VK News Today https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Top stocks to buy today: Stock market recommendations for June 23, 2026 – check list Punjab Police Constable admit card 2026 to be released soon; exam commences from July 1 Logan Lerman marries longtime partner Ana Corrigan in intimate Los Angeles ceremony; Kirsten Smith shares first pics The money leak hiding in your food delivery app ‘Deeply sadened’: EAM Jaishankar condoles death of 12 Indians in Qatar blast; assures assistance | India News New Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC) will end admissions to PG diploma courses after 2026-27 academic year and convert existing seats into MD/MS programmes, aiming to bring all specialist medical training under a single degree framework, reports Anuja Jaiswal.NMC on Monday directed all medical colleges and institutions offering PG diploma courses to apply for conversion of these seats into corresponding MD/MS seats through the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB).The move is expected to affect diploma seats across specialties such as child health, obstetrics and gynaecology, anaesthesia, ophthalmology, psychiatry and public health currently offered by medical colleges. According to NMC, several institutions currently run both diploma and degree programmes in the same specialty, while others offer only diploma courses despite having the infrastructure, faculty and clinical material required for degree programmes.The regulator said converting diploma seats into MD/MS seats would help standardise postgraduate training, improve the quality and recognition of specialist qualifications and make better use of existing institutional capacity.MARB president Prof M K Ramesh said diploma courses have increasingly become redundant, often putting diploma holders at disadvantage. Originally meant to train specialists for district and subdistrict facilities, diploma courses have lost relevance as degree-qualified specialists are available at those levels.He said diploma holders face limited career growth, are generally ineligible for teaching positions and promotions, often leaving them at a disadvantage compared to MD/MS graduates. With no new diploma seats sanctioned for years and only about 400 seats remaining in a few specialties, maintaining a parallel diploma stream serves little purpose, he added.The decision follows provisions incorporated in Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023, which state that no new applications for starting or increasing diploma seats would be allowed and that institutions may instead seek conversion of diploma seats into degree seats.Medical education experts said the move was to increase the pool of doctors holding recognised specialist degrees, though states and colleges will need to ensure a smooth transition so that training capacity is not disrupted during conversion process.Get the latest India news and live updates. 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The social media giant will own about 20% of Cred, though the company said Meta would remain a minority investor and will not have access to member data. Shah will step away from day-to-day operations at Cred, though he will remain a shareholder. Miten Sampat, who has led strategy and finance at the company since 2020, will take over as interim chief executive.Shah will succeed Will Cathcart, who has led WhatsApp since 2019, and relocate to Meta’s California headquarters. Cathcart will move to a new role within Meta focused on building new products.The appointment comes as Meta doubles down on India, WhatsApp’s biggest market with more than 600 million users, and steps up efforts to monetise the platform through payments, business messaging and AI.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Shah “brings the kind of builder mentality and global perspective that will serve him well in running the world’s biggest messaging app”. Shah posted that he was stepping back “with gratitude” and confidence in the Cred team. Sampat said Cred had a “generational opportunity” to build on that foundation as it prepares for an eventual listing.Meta has been expanding WhatsApp’s role in India beyond messaging, adding UPI payments, metro ticketing, bill payments and mobile recharges. WhatsApp Pay has gathered pace after the removal of user-onboarding restrictions, processing more than 150 million monthly UPI transactions and capturing around 0.65% market share, according to NPCI data. However, it remains far behind PhonePe and Google Pay, which together account for nearly 79% of UPI transactions.Business messaging has emerged as a key growth engine for Meta, with revenues from paid messaging services crossing a $2-billion annualised run rate in the Dec 2025 quarter. The company has also been pushing AI tools for businesses on WhatsApp, enabling merchants to automate customer interactions and sales.Founded in 2018, Cred began as a rewards platform for credit card bill payments and has since expanded into lending, insurance, wealth management and commerce. The company says it has over 17 million monthly active members, manages a Rs 24,000-crore lending assets book through partner institutions and generates annual revenue of about Rs 3,200 crore. It recently posted its first profitable quarter and is working towards a potential IPO.Meta’s India operations, however, have been facing growing legal scrutiny. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court warned WhatsApp and its parent company against sharing user data for targeted advertising, saying citizens’ privacy rights could not be compromised for commercial interests. A bench led by CJI Surya Kant indicated the court could prohibit such practices if adequate safeguards are not put in place.Get the latest India news and live updates. 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E-forensics will strengthen evidence and e-prosecution will drive the case towards conviction.Over the past four days, Shah has posted on X explaining the functions of the four apps. The first set of posts, uploaded Friday, said the four apps “will equip our agencies with the key to speed and accuracy in justice delivery by enabling instant matching of fingerprints; integrated DNA, iris and face matching; and seamless digital coordination among the agencies”.In a post on ‘Abhigyan’, Shah said it “enables field police personnel to search the NAFIS comprising 1.3 crore fingerprints, using their smartphone to identify a suspect”. He added: “This app, secured through two-step authentication, is strengthening ground policing through real-time fingerprint-based identification. Powered by fast identification, portable setup and crores of records, the Abhigyan app is a very robust tool”.Get the latest India news and live updates. 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