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Ukraine Returnees Demands Continuation Of Courses In India, Holds Protest: Chennai
Ukraine returnee students staged protests and dharnas in Chennai, Tamil Nadu against the Central & State governments. On May 15, medical students demanded an allowance to continue their courses in Indian medical institutions without entrance exams and lakhs of fees. Notably, amid the Ukraine-Russia invasion war, many Indian students had to return, dropping out of Ukraine colleges. Therefore, medical students demand continuation in Tamil… read-more
Tags: Ukraine Returnees, students, MBBS, Tamil Nadu Government, protest
Courtesy: New Indian Express
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Ukraine-Returned Indian Medical Students Flag Poor Quality Of Online Education
Several Ukraine-returned Indian medical students have been complaining about the poor quality of online education being provided by their universities. Mahtab Raza, a fourth-year MBBS student of Sumy State Medical University, rues, "Students are paying their tuition fees but the lecturers are having to cut off their lectures after 5-10 minutes due to security threats or are not teaching whole-heartedly." He feels that the quality of education… read-more
Tags: Ukraine, MBBS, Medical, medical education, Education
Courtesy: The Indian Express
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Tamil Nadu Has The Highest Medical Colleges In India; Totals To 69
Tamil Nadu will have the highest medical colleges in India. With 17 new government, private, and deemed universities, the State will have 69 medical colleges, offering 10,375 MBBS seats. Of total, 37 are government colleges, offering 5,125 seats in 2021. "We'll be able to add 1,450 MBBS seats this year," said Dr. R Narayanababu, the Medical Education Director. Furthermore, currently 12 % of India's medical seats are from TN.
Tags: Tamil Nadu, College, Medical, MBBS, MBBS Seats
Courtesy: The Times of India
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CBI Court Sentences PMT Cadidate To 5 Years Imprisonment: Vyapam Scam Case
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court in Gwalior on November 30, sentenced candidate Arvind Agnihotri to five years of imprisonment, for taking admission for MBBS course in a Medical college through "fraudulent means". CBI had registered a case in 2015 at Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) Police Station. During the investigation, CBI found that Agnihotri didn't appear for the PMT 2009 entrance exam at the New Delhi center.
Tags: Madhya Pradesh, Vyapam scam, CBI, MBBS, New Delhi
Courtesy: ANI
