Union Health Ministry brings in new competency-based curricula for 10 allied and healthcare professions

The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday (April 23, 2025) launched new competency-based curricula for 10 allied healthcare professions in collaboration with the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP). The curricula will cover a broad spectrum of professions, such as Physiotherapy; Applied Psychology and Behavioural Health; Optometry; Nutrition and Dietetics; Dialysis Therapy Technology and…

New AKG Centre building inaugurated

The new AKG Centre at Thiruvananthapuram Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Polit Bureau member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)], inaugurated the new AKG Centre, headquarters of the party’s State committee, here on Wednesday. The nine-storey solar powered building, spread over 60,000 square feet, has facilities for the State committee offices, hall for press…

FKCCI calls for a quick reassessment of minimum wages to prevent closure of MSMEs

The cost of doing business in Karnataka is now significantly higher than in neighbouring States such as Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh and such cost escalations coupled with an improper minimum wage structure have been putting a lot of pressure on small entrepreneurs in the State, said M.G. Balakrishna, president of the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of…

Engineering entrance exam records 82.37% attendance on its first day

Students and their parents after the KEAM exam at the Government Vocational Higher Secondary School for Girls, Kozhikode, on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh The State’s entrance examination for engineering courses, Kerala Engineering, Architecture, and Medical Entrance Examination (KEAM), got under way across 185 examination centres on Wednesday. According to the office of the…