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3 of its teaching doctors linked to Red Fort blast, Faridabad’s Al-Falah medical school under NMC lens

Al-Falah University in Faridabad is under scrutiny after staff members at its medical school—Umar Mohammad, Muzammil Shakeel and Shaheen Shahid—were linked to the Red Fort blast.

‘Calculated step’, or ‘disastrous’ in long run? NMC relaxes medical faculty recruitment norms

Norms unveiled 5 July are a major step towards unlocking existing human resource potential within govt health systems & optimising medical education infra, says Commission.

SC strongly slams NMC’s ‘both hands intact’ rule for MBBS aspirants with disability. What it said

The top court’s criticism of rules for admission to medical courses came during the hearing of a case of an aspirant with 58% disability. Court has asked NMC to issue revised guidelines.

What could really be behind govt’s decision of lowering NEET PG cut-off

Govt has allowed General & Economically Weaker Section (EWS) candidates with 15 percentile and reserved category students with just 10 percentile in NEET PG to register for counselling.

NMC decides to hold NEET-UG in pen & paper mode again this year. Not online, as govt panel advised

NTA, which conducts NEET-UG 2025, advises candidates to use APAAR ID for registration. Meanwhile, students and coaches ask why Radhakrishnan panel’s recommendations were ignored.

Admit 100 patients in 15 days, or else…Mathura medical college’s order to make PG doctors ‘work hard’

Circular issued by administration of Krishna Mohan Medical College & Hospital has infuriated PG students at institution and become a major talking point among residents nationwide.

3,200 new MBBS seats approved, but NMC goes back on new faculty & infra norms for medical colleges

Seats have been permitted based on MSR-UG 2020 and not MSR-UG 2023 that nearly doubled hospital beds, faculty & patients required to set up new colleges or increase seats in existing ones.

Advertisement norms for doctors, corporate hospitals can’t be different, says NMC panel

NMC panel agrees on provisions prescribing 'ethical standards' for ads by healthcare institutions, extending norms applicable to doctors.

Govt advisory on ICU doctors without speciality in critical care medicine sparks row

Federation of Resident Doctors Association is the second body after Medico-Legal Society of India to oppose first-ever ICU guidelines issued by health ministry in December 2023. 

NMC, health ministry not on same page over minimum standards for medical colleges

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

On Camera

Why Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella needed a low-budget blog

The site is intended to become a written record of evidence Nadella is a big idea kind of guy. A cynic might call it a kind of intellectual cosplay.

Global economic growth to slow in 2026 as Trump’s tariffs bite, UN says

The global economy is forecast to expand 2.7% this year, down from an estimated 2.8% in 2025. Growth is expected to go back up to 2.9% by 2027.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.