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AICTE says 58 engineering and technical colleges were closed during 2025-26, with Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra recording the highest number of closures.

It added, "As the Examination Controller, you were expected to ensure the confidentiality and security of the question papers by strictly adhering to the prescribed procedures. This incident has adversely affected the credibility of the university examinations. Therefore, you are hereby directed to submit your written explanation to the undersigned within three days of receipt of this notice."

"It is very unlikely that any problem will arise with the conduct of the examination. So, I assure all students and extend my best wishes for the forthcoming NEET-PG exam on 30th August on behalf of NBEMS, NMC and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare," he said.

After over a decade of favouring keyboarding, the schools are finally putting pen to paper when it comes to the practice of cursive handwriting, with the state of Pennsylvania becoming the latest to join the cursive bandwagon. A decision backed as much by experience, as experiment and research.

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta gave coaching centres one month to meet safety norms, warning non-compliant institutes will not be allowed to operate.

India recorded 887 research paper retractions in 2025, the world's second-highest, raising concerns over research integrity and academic quality.

NCERT has introduced a section on the 1975-77 Emergency in a Class 9 Social Science textbook for the first time, describing it as a major challenge to Indian democracy.

Interestingly, when the results were first announced in April, Avni had scored 95.2 per cent, including full marks in Accountancy, Applied Mathematics and Economics.

Police suspect medical student Arpit Raj, from the ANM Medical College and Hospital in Gaya, to be one of the masterminds behind the network.

"The video is FAKE and the claims it makes are false," it said.

"NTA personnel immediately initiated the change and contacted the candidate's father on the evening of June 19 to help them complete the formal process. NTA has observed that on 3 occasions, once, the centre was changed to Abu Dhabi using the candidate's credentials, and twice it was previewed that the centre is Abu Dhabi,” the agency said.

The student, Abdulla Talib, had given preference to Nagpur, Wardha, and Bhandara centres for the examination. However, when he received his admit card issued by the NTA, he was shocked to find that he was allotted an examination centre in Abu Dhabi, his father, Dr Mohammed Talib, told a news channel.