While in 2016, SC had fixed May 31 as the last date to complete the process, several medical colleges that Outlook spoke to confirmed that the NMC’s inspection continued way beyond the deadline.
The Centre informed the Supreme Court that the changes in the pattern of the NEET-Super Speciality examination will be implemented from next academic year 2022-23.
To meet the challenges posed by Covid, health infrastructure is required to be augmented rapidly. Some estimates suggest that there are about 100, 000 foreign medical graduates (FMGs) in the country.
National Medical Commission must give 30 days time for state governments, medical professionals and the general public to give their views on the new MBBS admission rules. It has not done so.
The NMC Act says that it is a 32-member body and all decisions will be made by voting of the majority of its members.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.