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Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Centre's AIIMS move ignores many red flags

The group of secretaries had asked the government to instead focus on getting these AIIMS up and running.

5 Feb 2017 1:27 AM IST

CBSE had rescheduled the board exam dates by nine days due to upcoming Assembly elections in five states- Punjab, Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

NEET 2017 to be counted as first attempt: CBSE

Significantly, data pertaining to applications already rejected will be erased so that rejected applications can be...

4 Feb 2017 5:07 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Government notifies medical devices rules

Arun Jaitley had announced formulating new rules for medical devices, which would help in reducing costs of devices.

3 Feb 2017 2:37 AM IST

Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley (Photo: PTI)

Union Budget 2017: Two new AIIMS for Jharkhand, Gujarat

The budget estimate for 2017-2018 at Rs 47,352.51 crore saw an increase of 27.76 per cent.

2 Feb 2017 4:25 AM IST

The copies of Economic Survey 2016-17 being brought at Parliament for tabling in the houses on the first day of the budget session in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Healthcare expected to get Rs 45, 000 crore in Budget

Upgradation of over 80 district hospitals to medical colleges are likely to be some of other highlights this health...

1 Feb 2017 2:28 AM IST

CCTVs set up in South Delhi areas like Hauz Khas.

Install CCTVs in classes: MCI to medical colleges

Students and teachers will be subjected to permanent surveillance as MCI could use footage to make judgements on lesson...

30 Jan 2017 1:34 AM IST

Last year, 14,91,371 students had taken the Class X exams while 16,67,573 students would take the exam this year. (Photo: Representational Image)

Now, demand to include Urdu in Neet language list

The new demand of inclusion of Urdu has sent the Union health ministry in a tizzy.

28 Jan 2017 5:29 AM IST

Biometric security at airports

MCI gears up to track fake medical teachers

Biometric facility will be must to mark attendance.

27 Jan 2017 1:14 AM IST

Niti Aayog had earlier proposed doing away with the distinction between plan and non-plan expenditure.

Now, ministries told to put cap on expenditure

Ministries will have to specify schemes and non-schemes instead of plan and non-plan.

24 Jan 2017 1:11 AM IST

Government is all set to introduce two major vaccines the measles-rubella (MR) and pneumococcal in the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP).

Two new vaccines to tackle under-5 mortality rate

As per the government statistics, the rubella infection approximately affects 25,000 children every year in India.

22 Jan 2017 2:12 AM IST

Aspirants can now write the exam in eight regional languages Gujarati, Bengali, Assamese, Tamil, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada and Odia, other than Hindi and English. (Representational Image)

Odia, Kannada added to NEET list after furore

Karnataka and Odisha had said students would be at disadvantage if the exam was not held in their regional languages.

21 Jan 2017 7:10 AM IST

Currently, under the governments tuberculosis control programme, seven to eight drugs are dispensed to patients three times a week.

Government plans nutritional support for TB patients

The body needs healthy nutrients more than ever during TB infection.

20 Jan 2017 1:25 AM IST