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Friday, April 10, 2026
TopicJoint Entrance Examination

Topic: Joint Entrance Examination

NTA under fire once again after a record 12 questions dropped in JEE-Main 2025. What went wrong

Despite reducing the number of questions from 90 to 75, the error rate in the engineering entrance exam increased to 1.6 percent from the 0.6 percent limit.

SubscriberWrites: IIT: Passion or social pressure?

In my interactions with many IIT graduates, I have noticed that not all of them are self-driven and have joined IIT with a genuine desire to learn science or technology.

Just how tough is JEE Advanced? Data shows 90% IIT aspirants got half the questions wrong in 2021

JEE Advanced is a ‘test of elimination’ for the IITs, touted as one of the hardest undergraduate entrance exams in the world. New data highlights how tough the questions are.

JEE scam and NEET ban are failures of the existing system. But tougher questions lie ahead

Given the large number of students associated with these exams, and the high stakes involved, NEET and JEE controversies need to be handled with care.

No change in JEE Mains phase 4 dates, testing body says as revised schedule creates confusion

The National Testing Agency Tuesday said the third phase of JEE Mains will be held on four dates — 20, 22, 25 and 27 July.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.