NMC, ICMR plan to make clinical research part of medical training

NEW DELHI: Medical students in India may soon receive greater exposure to clinical research, ethics, scientific writing and research methodology as part of a new National Medical Commission (NMC)-Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) initiative aimed at integrating research more closely with mainstream medical education and patient care.Artificial Intelligence is expected to become another major…

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‘What is wrong with it?’ On caste census, SC says govt should know number of people in backward class

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition challeging the Centre’s decision to hold caste enumeration as a part of the upcoming Census saying that there was “nothing wrong with it.“A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, justice Joymalya Bagchi and justice Vipul Pancholi was hearing a PIL which argued that…

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‘PM says don’t go abroad, but himself flies in planes worth thousands of crores’: Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his recent call to mitigate the impact of the ongoing global energy crisis by cutting fuel use, postponing foreign travel and avoiding gold purchases, accusing him of burdening common citizens while continuing expensive foreign visits himself.Addressing a…

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How BJP’s Bengal win could affect India-Bangladesh ties

India-Bang​ladesh border​ The recent West Bengal assembly elections received widespread coverage in Bangladesh, as did the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) historic landslide victory, which brought the party to power for the first time in the strategically important eastern border state.The BJP’s success marks the first time since 2014 — when the Narendra Modi government first…

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India rejects claims of human rights violations

NEW DELHI: Faced with questions from Norwegian media about human rights in India, govt strongly rejected allegations of violations, highlighting the country’s constitutional values of justice, liberty and freedom of expression. This was the second time MEA rejected such allegations during PM Modi’s ongoing Europe tour, responding earlier to queries in the Netherlands about Dutch…

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Nordic leaders condemn Pahalgam attack

In a joint statement on Tuesday, PM Narendra Modi and Nordic leaders expressed concern over the Ukraine war, saying it continued to cause immense human suffering and have global consequences. “They will continue to support efforts towards the achievement of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace through dialogue and diplomacy, based on the principles of…

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Standards for fuel blends up to E30 notified

NEW DELHI: Govt has notified a new standard for higher ethanol-petrol blends — E22, E25, E27 and E30 fuels — paving the way for blending of ethanol in petrol beyond the current 20% level. The govt push to increase ethanol blending comes amid reports of availability of surplus ethanol and to reduce crude imports due…

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