Cut-off reduced to ensure that post-graduate medical seats don't go vacant, the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) said. SC is hearing a PIL on the matter.
The episode forces an uncomfortable but constitutionally routine point into the open: Hindus are a minority in J&K. Their protection is territorial, not “civilisational”.
Govt-appointed panel led by former ISRO chief had recommended transition of exams like NEET-UG to an online format, Aadhaar-based biometric verification of candidates at exam centres.
NEET 2025, already known as a challenging exam, was widely considered tougher than previous years—especially the Physics section, which many aspirants found particularly difficult.
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.
Latest charge sheet filed before special court for CBI cases in Patna is a 'major' document that explains in detail the sequence of events & roles played by key accused, it is learnt.
Many private medical colleges, run by politicians, would invariably wish for the NEET exam to be abolished and for a return to the old system where they could earn huge amounts of money.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
When marks are a measure of merit in an exam , how is lowering it not going to compromise with merit ? Does the government believe marks are just for fun ? Govt is merely interested in filling up seats and lower marks will ensure less meritorious students fill up those seats which usually lie vacant. And this is how “good” and “bad” branches or streams are developed over a period of time. Else , excellence has no branch or stream. But indulging in such shenanigans definitely results in one.
When marks are a measure of merit in an exam , how is lowering it not going to compromise with merit ? Does the government believe marks are just for fun ? Govt is merely interested in filling up seats and lower marks will ensure less meritorious students fill up those seats which usually lie vacant. And this is how “good” and “bad” branches or streams are developed over a period of time. Else , excellence has no branch or stream. But indulging in such shenanigans definitely results in one.