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

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

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

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

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

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Singh has been replaced by retd IAS Pradeep Singh Kharola until appointment of permanent incumbent or further orders.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.

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

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.

Petrol, diesel prices hiked by Rs 3 per litre as Centre moves to ease OMC losses

The hike comes amid soaring global energy costs, with government citing mounting under-recoveries and fiscal pressure on state-run oil firms

Drones no longer enablers, they’re replacing manned aircraft roles—CISC Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit

Speaking at IAF think-tank seminar, Air Marshal Dixit was backed by Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh, who said unmanned aerial systems are no longer just the eyes in the sky but ‘claws in the sky’.

Pakistan is tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous. It’s primed for repeated blunders

Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.