NMC regulations: Students pursuing MBBS need to complete course within 9 years from date of admission
New Delhi: Students pursuing MBBS need to complete the course within nine years from the date of admission, while they will get only four attempts to clear the first year, according to the new regulations issued by the National Medical Commission. In the newly issued Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2023 or GMER-23, the National Medical […]
Chief Justice visits court complex Char-e-Shreef
Pays obeisance at Ziyarat of Sheikh ul Aalam
BUDGAM: Chief Justice, High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, N. Kotiswar Singh, Saturday visited the Court Complex, Char-e-Shreef. He was received by Principal District and Sessions Judge, Budgam, Khalil Ahmad Choudhary and Fakrun Nisa, Munsif/ judicial Magistrate Char-e-Shreef and members of bar. On the occasion, Chief Justice was accorded ceremonial guard of honour […]
Over 11 per cent Indians diabetic, 36 per cent have hypertension: Lancet Survey
New Delhi: The prevalence of diabetes in India is 11.4 per cent, while 35.5 per cent and 15.3 per cent of people suffer from hypertension and prediabetes respectively, according to the findings of a nationwide survey published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal. The largest epidemiological study on diabetes and non-communicable diseases (NCD) estimates […]
National level NEOCON-2023 conference to be held at SKICC
150 top neonatologists of country to participate
Srinagar: For the very first time a national level conference on neonatology is being held in SKICC Srinagar on Friday, officials said. The conference will be organised by NNF- Kashmir, a city/ UT branch of NNF India. A doctor, who is part of the organizing committee wishing not to be named, said that as an […]
After ‘purple revolution’, CSIR scientists focus on medicinal properties of lavender
Bhaderwah: The ‘purple revolution’ that started with farmers planting lavender in the picturesque slopes of this Jammu and Kashmir town is gathering steam with scientists at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine studying the medicinal properties of the aromatic, flowering plants. Scientists at the Jammu-based institute are focusing on the residue left behind after oil […]
Lung cancer pill cuts risk of death by half: Study
New Delhi: A once-daily pill halved people’s risk of dying from a common lung cancer when they took the drug after tumour-removal surgery, trial results from a global study show. The research, published recently in The New England Journal of Medicine, found that taking the drug osimertinib after surgery dramatically reduced the risk of patients […]
Vitamin D deficiency more common in children with TB: Study
New Delhi: Vitamin D deficiency is more common in children with tuberculosis (TB) than those not infected by the bacterial disease, according to a study conducted in hospitalised patients in Telangana. The study, recently published in the journal Cureus, also found that a severe form of vitamin D deficiency — less than 10 nanogrammes per […]
Odisha train crash: Death toll mounts to 288, PM promises stringent action against guilty
Balasore/Bhubaneswar: Investigators were on Saturday looking into any human error, signal failure and other possible causes behind the three-train crash in Odisha’s Balasore district as officials submitted a preliminary inquiry report into the worst rail accident in India in nearly three decades that left at least 288 people dead and over 1,100 injured. Prime Minister […]
Govt asks industry to cut edible oils MRP by Rs 8-12 per litre
Says global prices have witnessed drop
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday directed edible oil associations to further reduce the maximum retail price (MRP) of major edible oils by Rs 8-12 per litre with immediate effect, in line with the global market. “Some companies which have not reduced their prices and their MRP is higher than other brands have also been […]
GST mop-up crosses Rs 1.5 lakh crore for third month in a row
New Delhi: GST collections crossed Rs 1.50 lakh crore for the third month in a row, recording a 12 per cent increase in May at over Rs 1.57 lakh crore, according to the official data released on Thursday. The collections, tax experts said, reflects a continuation of the good economic performance across states witnessed since […]