Delays and vacancies plague West Bengal’s college admissions as deadline gets extended In a move that raises more questions than answers, the West Bengal government has extended the deadline for college applications by two weeks, pushing it to July 15. The decision comes despite the fact that thousands of seats in state-run and aided colleges…
Congress president Kharge and PM Modi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, who is also the Rajya Sabha leader of opposition, wrote to PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday, urging him to hold the election of the Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker.Highlighting the vacant status of the position for the two consecutive Lok Sabha terms,…
NEW DELHI: The functioning of the National Medical Commission seems to be in “total disarray” with the health ministry failing to fill 19 of the 20 posts in the four autonomous boards of the commission that regulate undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, recognition of medical colleges, and registration and regulation of doctors. Half the posts…
A source said filling up vacancies is a continuous process and efforts are made to fill all posts in time through recruiting agencies. NEW DELHI: The department of health and family welfare of the Union health ministry, which formulates and implements central health schemes, is reeling under staff shortage. According to a recent parliamentary standing…
NEET PG Counselling 2024: The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) is set to fill 24,314 seats in the third round of NEET PG 2024 counselling. This includes 15,902 seats from the virtual round, 8,313 seats from the clear vacancy round, and 999 newly added seats, following a reduction in the cut-off scores.Candidates have until 8 am…
The Supreme Court of India has directed the Centre to convene a meeting with relevant stakeholders, including state representatives, to address the issue of vacant seats in medical courses. The Apex Court emphasized that such seats must not remain unfilled and urged the Centre to consider the recommendations of a committee appointed to resolve the…
The J&K NEET PG counselling 2024 second round schedule for seat upgradation and allotment has been announced by JKBOPEE. Eligible candidates can participate in physical counselling to secure MD/MS/PGD seats in government and private medical colleges. Indian Medical Association’s Junior Doctors Network (IMA-JDN) recently urged Union Health Minister JP Nadda to lower the cutoff for…
NEW DELHI: Barely 5,648 govt funded vacant houses have been allotted to migrant workers under affordable rental housing complex (ARHC) scheme almost four-and-half years after it was launched during Covid-19 pandemic. This is less than 7% of the 83,534 houses that were identified for the scheme when it was approved by the Cabinet.In a written…