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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
TopicNational Testing Agency

Topic: National Testing Agency

NTA was supposed to rescue exams from ‘Munna Bhais’. Now it’s part of the problem

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.

NTA postpones UGC-NET exam due to ‘unavoidable circumstances’ & logistical issues

The revised schedule for the conduct of this examination will be announced later through the official website, the NTA said.

NEET, UGC-NET paper leaks institutional failure of NTA, setting up high-level panel, says Pradhan

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’.

Re-exams, random change of interview dates & more — NTA’s horror show in govt recruitment test

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.

ABVP demands CBI probe into ‘entire mechanism’ of NTA, announces nationwide protests

After cancellation of UGC-NET, RSS student wing's national general secretary says students have begun to 'doubt' exams conducted by National Testing Agency.

‘NTA incapable of conducting exams’ — cancellation of UGC NET exam leaves aspirants angry, frustrated

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.

‘If there is 0.001% negligence, it should be thoroughly dealt with,’ Supreme Court to NTA on NEET UG result row

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.

Don’t make a mountain out of NEET molehill. Deliberate plan to damage NTA’s credibility is on

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.

NCERT an ‘affiliate of RSS’ — Congress slams textbook revisions on secularism, vote bank politics

Congress’s Jairam Ramesh says NCERT ‘not Nagpur or Narendra’ Council for Educational Research and Training, and that NTA is blaming NCERT to draw attention away from own failures.

Rampant mark inflation in NEET — 715 was top score 2 yrs ago, now it can mean 225th rank

Rank inflation is seen even among toppers with 67 candidates getting perfect score of 720. Entire issue is about how much inflation has happened, say NEET stakeholders.

On Camera

Where is Skill India money going? It’s a Rs 48,000 crore mystery

All industries are still facing an acute shortage of skilled manpower despite thousands of crores spent on skilling schemes.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Trump feared India could arm BrahMos with nuclear warhead to target Pakistan in Op Sindoor—WSJ report

New Delhi: During Operation Sindoor, the United States which had received intelligence suggesting that India had launched BrahMos cruise missiles to strike targets inside...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.