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Thursday, July 30, 2026
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Topic: NTA

NTA is hiring. Only serving govt officers are eligible

Nootan Sharma -
While the National Testing Agency has posted the hiring call on X, these are not open recruitment posts—they are deputation vacancies.

Civil servants say CBSE officials alone aren’t responsible, remove Dharmendra Pradhan

Ratan Priya -
The officers write that the removal of the CBSE chairman and secretary was a case of “too little, too late”.

PM Modi ‘personally supervising’ NEET issue, govt tells SC; exam to shift to computer-based test

Sneha Richhariya -
Background checks of officials and use of AI tools for translation among other measures listed by NTA to avoid paper leaks from the next exam cycle.

Modi govt has failed India’s young. Exam fraud costs lives

Sagarika Ghose -
NEET to UGC-NET—India’s competitive exams are collapsing under Modi’s watch.

NEET paper leak came from a hole that wasn’t plugged in 2024. NTA is ignoring its problems

Vrinda Tulsian -
The students who paid Rs 5 lakh for a leaked paper and the students who paid Rs 5 lakh for legitimate coaching did not sit the same exam. That is the real scandal.

A proposal for NTA—digitise exam centres, encrypt question papers

Dinesh Singh -
The NTA must adopt technology to combat the problem. Develop a high-quality bank of questions and use an algorithm to create a paper using randomisation.

NEET UG 2026 cancelled after paper leak. Govt orders CBI inquiry, re-test without fresh fee

Nootan Sharma -
Right after the exam on 3 May, allegations of a paper leak began surfacing from multiple states.

NTA posts edgy message on X, deletes after student backlash. Now it’s talking stress relief

Nootan Sharma -
Already under scrutiny for exam management, the agency's latest social media blunder adds to growing concerns over its transparency.

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

Fareeha Iftikhar -
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

Fareeha Iftikhar -
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.
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How the 1881 census redefined colonial rule in India

Kirti Bhargava -
From hidden elders to uncounted infants, colonial enumerators faced widespread public distrust during the first all-India count.

Youth anger isn’t about paper leaks alone. Govt must create jobs

The new Vande Mataram Bill revives a debate India settled decades ago

Economy

NH toll revenue doubles in five years to over Rs 70,000 crore as number of plazas rises sharply

Udit Bubna -
Government tells Parliament toll collections touched Rs 70,278 crore in 2025-26, Rajasthan has highest number of toll plazas, while expenditure on operating plazas is not maintained centrally.

Defence

The ‘outlier’ caves in: Permanent commission allowed for women in Indian Coast Guard

Snehesh Alex Philip -
On Tuesday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled a policy for gender-neutral induction and career progression of officers in Indian Coast Guard.

National Interest

Youth’s struggles won’t end with Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation. Govt must decentralise education

Shekhar Gupta -
Our education system is a destroyer of all talent by enforcing learning by rote, pushing students to coaching classes to ‘crack’ competitive exams. And then, papers leak.

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