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From new year, NTA to verify candidates in NEET, JEE & other entrance exams with facial recognition

Aadhaar card will be used for verification. Decision taken after a small trial at some exam centres for NEET-UG this year.

NMC decides to hold NEET-UG in pen & paper mode again this year. Not online, as govt panel advised

NTA, which conducts NEET-UG 2025, advises candidates to use APAAR ID for registration. Meanwhile, students and coaches ask why Radhakrishnan panel’s recommendations were ignored.

I worked to reform CBSE’s testing system. NTA can learn from it—Anil Swarup

CBSE has more than 16 full-fledged regional offices in the country manned by permanent employees. These regional offices monitor every aspect of exams, from transportation to selection of exam centres, custodians, invigilators, and evaluation.

NTA chief Subodh Kumar Singh removed amid uproar over NEET, UGC-NET controversies

Singh has been replaced by retd IAS Pradeep Singh Kharola until appointment of permanent incumbent or further orders. He has been put on 'compulsory wait' in Dept of Personnel & Training.

‘No show by officials, software not installed’: Centres hit by CUET cancellation blame NTA

Test for undergraduate admissions was cancelled multiple times at hundreds of centres in past week. Conducting body NTA says 'each case being examined individually'.

New university entrance exam to be based on Class 12 course, needs no coaching, says NTA chief

NTA Director Vineet Joshi says mandatory CUET will use ‘model syllabus’, comprising questions from NCERT and state boards. Not even questions from Class XI will be used.

On Camera

Controversial dog-walker IAS Sanjeev Khirwar is back in Delhi. What happened to his wife?

In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.

IndiGo profit plunges 78% as Dec meltdown with 3k flight cancellations takes a toll

Net income for InterGlobe Aviation Ltd slipped 78 percent to Rs 5.5 billion for the three months ended Dec 31 compared with the year-ago period.

Rafale saga: 25 yrs of detours, deadlocks & political hesitation. Now IAF getting what it always wanted

Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance. 

Pakistan se azaadi. Grow up India, stop giving it prime real estate in your psyche

Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.