Medical council of India News

Controversy has started once again over the logo of National Medical Commission. Now a ruckus has started among NMC people regarding the color photo of Lord Dhanvantari. BJP leader CT Ravi has given a big statement regarding this controversy.

The Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill that seeks to create National Medical Commission in place of Medical Council of India (MCI) with Health Minister Harsh Vardhan terming it as an "anti-vested interests bill" which will be remembered as one of the greatest reforms brought by the Modi government.

The IMA has strongly opposed the draft Bill that seeks to replace the Medical Council of India with a new body.

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.

The CBI also recovered Rs One Crore from the one of the accused person and increment documents from the retired judge, during raid.

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 Supreme Court on Wednesday has allowed extension of counseling dates for the students who had cleared National Eligibility-cum- Entrance Test (NEET) examination to get admissions in medical and dental courses across the nation.

Around 10.5 lakh students have given the exam in either Hindi or English while around 1.25 lakh to 1.50 lakh students have appeared in eight vernacular languages.

The SC on Wednesday set aside the Allahabad HC's May 29 order which had quashed 50 percent institutional preference in admission to PG medical seats.

IMA office-bearers pointed out that there were also a host of other problems for which they have decided to strike work.

The Tamil Nadu Government Doctors' Association on Sunday informed the Madras High Court of its decision to call off its over two-week stir demanding restoration of 50 per cent reservation for them in admission to postgraduate medical courses in the state.

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.

The Supreme Court will on Friday hear the plea filed by the Students' Islamic Organisation (SIO) for approving Urdu as one of the regional languages to be allowed in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) by the Medical Council of India (MCI).

With a record over 11 lakh students registering for the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to undergraduate medical course, the CBSE on Friday announced 23 more new examination cities taking the total number to 103.