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2,61,406 Indians went abroad for studies last year: Government

As many as 2,61,406 Indians went abroad for studies last year as compared to 5,88,931 in 2019, according to government data. In written response to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said that according to data provided by the Bureau of Immigration, 3,71,506 people went abroad for studies in 2016; 4,56,823 in 2017; 5,20,342 in 2018; 5,88,931 in 2019; and 2,61,406 in 2020. Citing the data provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Muraleedharan also informed the House that 1,37,26,945 Indians have travelled overseas in the last five years (January 1, 2016 to March 18, 2021), on an employment visa. He also informed that as on March 22, around 52 lakh people have been repatriated to India under the Vande Bharat Mission. In addition, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has facilitated international travel of people, including those returning to their country of work or residence abroad, taking the total number of people facilitated under the Vande

I-T raids being carried out in medical colleges in Karnataka

Searches are being carried out in various medical colleges in Karnataka by IT sleuths

Maharashtra: Colleges to start with 50% capacity from February 15

Colleges in Maharashtra can start physical classes with 50 per cent capacity from February 15

PM Narendra Modi set to lay foundation stone of AIIMS Rajkot today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to lay the foundation stone of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Rajkot in Gujarat on Thursday via video conferencing

Amit Shah lays foundation stone of medical college, law colleges in Assam

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday laid foundation stone of a medical college and nine law institutes, besides launching two other projects in Assam during his visit to the state

PIL challenges additional medical seats for management quota in Gujarat

A PIL has been filed in the Gujarat High Court against the allocation of 677 additional seats to management quota in the ongoing medical college admission process.

SC refuses reservation in Super Specialty Medical Courses for 2020-21

The Supreme Court Friday refused to permit reservation to doctors for admission in Super Specialty Medical Courses for the academic year 2020-2021.

Odisha govt plans admission in three new medical colleges next year

Odisha has directed officials to complete the building of three new medical colleges by this year and move the Medical Council for necessary permission to commence admission from next academic session

Tamil Nadu govt to set up medical colleges in 11 districts, add 1,650 seats

Palaniswami said the presence of government and private hospitals rendering advanced treatments has made Tamil Nadu as India's medical tourism state

Number of seats in MBBS course increased to 4,000 in West Bengal: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the number of seats in the MBBS course has increased to 4,000 in the state with the addition of 250 seats in two medical colleges. Banerjee had earlier underscored the need for increasing the number of medical seats in the state. "I am pleased to announce that we now have 4,000 MBBS seats for Bengal's vibrant medical students with the initiation of the first MBBS batch in Purulia Govt MCH consisting of 100 seats & the addition of 150 MBBS seats in Gouri Devi Medical College," Banerjee said on Twitter. Last year, minister of state for health Chandrima Bhattacharya had informed the assembly that the number of MBBS seats in West Bengal was 1,355 when the Trinamool Congress government came to power in the state in 2011.

How Odisha's Soyeb Aftab became NEET 2020 topper with 720/720 score

NRI quota in PG Medical & dental courses in pvt colleges not sacrosanct: SC

The NEET PG 2020 examination had been held in January, and the results were declared on January 31, 2020

NMC comes into existence as India's regulator of medical education

"With this, the decades-old institution of the Medical Council of India (MCI) stands abolished," the ministry said

Approval received to open medical colleges in 15 Raj districts: Health Min

The Health Minister further spoke about COVID-19 and said that till now over 22 lakh tests have been done in Rajasthan and the capacity to conduct 51,640 tests per day in the state has been developed

Costly medical studies in govt colleges is leaving Punjab short of doctors

A part of the reason why India is short of doctors is that medical education is expensive and those who have the means to acquire it either prefer to work in private health facilities or migrate

Why no fee exemption in engineering, medical colleges: Gujarat High Court

It ordered the government and private educational institutes to hold talks and reach an amicable solution where every stakeholder's interests were taken care of

Plea in HC to follow 27% reservation for OBC students in medical colleges

The plea was filled by National Union of Backward Classes, SCs, STs and Minorities (NUBC)

Niti Aayog plans linking pvt medical colleges with district hospitals

A public-private partnership model will be taken up to address shortage of qualified doctors

Centre sanctions Rs 325 crore for new medical college in Kashmir's Handwara

The Centre has given its approval for a new government medical college, which will be attached with the district and referral hospital Handwara in north Kashmir, an official spokesman said on Sunday. The college in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district will be set up at a cost of Rs 325 crore under a centrally-sponsored scheme, he said. "The J&K government has received the sanction letter in this regard from the Union health and family welfare ministry," the spokesman said quoting a statement issued here by the administration of new medical colleges. Out of the total amount, Rs 115 crore will be spent on construction of administrative and academic blocks, Rs 80 crore on hostels and residential accommodation for students and faculty and Rs 60 crore for upgrading the existing teaching faculty at the district hospital, he said. The spokesman said, "Rs 70 crore will be used to procure machinery and equipment for the government medical college and its associated hospital." The ministry

NTPC to spend Rs 100 cr for Medical College modernisation in Chhattisgarh

The state-run power producer is coming up with a 4000-Mw super thermal power station in Lara of Raigarh district