Students from various organizations are protesting against the NEET-UG and UGC-NET exams at the Ministry of Education in New Delhi. | Photo credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP
NEET-PG postponed, CBI probes NEET-UG allegations, NTA chief removed as panel set up for agency overhaul
As questions arise over the “integrity of certain competitive exams”, the Health Ministry announced the postponement of the NEET-PG entrance exam “as a precautionary measure” just hours before it was scheduled to take place on June 23 morning. This followed the decision to remove Subodh Kumar Singh from his post as director general of the National Testing Agency, which has come under fire over an alleged paper leak and irregularities in the NEET-UG exam and other examinations it conducts . .
1,563 candidates for the resit of NEET-UG on June 23
The retest is being conducted after the National Testing Agency (NTA) canceled the scorecards of 1,563 students who were given compensatory marks for time loss due to delay at six centers in Meghalaya, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Chandigarh.
Six arrested in Jharkhand in NEET case; Sanjeev Mukhiya, the kingpin, says the economic crimes unit
Investigation into the NEET paper leak case led Bihar police to neighboring Jharkhand, where police arrested six people from Deoghar on Friday evening. A team led by Economic Offenses Unit (EOU) officials took the six to Patna for interrogation. Deoghar police said five residents of Nalanda, Paramjit Singh, Baldev Kumar, Prashant Kumar, Ajit Kumar, Rajiv Kumar and one Panku Kumar, were arrested from a house near AIIMS-Deoghar.
A mistake was made in not recognizing ICMR as co-inventor of Covaxin, says Bharat Biotech
Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) and manufacturer of Covaxin, India’s first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine, said it made an “inadvertent mistake” by not allowing scientists at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to be included as ‘co-inventors in patent applications filed in India and abroad to protect the intellectual property rights surrounding the vaccine. It would include their names in new applications for patent purposes, it said in a statement late on Saturday.
BSF will recalibrate deployment along the Pakistani border in Jammu in the wake of terror attacks
The Border Security Force (BSF) is likely to ‘recalibrate’ deployment along the Pakistani border in Jammu, in the wake of at least four terror attacks in recent weeks. In just four days, between June 9 and 12, ten people – including a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan – were killed in militant attacks in Reasi, Doda and Kathua districts.
PM Modi is likely to skip the SCO summit in Kazakhstan in July; Putin, Xi and Sharif may attend
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to skip the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit to be held in Kazakhstan next month, and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is expected to act in his place. According to sources aware of the decision, Mr Modi has decided not to travel to Astana for the summit scheduled to take place on July 3-4, even though he had earlier confirmed his presence and a forward-thinking security team had conducted its reconnaissance there.
Hinduja family ‘shocked’ by jail sentence; appeals to a higher court
Britain’s richest Hindu family have said they are “shocked” by a Swiss court’s ruling on prison sentences for some members. in Geneva. In a statement issued on behalf of the family on Friday, lawyers from Switzerland stressed that their clients – Prakash and Kamal Hinduja, both in their 70s, and their son Ajay and his wife Namrata – had been acquitted of all human trafficking charges.
ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Hardik and Kuldeep shine as India surpasses Bangladesh by 50 runs and moves closer to semi-final
Hardik Pandya produced an all-round show while Kuldeep Yadav outwitted Bangladeshi batters with his guile as India almost assured themselves a place in the semi-finals with a dominant 50-run win in their second Super 8 match of the T20 World Cup here on Saturday.
Euro 2024: Schick saves Czech Republic in draw against courageous Georgia
Patrik Schick helped the Czech Republic win a 1-1 draw against debutants Georgia in an entertaining match on June 22, but it leaves both teams in a tough spot in Group F of Euro 2024.
Archery World Cup Stage 3 | Indian women’s trio claims gold
Indian trio V. Jyothi Surekha, Parneet Kaur and Aditi Swami clinched their third consecutive women’s composite team gold medal of the season in the third leg of the Archery World Cup in Antalya, Turkey.
