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New Delhi: The Supreme Court commenced hearing on Monday more than 30 pleas related to the controversy-ridden medical entrance exam NEET-UG 2024, including those alleging irregularities and malpractices in the May 5 test and seeking a direction to conduct it afresh. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra…
Members of the Indian Youth Congress during their protest at Jantar Mantar over the alleged rigging of the NEET-UG exam, in New Delhi on June 27. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP The story so far: The NEET-UG exam has been embroiled in controversies over the award of grace marks, allegation of paper leaks and…
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The NEET paper leak is the biggest issue in the Lok Sabha today (Representational) New Delhi: The Opposition today demanded to discuss in the Lok Sabha the alleged leak of the medical exam NEET-UG and other sought-after, competitive tests. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has said it is ready to answer any question…
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The petition raises serious concerns about the integrity of the NEET-UG examination held on May 5. New Delhi: The Supreme Court today issued a notice to the National Testing Agency (NTA) following a petition filed by a learning app alleging exam rigging in the recently conducted NEET-UG exams. The court has directed the NTA to…
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NEET-UG: Sources said students’ confidence in the NTA had diminished following the controversies The first red flag that indicated the medical exam NEET-UG could have been compromised came when it became known that over 1,500 students were given grace marks. But why was this so? Sources in the Education Ministry said grace marks have never…
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The NTA today released data of students who appeared or skipped the NEET UG retest New Delhi: Forty-eight per cent of students who were scheduled to retake the NEET-UG today did not turn up, the National Testing Agency (NTA) said in a statement. After a Supreme Court order, 1,563 students who were given grace marks…
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The door of the exam centre was shut after the two students did not show up Chandigarh: Invigilators were waiting, police personnel were on the spot and metal scanners were in place, but the two students who were to take the NEET-UG retest at an exam centre in Chandigarh did not turn up. St Joseph’s…
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It’s exam time again. The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance (NEET-UG) retest for 1,563 candidates is being reconducted today after the testing agency withdrew the grace marks awarded to them to make up for the loss of time. Here are the top points in this big story: The medical entrance exam retest will be held at seven centres…
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The NEET medical entrance tests and NET exams for professorial posts are conducted by the NTA (File). New Delhi: Hours after the Education Ministry scrapped the 2024 UGC-NET examination – based on input from a federal cybercrime unit run by the Home Ministry that said it may have been compromised – sources told NDTV early…
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The racket was unearthed at a Gujarat school that was a centre for NEET-UG exam (Representational) Godhra: A criminal case has been registered against a schoolteacher in Godhra in Gujarat’s Panchmahal district and two others for their alleged involvement in trying to help six candidates appearing for the NEET-UG competitive exam by promising to solve…
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