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CUET-UG 2025 results announced, only 1 candidate scores 100 percentile in 4 of 5 subjects

New Delhi: One candidate has scored 100 percentile in four out of five subjects, reveal this year's CUET (Common University Entrance Test) Undergraduate results,...

Year after NEET fiasco, NTA facing heat again as exam troubles persist despite assurances of reform

This is the 2nd consecutive year the agency has faced criticism over the conduct of NEET-UG, and the alleged failure to conduct exams smoothly is not limited to just that test.

Calls for deferring CUET-UG exam grow as India-Pakistan tensions escalate

Scheduled to begin on 13 May, several parents & students enrolled for the entrance exam in border states & UTs are now requesting NTA to consider postponing it citing safety concerns.

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.

Govt panel on exam reforms wants NTA to conduct only entrance exams, recommends restructuring

From 2025, NTA will not conduct recruitment exams, says Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The panel was formed following allegations of irregularities in the NEET-UG exam.

‘Preventing potential nexus.’ NTA plans larger pool of examiners, observers to avoid NEET row repeat

The steps are being taken following recommendations by a govt panel, set up to suggest reforms in entrance exams conducted by NTA after allegations of irregularities in the 2024 NEET-UG.

Exam panel govt set up after leak fiasco recommends multi-stage NEET-UG, all entrance tests online

Panel suggests multi-level NEET-UG along lines of JEE (Advanced). It also recommends 'hybrid mode' in areas where conduct of computer-based entrance exams is not possible.

SC rebukes NTA over lapses in planning, conduct of NEET-UG 2024 — ‘precisely the reason why it exists’

The court also said that manner in which NEET was held on 5 May 'gives rise to serious concerns'. It made these observations while disposing of a clutch of petitions seeking reexamination.

SC refuses to order NEET-UG retest, says data on record doesn’t indicate ‘systemic leak’

Currently, there is absence of material on record sufficient to lead to conclusion that exam result was vitiated or there was systemic breach in sanctity of the exam, CJI says.

SC asks IIT Delhi panel to give opinion on contested physics question in NEET UG 2024

Panel to submit by Tuesday afternoon its opinion on question 19 of physics section that led National Testing Agency (NTA) to award grace marks, resulting in 44 toppers.

On Camera

Swraj Paul was the original NRI powerbroker. Helped Indira’s return, shaped India Inc

When he was asked why he was so loud in his criticisms of Indian industry when his purpose could be better served by a shrewder approach, he said, “Because I am a Punjabi, not a Marwari”.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

India and France to jointly develop and manufacture 120 kN engine for homegrown AMCA

The new engine, set to be developed over the next 10 years, will power the second tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft. First set will be equipped with GE 414 engines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?