New Delhi: The government has imposed restrictions on the manufacture, sale and distribution of all Fixed Dose Combinations (FDCs) containing Chlorpheniramine Maleate and Phenylephrine Hydrochloride, directing that they carry a warning against their use in children below four years of age. The decision follows recommendations from an Expert Committee and the Drugs Technical Advisory Board Read More…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would constitute a high-powered committee to examine allegations of police excesses against student protesters during a recent NEET protest in Delhi, as well as allegations of violence against police personnel. The committee is expected to comprise retired Supreme Court and High Court judges, a former Director Read More…
New Delhi: The Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H), Ministry of Ayush, and the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, on Wednesday renewed their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to implement the ‘One Herb, One Standard’ initiative. The renewed three-year agreement aims to develop uniform, scientifically robust quality standards for Read More…
New Delhi: The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has announced that the first round of NEET UG 2026 counselling for admission to MBBS and other undergraduate medical courses under the All India Quota (AIQ) will begin on August 4. According to the official counselling schedule, the first round for AIQ seats, deemed universities, and central universities Read More…
New Delhi: The Central government on Tuesday summoned a senior Meta executive after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Facebook post on India’s youth and the government’s commitment to taking strict action against examination paper leaks was briefly restricted on the platform. Although the US-based social media company attributed the incident to a technical glitch and issued Read More…
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said the government’s proposed legislation to curb paper leaks is insufficient on its own, stressing that the priority should be preventing leaks rather than only imposing stricter punishments. Speaking during the Lok Sabha debate on the Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, Tharoor called Read More…
New Delhi: BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj on Tuesday accused the Opposition of displaying “selective outrage” over examination paper leaks, asserting that such incidents had also occurred during the Congress-led UPA government. Participating in the debate on the Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sabha, Swaraj said the proposed legislation Read More…
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday criticised the Central government over reports of a suspected question paper leak in a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) examination at Gujarat Ayurved University, alleging that the incident reflects a continuing pattern of examination irregularities. Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh took to X Read More…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced the constitution of a high-powered task force on examination reforms, to be led by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani. Sharing the announcement in a post on X, the Prime Minister said the task force has been set up to recommend comprehensive reforms aimed at strengthening the country’s Read More…
The resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan sparked sharp political reactions on Saturday, with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) calling it “just the beginning” and claiming more resignations from the Union government would follow over alleged irregularities. The Congress described the resignation as a “victory for crores of students” across the country. Meanwhile, the Read More…