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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicNEET scam

Topic: NEET scam

Don’t kill NEET over paper leaks. Medical seats mustn’t become privilege of the rich again

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.

SC refuses to order NEET-UG retest, says data on record doesn’t indicate ‘systemic leak’

Currently, there is absence of material on record sufficient to lead to conclusion that exam result was vitiated or there was systemic breach in sanctity of the exam, CJI says.

CBI arrests 2 more in NEET-UG case, including NIT grad who ‘stole question paper from NTA’s trunk’

Civil engineer arrested from Patna, associate who allegedly helped him steal leaked NEET-UG 2024 question paper held in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh.

‘My bat, my rules’ shouldn’t govern NEET. It eliminates poor students even before the match begins

In gully cricket, the batting order is often randomly decided by holding up numbers behind a person’s back as they unknowingly call out names. Let chance rectify the problems with NEET too.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.