The Medical Council of India, the national medical education regulator, was on Saturday dissolved in the wake of a recent corruption allegations. The MCI general council has been replaced by a six-member panel of eminent doctors, led by gastroenterologist S.K. Sarin.

Justice Dipak Misra was on Friday appointed as the new Chief Justice of Delhi high court. An official statement said that Justice Misra has been directed to assume his new responsibility on or before May 28.

An expert group of ministers met on Friday to discuss the Judges Standards and Accountability Bill and is believed to have discussed a clause relating to “minor reprimands” for judges for acts of omission and commission.

The government on Thursday changed the eligibility criteria to avail benefits of the Central scholarship scheme, a step that is likely to benefit meritorious students from low income background.

May 3: JSW Steel is the latest Indian firm to join the coal bandwagon. The company is planning to acquire mines for coking coal — used to produce steel — in the United States.

May 3: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday stated that the government was free to take action against anyone involved in terrorist activities but incidents of terrorism should not be linked with religion.