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ricinus communis 
(castor plant, arandi)
(ricin)




croton tiglium (jamalgota)

crotin

fatal dose 3-4  seeds











atropa belladona
















yellow oleander



abrus precatorius

sin needle (sui)
abrin




 semecarpus anacardium 

( marking nut)

semicarpol







calotropis

calotropin

used as :-
cattle poison
arrow poison
artificial bruise































dhatura

(hyoscyamine,
hyoscine ,
scopolamine)






cannabis (hashish, marijuana)

bhang- dried leaves
ganja- flowering tops of female plant
charas- resinous exudates of leaves and stem







nux vomica

strychnine and brucine






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WHO Annual events schedule


Annual events


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Census 2011


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RNTCP LATEST CHANGES 2011





salient points


1.Now only 2 categories are included,third one is removed.....ie.CAT I and CAT II
CAT I : New cases irrespective if their status
CAT II : Previously Treated case with Treatment Failure


2.Sputum samples collected are only "2"


if one of two samples is positive then it is sputum smear positive
Cough for even 1 day duration should be screened for TB


XDR TB includes resistance to INH+Rifampicin+Injectables+Flouroquinolones




RNTCP LATEST CHANGES

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NEET-PG 2012 - LATEST UPDATE

The government has decided not to hold National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) in 2012 as proposed earlier, citing lack of resources and expertise. The common PG medical entrance for 21,000 postgraduate medical seats across the country will be held only in 2013.
The ComedK PGET 2012entrance examination will be held on February 12, 2012.
Details on ComedK PGET will be notified later. Check www.comedk.org.

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NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRANCE TEST-PG

NOW ITS CLEAR THAT FROM NEXT YEAR THERE WILL BE A COMMON ENTRANCE TEST..

NEET-PG


NEET-PG: The common entrance test (CET) for admission to Medical Post-graduate Courses across the country i.e. National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Medical Postgraduate Courses - MD/MS/Diploma (NEET-PG ) shall be held in Jan-Feb 2012 for admissions in the academic year 2012-2013. The syllabus is that of MBBS described in the MCI Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997. The multiple choice questions (MCQs) would be based on the MBBS syllabus as well as the knowledge that needs to be acquired during internship which is also described in the said Regulations. The distribution of questions, model questions and method of tie breaking for ranking would be placed on the website in the due course.





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CORE SYLLABUS FOR NEET-UG

EARLIER MCI proposed to reform pattern of UG AND PG exam .

IN view of this MCI recently published the syllabus for UNDERGRADUATE (MBBS) entrance examination..

here is the link:- http://www.mciindia.org/tools/announcement/CoreSyllabus_NEET-UG.pdf

prepared by NCERT

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