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The new system, replacing the current fingerprint-based biometric authentication, aims to improve user-friendliness and enhance accuracy in attendance marking. FACE-based Aadhaar Authentication, already deployed in other government offices through NIC, will now be implemented across medical institutions using a mobile app-based interface.
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Six years after a civil court had convicted a Pune-based radiologist for illegal sex determination, the Maharashtra Medical Council suspended her license for a period of five years for violating the rules under the Pre-Conception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques (PC-PNDT) Act.
Confirming this, the administrator of MMC, Dr. Vinky Rughwani, informed Indian Express that they recently passed an order to suspend Dr Neena Mathrani's license.
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Aiming to increase the MBBS seats in the State, the Bengal Government is planning to provide hospitals on rent to set up private medical colleges.
For this, the rent will be Rs 15,000 per bed per month in the municipal corporation areas of West Bengal, Rs 12,000 in municipal areas, and Rs 10,000 per bed per month in the rural areas. Therefore, initially i.e., during the first year, the bed use fee for a private medical college using 300 beds will be Rs 5.4 crore.
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In a recent fraud case, a doctor running a private nursing home in Palwal district was allegedly blackmailed for Rs 10 lakh with threats of being falsely implicated in a sexual harassment case if he failed to pay the money. The doctor fell victim to a honey trap set by a woman posing as a lawyer, a man pretending to be a Police Assistant sub-inspector, and a woman claiming to be a nurse.
The accused successfully extorted money from the doctor by threatening to ruin his reputation both on social media and in the local community. However, after the doctor reported the matter to the police, a special plan was made, leading to the arrest of all three accused.
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