1. DOCTORS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A UNIQUE ID BY THE NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION

According to the National Medical Commission's (NMC) new rules, doctors must get a Unique Identification Number (UID) to practice medicine in the nation. The NMC ethics board will centrally create the UID, which would thereafter provide the practitioner registration in NMR and the right to practice medicine in India.

14th May

In addition to being one of the tallest Shiva temples in the world, Tungnath is also the highest of the five Panch Kedar temples and can be seen in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. It just received national monument status.

2. PANDAVA-BUILT TEMPLE IN TUNGNATH DESIGNATED AS A NATIONAL LANDMARK

14th May

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has named Praveen Sood, the Director General of Police in Karnataka, as its next director. The 59-year-old will assume responsibility for the role for two years on May 25, when Subodh Kumar Jaiswal's tenure finishes.

3. PRAVEEN SOOD, THE DGP OF KARNATAKA, IS NAMED THE NEXT CBI DIRECTOR

14th May