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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicNational Testing Agency

Topic: National Testing Agency

NEET fiasco isn’t just about broken dreams. It’s pushing lakhs of families into poverty

Families who sank their life savings and took on debt to fund their children’s NEET dreams are paying a high price for their aspirations.

Paper leaks ‘symptom of a larger problem’ — too many aspirants, not enough seats & a flawed NTA model

In part 3 of a series on paper leaks, ThePrint looks into how overwhelming demand for seats in govt medical colleges & govt jobs is leading to imbalance in demand & supply of opportunities.

‘Grace marks were just cover up for main blunder of paper leak’ — aspirants on revised NEET UG results

5 of 6 toppers took the retest, and though none are on topper list now, they still scored over 680. Results of retest did not make any significant difference in final ranks, say aspirants.

NTA reveals new dates for 3 crucial exams amid raging row over alleged irregularities

The UGC-NET, which was cancelled a day after being conducted on June 18, will now be held from August 21 to September 4.

NTA’s one-size-fits-all testing approach isn’t working. Raise the assessment bar

It’s important to endow the NTA with the authority and framework to establish a collaborative mechanism involving law enforcement and intelligence agencies at federal and state levels.

NEET paper leak: Bihar EOU finds burnt booklet ‘100% match’ with original T3 set, says envelop ‘tampered’

Bihar Police traced box & envelope in which the T3 set was dispatched, found that envelope was 'torn on rear side & re-sealed', it is learnt. Courier company Blue Dart under scanner.

CBI team probing UGC NET case attacked in Bihar, 4 arrested. ‘Injured driver, harassed woman constable’

Police say teams have been formed to nab other accused. CBI says, 1 among the mob of 200-300, Mithlesh Parsad, was particularly aggressive, hurling gendered abuses at female constable.

NEET ‘leak’: Bihar finds Jharkhand link, ‘lapses’ by Blue Dart & SBI after submitting report to Centre

EOU conveyed to education ministry that sanctity of NEET-UG 2024 exam was breached by inter-stage gang. Bihar govt has granted CBI to consent to probe suspected leak, it is learnt.

Our take on NTA exams, heatwave deaths and Priyanka Gandhi in Parliament—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

NTA chief Subodh Kumar Singh removed amid uproar over NEET, UGC-NET controversies

Singh has been replaced by retd IAS Pradeep Singh Kharola until appointment of permanent incumbent or further orders. He has been put on 'compulsory wait' in Dept of Personnel & Training.

On Camera

India’s most consequential decade & chronicling it as part of the dream team of journalism

You’d think the decade of 1985-95 is long over. Not really. The issues that erupted in that decade are still shaping Indian conversations.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.