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The 19th meeting of the Medical Education Commission held on Monday concluded that the private medical colleges should provide living allowance to residential doctors on par with government doctors..

Similarly, residential doctors who are agitating should get back to their duties and studies, the meeting stressed.    

It may be noted that the 16th meeting of the Commission on February 8 had decided that the private medical colleges should pay the residential doctors with living allowances equivalent to their counterparts in public institutions. It has decided that private residential doctors shall be paid with Rs 48, 737 of living allowances per month.    

The meeting also entertained a report by the 11-member taskforce to review the number of seats and fees structures of the private medical colleges for MBBS and BDS programs.. 

In the meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, task force coordinator Dr Deepak Kafely, the Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, handed over the report to Prime Minister and Commission Chair KP Sharma Oli. 

The report has paved the way for forming a technical committee and reviews the seats and fees structures on the basis of standards of the medical colleges in accordance with the Medical Education Act- 2075 BS. 

Based on the report, a technical committee led by Prof Dr Sujan Babu Marhatta of the Directorate of Planning, Coordination and Academic Upgradation within the Commission was formed. It shall comprise Pro Dr Dibya Singh Shah, senior chartered accountant Mahesh Guragain, charter accountant Santosh Khanal and under secretaries of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Ministry of Health and Population and the Ministry of Finance. 

Talking to media following the meeting, Commission Co-Chair and Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Raghuji Pant said the Commission's 16th meeting has already decided that the living allowance should be provided to residential doctors on par with the government facilities and agitating doctors are expected to get back to the work.

DeepSeek, a Chinese AI service, has resumed availability in South Korean app stores following a two-month suspension due to data protection concerns.

South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) halted downloads in February after it was discovered that DeepSeek transferred user data without permission when the site first launched in January, according to Reuters.

DeepSeek is now available for download on platforms such as the Apple App Store and Google Play after being updated with its privacy policy. The company guarantees compliance with South Korean data privacy rules and allows customers to opt out of sharing personal information to entities in China and the United States.

The app's return follows DeepSeek's voluntary adjustments, which partially addressed the PIPC's recommendations, Reuters reported.

US military strikes on Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, have killed dozens.Eight individuals, including women and children, were killed in the Thaqban neighborhood of the Bani al-Harith district. After an attack on a migrant detention center, another 30 people were reported dead, according to Al Jazeera.

More casualties were reported as a result of additional US strikes that targeted the governorates of Amran and Saada. Although it has verified more than 800 strikes on Yemeni targets since mid-March, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) has not disclosed details of the most recent operations. 

More than 220 deaths have been reported during the ongoing campaign, Al Jazeera reported.

Three persons died and two others sustained injuries after being struck by lightning in separate incidents in Kaski and Gorkha districts on Sunday.

Two workers were killed when lightning struck them while working at Pode of Annapurna Rural Municipality-11 in Kaski district.

The deceased have been identified as Bharat Pubir Rai (44) of Silichong Rural Municipality-2 and Mahesh Rai (18) of the same area, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police Basanta Kumar Sharma, Information Officer at the District Police Office, Kaski. DSP Sharma said that other workers are safe.

Similarly, 42-year-old Raju Khanal of Bakrang, Sahid Lakhan Rural Municipality-1 died after being struck by lightning, said Police Inspector Dhruba Prasad Sharma, the Information Officer at the District Police Office, Gorkha.

The incident occurred while he was sitting at home at around 8 pm on Sunday. Khanal was brought to the Province Hospital, Gorkha for treatment, but doctors declared him dead on arrival, police inspector Sharma said.

Similarly, Sukamaya Ale (50) and Bipana Ale (18) were injured in a lightning strike at Chiangli of Palungtar Municipality-7 on Sunday evening.

Both the injured are undergoing treatment at Old Medical College in Chitwan.