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No guarantee I'd do well again': Nagpur NEET aspirant's suicide note reveals as family points to exam cancellation
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (351+ words) Her parents claimed that she was suffering from depression after the exam was cancelled following allegations of paper leak Updated - June 04, 2026 11: 32 AM IST Fourteen days after a 20-year-old NEET aspirant died by suicide in Nagpur, her family has alleged that…...
Cockroach party takes its fight to streets, seeks resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan
13+ hour, 36+ min ago (414+ words) Updated - June 03, 2026 11: 13 PM IST The Cockroach Janta Party, previously a social media entity, is launching a ground campaign with a protest at Jantar Mantar on June 6 The party cites alleged failures in managing the education ministry, including paper leaks and…...
Meet Mehakpreet Kaur, the daughter of a Punjab farmer who topped the Air Force Academy merit list
19+ hour, 18+ min ago (351+ words) Mehakpreet Kaur, from Rupnagar, Punjab, has achieved a remarkable feat by topping the Air Force Academy merit list The Week News Desk Updated - June 03, 2026 05: 32 PM IST Mehakpreet Kaur, the daughter of a farmer from Punjab's Rupnagar district, topped the Air…...
OPINION | Human touch in an AI-powered world: Why human mentorship will continue to remain critical in education
18+ hour, 44+ min ago (128+ words) While brute force can make AI adaptations work, trust alone can ensure its long-term acceptance and sustenance in a system, and trust is human-driven Updated - June 03, 2026 06: 06 PM IST AI should be seen as a tool that accelerates learning and research…...
Government orders probe, transfers CBSE chief, secretary over OSM row
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (335+ words) A one-member committee, headed by S. Radha Chauhan, has been formed to investigate the OSM system procurement The Week News Desk Updated - June 02, 2026 06: 45 PM IST The Centre has transferred CBSE chairman Rahul Singh and secretary Himanshu Gupta The government has constituted…...
CBSE re-evaluation portal still down as students await post-result services: 'This site. ..' - The Week
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (385+ words) This comes hours after CBSE announced on Monday that the portal 'will go live soon', in response to backlash The Week News Desk Updated - June 01, 2026 05: 23 PM IST Teenager Nisarga Adhikary exposes massive student data privacy leak It is one battle…...
'Beware of pickpockets: Rahul Gandhi targets CBSE over re-evaluation costs amid OSM row
3+ day, 21+ min ago (483+ words) When education is treated not as a service but as a business, errors are not corrected but multiplied, says Rahul The Week News Desk Updated - June 01, 2026 12: 29 PM IST He claims a student could end up spending nearly Rs 2, 000 to get…...
'17-year-old deep state agents': Rahul Ghandi meets Vedant, student who was attacked online amid CBSE marks row
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (389+ words) Vedant Shrivastava and his brother reported being called names like 'Pakistani agent,' 'Soros agent,' and 'deep state agent' for raising concerns about the CBSE marking system The Week News Desk Updated - May 31, 2026 03: 29 PM IST Rahul Gandhi met Vedant Shrivastava, a…...
Why were CUET-UG exams delayed? Opposition hits out against Centre over 'major breach"
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (421+ words) The Week News Desk Updated - May 30, 2026 05: 07 PM IST The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday came under fire yet again after it announced that the CUET-UG examinations were delayed at some centres due to a "technical glitch". As a result,…...
Marks or mayhem? Behind CBSE's on-screen marking controversy
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (466+ words) OSM row: Blurred scans, portal crashes, show-cause notices, security vulnerabilities plague the Central Board of Secondary Education The Week News Desk Updated - May 30, 2026 11: 29 AM IST CBSE's OSM system led to widespread student and examiner complaints about errors, illegible scans, and…...