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The war wasn’t on TV, it was outside my window: Indian students trapped in Iran await evacuation

June 17, 2025 8:08 am

This was how a 22-year-old MBBS student from Hyderabad, studying at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, described the night of June 13.

Karnataka medical student orchestrates bomb hoax to avoid seminar presentation, triggers panic and evacuation

June 08, 2025 1:29 pm

Chalasani Monika Choudhary approached authorities of the medical college in Karnataka's Deralakatte, claiming she had received multiple threatening calls on her mobile phone.

gujarat medical student ragging death, Jesada , indian express

‘Ragging’ death: The ‘brilliant’ student died barely a month after joining medical college

November 19, 2024 10:42 pm

The student — who had scored 550 in NEET without taking any coaching classes — died after he was allegedly ragged by his seniors in his hostel on the intervening night of November 16-17.

Solving Crime: How a clue from a petrol pump helped cops solve Manipal medical student’s gang rape case

August 17, 2024 12:54 pm

In June 2013, a medical student at Manipal University was walking back to her room from the library when she was dragged into an autorickshaw, taken to another location and gang-raped.

'It is very real': All about Medical Student Syndrome, a condition that can significantly impact mental health of MBBS students

May 09, 2023 12:14 pm

Mental Health Awareness Month: Also known as hypochondriasis or medical student disease, though the condition is not a recognised medical diagnosis, it is listed as part of 'hypochondriac disorders' classified in ICD-10 and DSM-5 (two major globally accepted classifications of diseases)

Andhra Pradesh govt directs medical colleges to tackle ragging cases

March 02, 2023 8:37 am

Aimed at eliminating harassment, state Health Minister Vidadala Rajini said all medical colleges in the state should be alert to this menace, in a review meeting attended by all the principals of government and private medical colleges.

‘Want to know what happened to our daughter’: SC order brings cold comfort for couple

January 29, 2023 7:22 am

On September 6, 2017, Ananya was found hanging in her hostel room at Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences in Bareilly. The family has alleged it was not a suicide but a murder, and that there had been a bid to hamper the investigation.

Medical student robbed, stripped and assaulted in Baramati; 3 held

December 08, 2022 7:01 am

The three accused stripped the student, took his photos and threatened to make them public. They also stole around Rs 30,000 from the student, the FIR says.

87-year-old Indian American surgeon’s memoir recollects his struggle for justice for international medical graduates in US

November 16, 2022 9:13 am

Dr Navin Shah currently focuses on early detection and treatment of prostate cancer. His book 'Karma and the Destiny of an Indian American Surgeon' documents his role in the struggle that eventually led to the Health Professions Reauthorization Act of 1992 in the US.

Coronavirus: Medical schools in US mull early graduation to meet growing demand for medicos

March 29, 2020 3:37 pm

A CNN report said at least 69 students at the NYU medical school want to graduate three months early to help in the fight against the novel coronavirus