Health Bulletin 03/August/2026 - Video

The upcoming NEET PG 2026 examination will bring several candidate-friendly changes, with the Centre introducing a new exam centre allotment system, more time per question, earlier test city intimation, expand the choice of test locations, give candidates more time to plan travel to their examination cities and enhanced security measures to make the PG medical entrance examination smoother and more transparent.

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NEET PG 2026 reforms: Candidates to get nearby exam centres, city intimation 3 weeks earlier- Here's all you need to know

Doctors' Body Urges Centre to Implement One Nation, One NEET Counselling System After MCC Reforms

While appreciating the recent student-friendly reforms introduced in the NEET UG counselling process following the review chaired by Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda, a doctors' body has urged the Union Government to implement a 'One Nation, One Counselling' system through a single national counselling portal for all medical admissions.

In a letter addressed to Nadda, the United Doctors Front (UDF) welcomed the recent changes introduced by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC). The organisation praised measures such as one-time physical reporting, the Freeze/Float option with online document verification, the online resignation facility, and complete digitisation of NRI category admissions, saying these reforms would reduce travel, expenses and stress for lakhs of medical aspirants and their families.

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After MCC reforms on NEET admissions, Doctors' body urges centre to implement 'One nation, One Counselling' system

Doctors' Excessive Duty Hours: Supreme Court Defers Hearing on Plea

The Supreme Court recently postponed the hearing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the 'inhuman' working hours of resident doctors and seeking the implementation of the residency scheme, noting that the Union government's counter affidavit, though filed months ago, was not available on record during the hearing.

The adjournment was granted after the Registry failed to place the Centre's counter-affidavit on record. A division bench comprising Justices M.M. Sundresh and Prasanna B. Varale directed the Registry to trace the Centre's counter-affidavit and place it before the Court.

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Supreme Court postpones hearing on plea over resident doctors' 'inhuman' duty hours

FMGE June 2026: 88 percent Candidates Were Repeaters, Freshers Had 35 percent Pass Rate

After concerns about the declining pass rate in the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) 2026, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel informed Parliament that the overall pass percentage in the FMGE June 2026 session stood at 12.78 percent and 35 percent for those who appeared for the first time.

According to the data shared by the Minister, the pass percentage among first-time FMGE candidates was more than 35%, while around 88% of the candidates who appeared for the June 2026 session were repeat candidates.

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88 percent FMGE June 2026 candidates were repeaters, freshers had 35 percent pass rate: Govt