Education
The West Bengal Assembly’s passage of the University Administration Amendment Bill grants the state unchecked powers to transfer college and university staff. While pitched as a reform to aid newer institutions, the move strikes at the core of campus autonomy, raising fears that punitive transfers will be used to silence critical academic voices.
The Ministry of Education has clarified that the Chairperson of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is not legally bound to personally answer questions raised by a parliamentary House panel.
On Sunday, June 21, 2026, over 20 lakh medical aspirants successfully retook the high-stakes NEET-UG re-examination at 5,440 centres across India and 14 locations abroad to secure undergraduate medical admissions.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has made a major breakthrough in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case by arresting a Pune-based school headmistress and physics lecturer, Manisha Sanjay Havaldar. Identified as an expert panelist appointed by the National Testing Agency (NTA), Havaldar allegedly abused her complete access to the physics section by leaking exam questions to co-accused Manisha Mandhare back in April. Investigators confirmed that the leaked data perfectly matched the official question paper sets of India’s largest medical entrance exam, which was conducted on May 3 and subsequently cancelled. This 11th arrest, arriving just 40 days before Havaldar’s scheduled retirement from Sheth Hiralal Saraf Prashala, has exposed the core insider ring of the “examination mafia” alongside a network of middlemen charging students lakhs of rupees for clandestine coaching sessions.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has cancelled NEET UG exam 2026 over allegations of paper leak.The Rajasthan SOG has arrested NEET paper leak masterminds Manish Yadav and Rakesh Mandavriya. Over 22 lakh students appeared for NEET held on May 3.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Monday announced the results of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2026, with 26 candidates achieving a perfect 100 percentile, marking an increase from last year’s tally of 24 toppers.Among the high achievers, Aarush Singhal secured the coveted All India Rank (AIR) 1, emerging as the top performer in one of India’s most competitive entrance examinations. The exam serves as the primary gateway for admission into premier engineering institutes, including the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), and Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs).
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has set the educational landscape abuzz with a pivotal shift in its language curriculum. In a move that balances global aspirations with cultural preservation, the board has clarified the positioning of foreign languages like French and German within the three-language formula, sparking a renewed conversation on what it means to be a “global citizen” in an Indian classroom.
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