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HISTORICAL FACTS: 7 - The Untold Story

Explained: All about NEET ‘paper leak’ in Bihar, cheating racket in Gujarat

Why did students from far off states travel to Gujarat to answer the NEET-UG exam? And that too in the regional Gujarati language? This strange fact surfaced as Newslaundry’s Sumedha Mittal hit the ground to investigate the alleged paper leak in Gujarat’s Godhra.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 329: Gujarat’s NEET cheat sheet, murky political funding

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Sumedha Mittal and Shivnarayan Rajpurohit.

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Hafta letters: Protocols, NEET ‘scam’, Ambani wedding

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NEET Exam 2024: SC seeks Plea Against Cancellation of NEET Super Specialty Exam

The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Centre and others on a plea raising allegations of the arbitrary and irrational decision of indefinitely postponing the NEET-SS Examination 2024. Read further on Dynamite News:

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SC asks NTA to publish centre-wise NEET results

The Supreme Court has directed the National Testing Agency to publish city- and centre-wise results of the NEET-UG exam by Saturday noon while masking the identity of the students.

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‘Depressed, social life abandoned, coaching unaffordable’: The agony of the disadvantaged NEET aspirant

“I was back to square one,” Rashi*, 23, recalled the day the NEET-UG results were unexpectedly announced amid the Lok Sabha election results frenzy on June 4. It was her fourth attempt, and she had hoped for a government seat.

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'NEET "not necessary"...entire country is opposing it', claims Tamil Nadu CM Stalin

The NEET-UG exam, held on May 5, 2024, has been mired in controversy, with allegations of cheating and impersonation. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Hafta letters: Radicalisation, NEET row, democracy

Hello, I’m a long-time subscriber. This is the first time I am writing to Hafta. I live in the US and have been following the election coverage. I noticed a shift in various platforms, such as Barkha’s. She started picking up the same talking points as the Godi channels, filling…

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CBI arrests accused in NEET Paper Leak case from Bihar

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested accused Rakesh Ranjan alias Rocky from Bihar's Nalanda in connection with the NEET paper leak case. Read further on Dynamite News:

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NEET-UG Paper Leak: CBI arrests alleged kingpin from Patna

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested accused Rakesh Ranjan alias Rocky from Bihar's Nalanda in connection with the NEET paper leak case. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Supreme Court adjourns for July 18 hearing in NEET-UG case

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing for July 18 a batch of petitions alleging paper leakage and malpractices in the NEET-UG 2024 exam, held on May 5. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Seats quota, banquet halls, buses and answers: How to leak a paper in Bihar

Sitting outside his house in a village in Pawapuri area of Bihar’s Nalanda district, a 68-year-old man was made a strange offer by an acquaintance on a February evening.

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NEET UG exam: "CJI bench was convinced that paper has been leaked," says petitioner Alakh Pandey

Alakh Pandey, petitioner in the NEET-UG 2024 exam case, said on Monday that the Chief Justice of India bench, in the hearing today, was convinced that the paper has been leaked and they want to determine to what extent it was leaked. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Years before NEET row, NTA contracted 2 exam firms with murky record

Imagine spending years preparing for a job exam, only to discover that the process was flawed from the start. India has seen many such cases over the years, including those where assessment agencies were granted exam contracts despite their murky record.

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NEET fiasco and centralised exams: Was the NTA designed to fail?

The one-size-fits-all approach taken by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government in setting up the National Testing Agency (NTA) in 2017 has turned into a nightmare for thousands of students. The agency’s inefficacy was exposed in a blizzard of question paper leak allegations in the run-up to the National Eligibility…

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In Haryana hall of shame, NTA’s different yardsticks for test and retest

There was a difference between the National Testing Agency’s yardsticks for the NEET-UG retest last month and the original test in May in Haryana’s Jhajjar.

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NEET UG 2024 counselling postponed until further notice

The development comes after the Supreme Court refused to delay the NEET UG counselling scheduled to start on July 6. Read further on Dynamite News:

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NEET PG 2024 exams scheduled to be held in two shifts on August 11

The government had postponed the NEET-PG 2024 examinations following controversy regarding alleged exam "irregularities" in the NEET-UG exam held on May 5. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Pedagogy, jobs, reform: The many reasons why UGC-NET is a study in failure

The University Grants Commission-administered and the National Testing Agency-conducted National Eligibility Test was cancelled just a little after the NTA-coordinated National Eligibility cum Entrance Test’s last-minute annulment – after it was revealed that question papers were leaked and both examinations compromised.

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NTA gets all work done, including tests, thru private companies: Jairam Ramesh

The Congress leader demanded the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, stating that this issue is not just about NEET but concerns all the institutions run by the Ministry of Education. Read further on Dynamite News:

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CBI arrests Jharkhand journalist in connection with NEET ‘paper leak’

The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested Mohammad Jamaludin, a Hazaribagh-based journalist, for “helping” two accused of alleged paper leak of this year’s NEET examination, Indian Express reported, citing a source.

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LS adjourned as opposition pushes for discussion on NEET, Rahul Gandhi leads charge

Following the paper leak controversy around the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for medical undergraduates and the cancellation of UGC-NET due to "lack of integrity," the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, demanded a discussion on NEET in Parliament, adding that the discussion must happen "respectfully." Read…

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CBI arrests two from Bihar's Patna in alleged irregularities in NEET-UG exam

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested two persons from Bihar's Patna in connection with the alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG exam. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Kerala assembly passes resolution urging Centre to conduct comprehensive investigation into NEET irregularities

The Kerala Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a resolution demanding the central government on Wednesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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NTA Fiasco: An Opportunity For Introspection And Reflection

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has completely failed to conduct the NEET-UG and UGC-NET exams, efficiently and smoothly. Read further on Dynamite News Blog:

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