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Misleading ads ‘can cause great harm to society’: SC orders states to establish grievance redressal panels | India News – The Times of India

adminMarch 26, 202502 mins

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court directed all states and union territories on Wednesday to establish a grievance redressal mechanism for addressing complaints against deceptive advertisements that “can cause great harm to society”. The panel comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan mandated that state authorities should create procedures for citizens to report advertisements prohibited…

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Students allege nightlong ragging at AIIMS-Raipur | India News – Times of India

adminNovember 28, 202402 mins

RAIPUR: MBBS students at AIIMS-Raipur have alleged that they were ragged through the night on Nov 16, causing a few girls to fall unconscious after being forced to stand till 3am.A group of students have written anonymously to Supreme Court lawyer Meera Patel, who is the convenor and legal head of ‘Society Against Violence in…

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IMA chief calls for legalising prenatal gender detection tests | India News – Times of India

adminOctober 20, 202402 mins

PANAJI: Indian Medical Association (IMA) president Dr RV Asokan called for the legalisation of prenatal gender determination tests, arguing Sunday that the current ban has not substantially impacted India’s skewed sex ratio in three decades.Prenatal gender determination and sex-selective abortions have been illegal in India under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act since…

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‘Solidly behind them’: IMA chief meets junior doctors observing fast-unto-death for justice in RG Kar case | India News – Times of India

adminOctober 11, 202405 mins

Dr RV Asokan, president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), met junior doctors observing fast-unto-death in Kolkata on Friday.After the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital on August 9, junior doctors began a “cease work” protest. On September 21, after 42 days, they concluded their strike after being assured…

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Life support call to put undue stress on doctors: IMA – Times of India

adminSeptember 29, 202404 mins

NEW DELHI: Putting the onus of deciding whether life support should be withdrawn from a terminally ill patient or not would impose undue stress on doctors, Indian Medical Association has said.According to Dr R V Asokan, IMA’s national president, such clinical decisions have always been taken in good faith by doctors. “Our job is to…

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Bengal Medical Council to scrap Ghosh’s registration | India News – Times of India

adminSeptember 19, 202403 mins

KOLKATA: West Bengal Medical Council has decided to cancel the medical registration of former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh after Ghosh failed to reply to the council’s showcause notice, served on Sept 7, asking him why his registration should not be cancelled. He had been asked to reply within three days.Ghosh, currently behind…

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Bengal Medical Council to scrap Ghosh’s registration | India News – Times of India

adminSeptember 19, 202403 mins

KOLKATA: West Bengal Medical Council has decided to cancel the medical registration of former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh after Ghosh failed to reply to the council’s showcause notice, served on Sept 7, asking him why his registration should not be cancelled. He had been asked to reply within three days.Ghosh, currently behind…

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Reconsider role of Ketan Desai as IMA chief patron to ‘preserve’ integrity: FAIMA urges doctors’ body | India News – Times of India

adminSeptember 1, 202402 mins

NEW DELHI: The Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) on Sunday wrote to Indian Medical Association requesting the medical body to “reconsider” Ketan Desai‘s role as the chief patron at IMA. It raised concerns about electoral integrity and alleged corruption within the association.“As the Chief Election Commissioner, we urge you to investigate these matters…

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Man in red shirt in leaked video sparks IMA-police war of words | Kolkata News – Times of India

adminAugust 31, 202406 mins

KOLKATA: A man dressed in a red T-shirt in a leaked video of the crime scene on Aug 9 that went public on Friday and led to clarification from police sparked a fierce row with the state chapter of Indian Medical Association claiming the man in red to be a member of the infamous “North…

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‘Threatened, bullied to do a lobby’s bidding’: IMA – Times of India

adminAugust 21, 202405 mins

KOLKATA: Hushed talk of medical college principals in Bengal being bullied and threatened if they don’t toe the line of an influential lobby in the health department came out in the open at a meeting to seek inputs on improving healthcare and addressing the safety concerns of doctors and students, the Indian Medical Association (IMA)…