The action was taken on account of these institutions not complying with norms as well as lapses pertaining to faculty and security (CCTV) cameras, official sources said.

Medical regulator NMC wants govt to scrap PG equivalence for CPS diplomas that let doctors specialise

If health ministry accepts NMC's recommendation, it could mean fewer PG seats for MBBS doctors in upcoming academic session.

Posing as patient, Chandigarh health secy finds ‘doctor-chemist nexus pushing expensive drugs’ at hospital

Yashpal Garg reached government hospital Saturday night, after receiving several complaints of a doctor-chemist nexus there. Orders probe after finding irregularities.

On Camera

No one should have to choose between a roof and two meals. But India’s migrants do, every day

India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

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.