-ThePrint.in In 2019, 25.79% Indians cleared Foreign Medical Graduate Exam, a test aspirants with degrees from certain countries need to clear for practise in India. Figure was 14.68% in 2020 and 23.83% in 2021. New Delhi: Every year, thousands of Indians with medical degrees from foreign universities appear for the Foreign Medical Graduate Exam (FMGE) — a screening test conducted by the National Board of Examination (NBE) and mandated by the National...
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A host of reasons — not least the cost of medical education — is driving students to foreign universities -Bindu Shajan Perappadan
-The Hindu Thousands of Indian students travel out of the country for a basic medical degree simply because it is more affordable and less competitive “Wuhan is a beautiful place, you know,” says Vinod*, over the phone, as we talk about the plight of Indian medical students forced to return home two years ago after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. His stammer and long pauses reflect the anxiety that students and...
More »Poor, Middle Class Benefitted From The 'Jan Aushadhi Kendras': PM Modi
-PTI/ NDTV.com The Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) is a campaign launched by the Department of Pharmaceuticals to provide quality Medicines at affordable prices to the masses New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the poor and the middle class have benefitted from the 'Jan Aushadhi Kendras', set up to provide generic drugs at affordable prices, and they saved about ₹ 13,000 crore through the stores. He also interacted with 'Jan Aushadhi...
More »Jan Aushadhi Yojana came as a silent revolution in India: Mansukh Mandaviya
-PTI/ The Hindu "The Jan Aushadhi Yojna is contributing greatly in ensuring the health care needs of women. The scheme has come like a silent revolution in the country," he said. The 'Jan Aushadhi Yojna' catering to the health needs of poor and middle-class families has come as a silent revolution in the country, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Monday. He was addressing an event organised by the Delhi BJP on...
More »Why do Indians go abroad for medical studies? -Ramya Kannan
-The Hindu * What prompts students to pick countries like Russia, Ukraine and China? Will setting up more private colleges help? The story so far: The war in Ukraine has turned the spotlight on something that has been the trend for about three decades now. When students from India studying in Ukraine cried out for help, it became clear that there were a large number of them trapped in a war zone....
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