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NEET 2024 paper leak: Supreme Court issues notice to centre, NTA over petition seeking CBI probe
Amid the raging row over the MBBS entrance test, NEET 2024 this year, the Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre and National Testing Agency (NTA) on a plea seeking a CBI probe into allegations of question paper leak and other irregularities in the exam.
According to the PTI report, a vacation bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, which was hearing a PIL filed by Hiten Singh Kashyap, also sought responses from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Bihar government within two weeks.
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Doctor fails to detect family member's illness, maid diagnoses within seconds
Dr. Cyriac Abby Philips, a Kerala-based hepatologist known as 'The Liver Doc,' recently shared a humbling personal experience on social media. Despite his extensive medical training, he struggled to diagnose a family member's illness, which included symptoms such as low-grade fever, chills, fatigue, arthritis, and a rash. Dr. Philips tested for various conditions, including viral hepatitis, COVID-19, influenza, dengue, and Epstein-Barr Virus, but all results were negative.
In a surprising turn of events, his elderly maid provided the crucial insight. She recognized the rash and identified it as 'Anjaampani' in the local language, which translates to the fifth disease or erythema infectiosum. Following her suggestion, Dr. Philips tested for Parvovirus B19, which came back positive.
NEET 2024: candidates file petition to SC seeking re-evaluation of all OMR sheets, alleges discrepancies in scores
Claiming serious discrepancies in the scores of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2024 examination, a group of eight candidates have filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a complete re-evaluation of all OMR answer sheets without the application of the grace marks formula and re-assign ranks along with other demands.
Following the explanations from the National Testing Agency (NTA) regarding the alleged irregularities, the candidates approached the apex court seeking answers to their unsolved queries and another petition has been filed to the apex court.
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Cholera outbreak in MP: 2 die, over 80 fall ill due to contaminated water
An outbreak of cholera in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district has resulted in the tragic deaths of at least two elderly people, with over 80 others falling ill, according to a health official on Wednesday.
The outbreak occurred in ward number 5, 6 and 7 of Phoop town in the district due to water contamination.
According to an ANI report, Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO, Bhind) D K Sharma told ANI, "Due to infection in water, some cases of cholera outbreak were reported after which some patients were admitted to the district hospital and some of them were treated at the local community health centre.
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