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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Bihar on Wednesday, June 19, to inaugurate the new Nalanda University campus near Rajgir’s ancient university ruins. The campus is named after the ancient university, which attracted scholars from around the world about 1,600 years ago. External affairs minister S Jaishankar and ambassadors from 17…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that even if there was “0.001 per cent negligence” on the part of anyone in the conduct of the NEET-UG 2024 examination, it should be thoroughly dealt with. Observing that students have to labour hard while preparing for these examinations, the apex court said…
Veranda Learning Solutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sri Krishna Arts and Science College in Coimbatore to offer a B.Com course with ACCA accreditation. This move is part of Veranda’s broader strategy to generate ₹600 crore in revenue over the next five years through institutional partnerships. The company informed…
Expressing his views on the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) undergraduate exam issue, Union Minister Giriraj Singh said that the decision on 1,563 candidates who got “grace marks” has been taken as per the students’ conformity. Union Minister Giriraj Singh said, “Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan held cordial talks with representatives of…
The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the decision to give grace marks to 1,563 NEET-UG, 2024 candidates for admission to MBBS, BDS, and other courses has been cancelled. They will be given an option to take a retest on June 23. The counsel for the Centre and…