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Govt set up high-powered panel to cut students’ dependency on coaching centres. Here’s what it found

Created by education ministry in June last year, panel identifies actionable areas to limit the strengthening trend of coaching centres focused on competitive examinations.

Ghost of UGC-NET returns to haunt NTA. Centre orders audit of exam processes

Education Minister Pralhad Joshi has ordered ‘overhaul of Confidential Operations (CONOPS) architecture, secluded rooms, air-gapped systems, device-deposit protocols’.

NTA under scrutiny again after NEET leak, orders UGC-NET re-exam for 3 subjects over multiple errors

The English and Commerce exam will be re-conducted 9 September, while Sociology will be held 10 September.

Another churn in education ministry, higher education secretary replaced 17 days after appointment

Deepti Gaur Mukherjee replaces Naresh Pal Gangwar, who was appointed the secy on 23 July at the peak of the anti-paper leak protests by students at the Capital’s Jantar Mantar.

Paper leaks, marksheet mix-ups—it’s a bad time to be a student in India

All the authorities are working to fix the OSM controversies & the NEET paper leak but how many of them actually care about the lakhs of students they’ve mentally burdened?

Weak monsoon forecast, early El Niño—India is staring at a perfect storm

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Modi’s cabinet is looking jaded—it needs new ideas, new faces, removal of deadwood

The NEET paper leaks and the ongoing loss of public confidence in the CBSE exam results show that someone is either sleeping on the watch or not very competent.

Rahul leading charge, Oppn tears into BJP over NEET-UG 2026 cancellation, demands NTA be dissolved

From Rahul Gandhi's 'crime against youth' to Kejriwal's call for protests, opposition demands a response from BJP. Education Minister Pradhan refuses to answer media questions.

Education in Budget: Allocation up 8%, girls’ hostel in every district & content labs in 15,000 schools

FM Sitharaman also announced the govt will set up 5 university townships in the vicinity of major industrial logistics centres, and set up or upgrade 4 Telescope Infrastructure.

Tezpur University protests: Ministry team assures inquiry against V-C, prof assumes charge suo motu

Team led by higher education secretary Vineet Joshi arrived at campus Saturday but was greeted with protests. Students & teachers insist on V-C Shambhu Nath Singh’s removal.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.