Testing agency NTA says CSIR-UGC NET postponed 'due to unavoidable circumstances & logistic issues'. Decision taken due to suspicions of paper leak, it is learnt.
The 7-member committee, led by former ISRO chairman Dr K Radhakrishnan, will make recommendations on reforms in the examination process, structure and functioning of NTA.
National Testing Agency’s charter is to assess the 'competence of candidates' for admission and recruitment, but NEET and UGC-NET firestorms have put its own competency in question.
Asking Oppn not to politicise paper leaks, Pradhan says UGC-NET was cancelled after questions appeared on ‘dark net’. Asked about NEET, says issues limited to ‘specific regions’.
Around 89,600 candidates applied for 553 positions in Ministry of Commerce for 'Examiner of Patents and Designs'. Prelims took place 21 December 2023 & mains held 25 January 2024.
After cancellation of UGC-NET, RSS student wing's national general secretary says students have begun to 'doubt' exams conducted by National Testing Agency.
Aspirants say after dealing with poor management at centres, late release of admit cards & alleged paper leaks, they now have to take the test again. Congress demands answers from govt.
The apex court has already refused to stay counselling of NEET-UG, 2024 -- the gateway to admissions into MBBS, BDS and AYUSH and other related courses.
There is no evidence or even a hint to suggest that the NTA is in cahoots with ‘solver gangs’ or ‘cheating mafia’. Public posturing of political parties can't be an argument for or against NEET.
Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
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.
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.
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