24, Jun 2024
Motilal Oswal Financial Services signs MoU with IIM Mumbai

Financial services company Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited (MOFSL) has signed an MoU with IIM Mumbai to revolutionise financial and capital markets understanding at the campus through research, sustainable learning and development. IIM Mumbai will deliver customised training programs for MOFSL executives and will participate in joint research and case…

24, Jun 2024
A high-level committee formed to overhaul NTA: Dharmendra Pradhan

Under fire from all quarters over alleged paper leaks leading to the cancellation of the UGC-NET 2024 examination and other malpractices identified during the conduct of NEET, the education Ministry has ordered the setting up of a high-level committee aimed at re-looking into the working of the National Testing Agency…

23, Jun 2024
NEET row: Govt sets up high-level committee to overhaul exam processes amidst paper leak controversies

In the face of criticism, including from the ABVP – the student wing of the RSS – over UGC-NET cancellation and alleged paper leaks in NEET, the Education Ministry on Saturday set up a high-level committee of experts to ensure transparent and fair conduct of such competitive examinations. Reconstituting the…

23, Jun 2024
NEET-PG exam postponed due to integrity concerns; NTA’s DG replaced

The NEET-PG Entrance Examination, which was scheduled to take place tomorrow, June 23, has been postponed.  The Health Ministry said in a statement that the decision comes amid recent allegations concerning the integrity of several competitive examinations in the country. The National Board of Examination conducts the entrance exam for…

22, Jun 2024
NEET fiasco: Govt notifies former ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan led panel to reform process of competitive exams

The Ministry of Education said Saturday it has constituted a high-level committee of experts led by former ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan to ensure transparent, smooth and fair conduct of examinations through the National Testing Agency (NTA). Also read: NEET aspirants say faith in NTA has been shaken, want re-test option…

22, Jun 2024
UGC-NET 2024: Scandal-hit UGC-NET exam saw record high candidates

The 2024 University Grants Commission’s National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET), which was cancelled earlier this week due to integrity issues, saw record-high candidates write the exam. Also read: A high-level committee formed to overhaul NTA: Dharmendra Pradhan Conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), UGC-NET is the test for Junior Research…

21, Jun 2024
IIMA sees rise in female representation and work experience in PGP and PGP-FABM

The percentage of female students admitted to the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) is on the rise. On Thursday, the institute welcomed the 61st batch of the two-year full-time Postgraduate Programme in Management (PGP), comprising 404 meritorious students, of whome one-fourth are females. “Out of 404 meritorious students from…

21, Jun 2024
Congress’ Rahul Gandhi accuses PM Modi of ‘psychologically’ collapsing as public outcry rises over exam irregularities

Mounting pressure on the government to fix accountability on irregularities in UGC-NET and the NEET medical entrance exams owing to growing public outcry across the country, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “psychologically collapsed” post-elections and was merely focused on getting his leader appointed…

20, Jun 2024
NEET aspirants say faith in NTA has been shaken, want re-test option for all candidates to be considered

Many medical aspirants are clamouring for a retest of the NEET-UG 2024, which has been plagued by charges of irregularities, paper leaks and a steep rise in the number of students in the merit list, with the Centre’s decision to cancel grace marks for 1,563 students doing little to assuage…

20, Jun 2024
Centre scraps UGC-NET 2024, plans for fresh examination

The Centre on Wednesday said it had scrapped the UGC-NET 2024 exam held on June 18 after it was indicated prima facie “that the integrity of the aforesaid examination may have been compromised”. The matter will now be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)..   Over 9 lakh…