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Hospitals across India - as in much of the world - are often understaffed and doctors and nurses overworked resulting in small delays in patient care that can lead to life-threatening complications.

Dr Venkatesh Karthikeyan, a distinguished figure in the field of medical science has been recognised for his outstanding contributions in health care.

Titled as the Fellowship for Academic and Research Excellence (FARE), the programme aims to encourage timely completion of doctoral studies.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) announced a 24-hour nationwide hunger strike on October 15 to support doctors in West Bengal, seeking justice for the young doctor who was raped and murdered at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

There have been several advisories warning people that there is no provision for 'digital arrest' or online investigation in Indian law enforcement and yet and doctors and lawyers have fallen prey to such scams, losing crores in the process.

A police case has been filed against an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer and her husband for allegedly duping a doctor of over Rs 64 lakh on the pretext of investment, police said on Friday.

Thousands of diaspora Indians were protesting in more than 130 cities across 25 countries on Sunday, organisers said, to demand justice after last month's rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a hospital in the city of Kolkata.

An IMA study has revealed that one-third of its respondent doctors, majority of them being women, felt "unsafe" or "very unsafe" during their night shifts, so much so that some even felt the need to start carrying weapons for self-defence.

The Indian Medical Association has suspended the membership of Dr Sandip Ghosh, the former Principal of the RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata where a trainee doctor was raped and murdered earlier this month.

An Indian-origin doctor was shot in US in Tuscaloosa on Friday. The victim, identified as Dr Ramesh Babu Peramsetty, died on the spot.

Rebel Trinamool MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, has now taken refuge in a cartoon by legendary Indian artist and humourist RK Laxman to express his anguish over the recent summons to him by Kolkata Police in the Kolkata rape and murder case.

A 40-year-old Indian doctor was held in a US jail on a USD 2 million bond after being charged with multiple sex crimes for allegedly recording hundreds of nude images and videos of children and women over several years, according to media reports.

Healthcare services have been hit across the nation as doctors responded to the Indian Medical Association's (IMA) call for a 24-hour withdrawal of medical services from 6 am on Saturday till Sunday.

A nationwide withdrawal of services has been announced by doctors of modern medicine starting from 6 am on Saturday, August 17 to 6 am Sunday, August 18, per the official statement released by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Thursday.

Hours after a delegation from the Indian Medical Association met Health Minister JP Nadda, a key doctors' body has said that the strike which began after the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata will continue.

Hospitals across India - as in much of the world - are often understaffed and doctors and nurses overworked resulting in small delays in patient care that can lead to life-threatening complications.

Dr Venkatesh Karthikeyan, a distinguished figure in the field of medical science has been recognised for his outstanding contributions in health care.

Titled as the Fellowship for Academic and Research Excellence (FARE), the programme aims to encourage timely completion of doctoral studies.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) announced a 24-hour nationwide hunger strike on October 15 to support doctors in West Bengal, seeking justice for the young doctor who was raped and murdered at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

There have been several advisories warning people that there is no provision for 'digital arrest' or online investigation in Indian law enforcement and yet and doctors and lawyers have fallen prey to such scams, losing crores in the process.

A police case has been filed against an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer and her husband for allegedly duping a doctor of over Rs 64 lakh on the pretext of investment, police said on Friday.

Thousands of diaspora Indians were protesting in more than 130 cities across 25 countries on Sunday, organisers said, to demand justice after last month's rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a hospital in the city of Kolkata.

An IMA study has revealed that one-third of its respondent doctors, majority of them being women, felt "unsafe" or "very unsafe" during their night shifts, so much so that some even felt the need to start carrying weapons for self-defence.

The Indian Medical Association has suspended the membership of Dr Sandip Ghosh, the former Principal of the RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata where a trainee doctor was raped and murdered earlier this month.

An Indian-origin doctor was shot in US in Tuscaloosa on Friday. The victim, identified as Dr Ramesh Babu Peramsetty, died on the spot.

Rebel Trinamool MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, has now taken refuge in a cartoon by legendary Indian artist and humourist RK Laxman to express his anguish over the recent summons to him by Kolkata Police in the Kolkata rape and murder case.

A 40-year-old Indian doctor was held in a US jail on a USD 2 million bond after being charged with multiple sex crimes for allegedly recording hundreds of nude images and videos of children and women over several years, according to media reports.

Healthcare services have been hit across the nation as doctors responded to the Indian Medical Association's (IMA) call for a 24-hour withdrawal of medical services from 6 am on Saturday till Sunday.

A nationwide withdrawal of services has been announced by doctors of modern medicine starting from 6 am on Saturday, August 17 to 6 am Sunday, August 18, per the official statement released by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Thursday.

Hours after a delegation from the Indian Medical Association met Health Minister JP Nadda, a key doctors' body has said that the strike which began after the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata will continue.