Congress MP Manickam Tagore has slammed the government’s proposed stringent guidelines for military personnel publishing books, calling it a “culture of excessive secrecy.” He argued that such rules could silence dissent and hide truths from the public, emphasizing the need for transparency in a democracy. This follows Rahul Gandhi’s use of unpublished memoir excerpts in Parliament.

Ob-gyn body says merit, patient safety and professional dignity at stake; seeks fee rationalisation

FOGSI has urged the National Medical Commission to immediately review and withdraw repeated reductions in the NEET-PG qualifying percentile. The body expressed concern that lowering the threshold dilutes meritocracy, compromises academic rigor, and raises questions about specialist training quality and patient safety.