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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicNational Testing Agency

Topic: National Testing Agency

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.

Doctor’s gang with history of paper leaks & deals worth crores — Bihar Police’s NEET probe

Bihar Police officers say National Testing Agency, which conducts NEET, has not responded to all questions asked, leading to a delay in establishing the trail of alleged paper leak.

Amid NEET results mess, NTA goes on social media Q&A spree. ‘Is it a fact-checking body?’ ask X users

National Testing Agency, which maintains there was no paper leak, is actively putting out posts on results & responding to each query posted by students and politicians alike.

In eye of NEET storm, a look at origins of India’s testing agency NTA & past controversies

Starting with UGC-NET in 2018, National Testing Agency gradually assumed responsibility for other exams 2019 onwards. However, it has often received backlash over alleged irregularities.

NEET-UG 2024: SC issues notice to Centre, NTA on plea for CBI probe, seeks response within 2 weeks

The apex court also issued notice on a transfer petition filed by NTA seeking to transfer to SC a petition filed in a High Court alleging paper leaks and irregularities in conduct of NEET-UG, 2024.

Grace marks cancelled, but concerns of NEET aspirants’ remain — ‘paper leak was main issue’

Govt informs SC that high-powered panel formed by NTA has decided to cancel grace marks awarded to 1,563 candidates who appeared for NEET UG 2024 & give them option to take retest.

NEET row: NTA issues FAQ document, says ‘cases seem related to cheating & impersonation, not paper leaks’

Testing agency also addressed questions regarding paper leaks in Patna & Sawai Madhopur, where Hindi medium students were mistakenly given English papers and vice versa.

NTA chief denies NEET ‘paper leak’, says 4-member panel to look into alleged discrepancies

High-powered panel looking into alleged discrepancies will submit recommendations in a week, says Subodh Kumar Singh, chief of NTA which conducts NEET-UG.

After NEET-UG 2024 sees 67 top scorers, students & parents demand re-examination, plan to move court

In previous years, there have been 1-3 toppers for each year at best. Now, students, parents & teachers are also demanding that NTA reveal how many students got grace marks & how much.

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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.