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Government Rejects Study Alleging 11.9 Lakh Excess COVID-19 Deaths, Calls it 'Misleading'
The Union Health Ministry on Saturday dismissed the findings published in the academic journal Science Advances, which claimed that India has reported 11.9 lakh excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The Ministry claims that the study was based on untenable and unacceptable estimates.
Some media reports have highlighted the findings from a paper published on life expectancy during the COVID-19 pandemic in India in 2020.
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Surat Doctor Accused of Rs 5.25 Crore Ambulance Business Scam, Duping 12 Colleagues
In a fraud case, a doctor from the Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education and Research (SMIMER) has been arrested by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Surat police for allegedly defrauding 12 doctors of Rs 5.25 crore in an ambulance scam.
According to the police, the accused doctor, a tutor at the medical college collected the money from his 12 doctor friends by luring them with a 50 per cent profit in the ambulance business but failed to deliver any promised profits.
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Nasha Mukti Indradhanush Abhiyan India: Doctor-Led Initiative Targets Addiction-Free India
In an effort to achieve an addiction-free Nation, the ''Nasha Mukti Indradhanush Abhiyan India'' campaign has garnered support from over 1,000 doctors, public health experts, and undergraduate and postgraduate medical students.
Launched by the Asian Coalition for Health Empowerment (ACHE) in collaboration with Doctors Against Addiction (DaAD), this signature campaign garners support from medical professionals and the public, paving the way for a healthier, addiction-free India.
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NEET 2024: High Scoring Candidates File Intervention Plea in Supreme Court for Retest
Amid the ongoing litigations concerning the National Eligibility-and-Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2024 examination, a group of candidates who scored more than 640 out of 720 marks in the exam approached the Supreme Court seeking a retest.
Filing their intervention today i.e. on July 22, 2024, they urged the Apex Court bench to accept their application to be impleaded in the case "Surbhi Singh & Ors".
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