Medical

Varavara Rao, Telugu poet and activist who is charged in the Elgar Parishad case, has been given six-month medical bail by Supreme Court. The 82-year-old petitioner was under home arrest since 2018. Bombay High Court noticed that the petitioner had health problems. “The appellant shall not misuse his liberty and not get in touch with any of the co-accused or try to influence the course of the investigation,” SC stated.   

In a relief to students in Karnataka, the State Education Department, decided to combine the Consortium of Medical, Engineering, and Dental Colleges of Karnataka-Undergraduate-Entrance-Test (COMEDK UGET) and the Karnataka Common-Entrance-Test (KCET). The decision for 2023-academic year, was in the view of conducting single entrance test for engineering, medical, and professional programmes admissions. The authority also decided to reduce the… read-more

The National Testing Agency (NTA) official announced the National Eligibility, cum Entrance Test (NEET) - Undergraduate (UG) 2022 likely from July 2022. In addition, the application process (online registration) for the same will start in April. Furthermore, students are asked to keep a check on the official website nta.ac.in. This year, candidates above 25-years-old are also eligible, as NTA removed the upper age limit for NEET-UG.

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. 

According to the reports, a British man has fractured his penis vertically resulting to be the first-ever case in medical history. The 40-year-old man wounded himself when he “buckled” during sex with his partner. An MRI scan showed a three-centimeter-long tear on the right-hand side. However, the patient was unable to resume sexual activities within six months of his injury. Previously, many medical reports revealed horizontal penis fracture… read-more