New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- India's top medical education regulator has flagged serious irregularities in student admissions for the 2024-25 academic year, prompting an urgent directive for all medical colleges to re-examine their student data. The move by the National Medical Commission (NMC) comes amid an ongoing Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into alleged corruption within the body itself.

The NMC's Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) found that numerous medical colleges had submitted incorrect student information, including student IDs that simply don't exist. In a public notice, the regulator listed a series of specific entry numbers where these errors were found, highlighting the scale of the problem.

To fix these ...