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New Delhi: The way medical colleges are evaluated in India is quietly changing. Instead of relying mainly on inspection visits and paperwork, the National Medical Commission (NMC) now wants to verify their clinical work through digital systems.In a recent communication, the regulator asked all medical colleges to submit details of their hospitals’ Health Facility Registry…

This image is used for representation purpose only (AI-generated) On 20 May 2011, it was a humid summer afternoon in Kolkata. Crowds gathered outside Raj Bhavan as Mamata Banerjee took oath as the first woman chief minister of West Bengal. The moment marked the end of a 34-year Left Front rule and the beginning of…

New Delhi: The US-Israeli attack on Iran and its aftermath, including the assassination of its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have marked the sharpest rift yet between the opposition, especially the Congress and the Left, and the development of a fraught foreign affairs between the government, an issue that has traditionally seen a certain convergence…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Crossed 30 million subscribers on YouTube, further strengthening its position as the most followed global leader on the platform.Among world leaders, PM Modi has the highest number of subscribers on YouTube. His subscriber base is seven times that of US President Donald Trump, highlighting the scale of his digital…

New Delhi: India on Monday suffered its first casualty in the ongoing conflict in West Asia as the oil tanker MKD bombed, which was hit by a projectile in the Gulf of Oman on Sunday, killing an Indian national on board.“The Embassy of India deeply mourns the tragic death of an Indian national on board…

New Delhi: After condemning the UAE attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to the leaders of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to condemn Iran’s military strikes in these countries as well, signaling Tehran’s deep disapproval of indiscriminate targeting of Gulf countries even though he did not name Iran. On Monday afternoon, the prime minister…

New Delhi: The dramatic turnaround in India-Canada relations over the past 10 months culminated in a series of major announcements and deals, including a landmark $2.6 billion deal to supply 22 million pounds of uranium to India from 2027 to 2035, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted his counterpart Mark Carney here on Monday. The…

New Delhi: Delhi High Court Setting aside relief from the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) has revived disciplinary proceedings against officer Sameer Wankhede in connection with drugs seized as part of a case in 2021.The 2008-batch officer came into the spotlight in 2021 for allegedly threatening to implicate actor Shah Rukh…

New Delhi: The Home Ministry on Friday set up two more empowered committees for Bengal to fast-track processing of citizenship requests received under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. This takes the number of functional empowered committees in the state to four.The CAA provides citizenship to people from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh belonging to six of…

Kolkata/Hyderabad: One-way economy class fares on European carriers’ London-to-Mumbai direct flights bypassing the Gulf sectors were around Rs 2.9 lakh and business class fares on the same flight stood at Rs 9 lakh last Monday, thanks to the ongoing war between Iran vs the US and Israel that has gripped the entire Gulf region.Generally, one-way…