MCI News

According to the Supreme Court's direction, admissions in all government and private medical colleges in the country have to be done through the centralised counselling system on the basis of NEET examination results.

The MCI on Monday (August 10) issued a public notice saying that the medical qualification obtained from PoK will not be registered in India. The MCI added that persons possessing such certificates will not be allowed to practice modern medicine in India. The MCI move comes months after the Indian Meterological Department (IMD) started to issue the weather updates of the areas that are part of PoK.

The Health Ministry clarified that Indian candidates who intended to obtain medical qualifications from abroad in or after May this year would have to mandatorily qualify the national eligibility-cum-entrance test (NEET).

The level of exertion should be enough to work up a bit of a sweat but doesn't need to be so rigorous that you can't hold a conversation. 

NMC will take over all roles and responsibilities of the MCI.

Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital authorities allegedly fined 54 girl students Rs 25000 each for ragging juniors.

Apart from Singh, those held include Santosh Kumar, a lower division clerk in MCI, and two private persons Susheel Kumar and Sachin Kumar. They were arrested from Delhi.

The Supreme Court on Thursday put on hold till August 22, the counselling for admissions for MBBS and BDS seats in Tamil Nadu, and asked MCI and the state government to find a "balanced" solution to deal with the interests of state board students and those who cleared NEET.

He rejected the argument that trade registration under GST was less and said a record number of registrations have taken place.

The CBSE denied in the Madras High Court that vernacular question papers for NEET 2017 for admission to MBBS and BDS courses were easier than the papers in English.

Days after PM Modi's announcement, the Medical Council of India (MCI) had directed all the hospitals, doctors and state medical council to prescribe generic medicines to patients.

The implication of this directive is huge as India moves to mitigate healthcare costs across the nation.

This move comes few days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged at bringing a legal framework under which generic medicines should be given by the doctors and the healthcare system in India should have an extensive reach so that drugs are made available to all the people.

The Medical Council of India (MCI) has directed some private colleges in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to cancel admissions of around 500 students who had allegedly not appeared for NEET exam last year.

Aerobic activity, such as walking, bicycling or swimming, is good for your health regardless of your age, gender.

 The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has cancelled the admission of 150 students to the MBBS course at a private medical college here.

The findings show a positive causal link between muscle adaptations to progressive resistance training and the functioning of the brain among those over the age of 55 with MCI.

A committee headed by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya would submit its report on scrapping Medical Council of India (MCI) to the government next week in view of the poor regulation of medical education by the body.

Refusing to hear the Centre's plea, the court said it will not pass any further order on NEET.

The first phase of NEET will be conducted on May 1 instead of the scheduled AIPMT; second phase will be held on July 24.