NTA rejects OMR discrepancy claims, warns 5 re-NEET candidates

New Delhi: The NTA Monday rejected claims of five re-NEET candidates alleging discrepancies in their OMR answer sheets, saying the images circulated by them or on their behalf had been digitally altered, regenerated using AI or manipulated by adding responses that were not present on the original sheets. The National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts the exams, said no error in the declared results had been established so far and warned...

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India approves first dengue vax QDENGA

New Delhi: The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted market authorisation to Takeda Biopharmaceuticals India’s QDENGA (TAK-003), making it the first dengue vaccine to be approved in the country, according to a press release issued by the company. Reported dengue cases in India rose 11-fold in the past two decades, according to Takeda Biopharmaceuticals India. QDENGA, designed to protect against all four dengue virus serotypes, is indicated for the...

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Connaught Place hit by CJP protest; teargas fired

New Delhi: Connaught Place, one of the capital's busiest commercial hubs, and the Janpath area bore the brunt of the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) "Chalo Sansad" protest Monday as thousands of demonstrators poured into the area and allegedly pelted stones at security personnel and damaged multiple vehicles of the security forces. The protesters gathered in and around Central Park and spread across the Inner Circle and Outer Circle areas of Connaught...

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Ex-major to face court martial in Zia murder case: Minister

Dhaka: Bangladesh Monday said that the trial of a former army major, an accused in the assassination case of the former president Ziaur Rahman 45 years ago, will be conducted under military law through a general court-martial. "Major (retd) Mozaffar Hossain has been arrested and handed over to the Bangladesh Army for trial under military law," Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed told reporters. The retired major was arrested last week from Banani's...

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NTA rejects OMR discrepancy claims, warns 5 re-NEET candidates

New Delhi: The NTA Monday rejected claims of five re-NEET candidates alleging discrepancies in their OMR answer sheets, saying the images circulated by them or on their behalf had been digitally altered, regenerated using AI or manipulated by adding responses that were not present on the original sheets. The National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts the exams,...

 

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