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‘Getting panic attacks’: College deadlines loom with students trapped in CBSE chaos

Saransh, 19, from Meerut, had been studying twelve to thirteen hours a day since mid-April, surviving on sleepless nights and BITSAT mock tests, chasing a seat at BITS Pilani. He needed 75 percent in PCM (Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics) but fell short by a few marks. When his answer sheets…

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The ceasefires in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran are stretching the term’s meaning

Ceasefires have been announced, often to great fanfare, in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. So why is there still so much fighting?

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Key indicators missing in National Family Health Survey-6 fact sheet released by govt

The 6th National Family Health Survey NFHS fact sheets, when finally released on Friday, May 29, display some ‘Houdini tricks’. A set of crucial data on cooking fuel, sanitation, anaemia, quality of planning services, knowledge about HIV, and several population and household indicators are missing in the latest fact sheet.

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A woman chose her husband. Zee News called it ‘Love Jihad’. Called out, it claimed ‘balance’

The News Broadcasting & Digital Standards Authority has penalised Zee News Rs 1 lakh for broadcasts that dressed up a woman’s consensual marriage as a communal conspiracy – even while airing her own statement to the contrary.

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Blacklisted, family in debt, out on bail: The human cost for workers a month after Noida crackdown

A month after worker protests shook Noida’s industrial area, a Provincial Armed Constabulary bus sat parked outside Motherson factory’s Gate 4. Four guards frisked workers in beige uniforms as they walked through the gates. A deputy manager, coming to the entrance to answer questions, was clear: “The protests have had…

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JLF’s Ireland edition wraps up

There is something appealing about a literature festival that refuses to stay put. The Jaipur Literature Festival’s Island of Ireland edition concluded yesterday after 10 days of conversations and performances spread across Belfast, Armagh, Dundalk, and Dublin – the first time JLF has travelled as an all-island event.

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A rare natural wonder is unfolding in Delhi’s Lodhi Garden

Nature plays countless games in remote forests that human civilisation may never discover, but there are moments when rare coincidences occur amidst human settlements, as is being witnessed these days in Delhi’s Lodhi Garden.

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Interview: What the 2026 El Niño means for India

After a season of intense heatwaves, India will not have a lot of respite this monsoon, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting a ‘below normal’ monsoon season. On Friday, IMD further downgraded its monsoon forecast to 90 percent of the long-period average as against the earlier 92 percent, and…

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Vijay, AIADMK and horse-trading in Tamil Nadu

If you are from Tamil Nadu, you are probably hearing the term “horse trading” a lot.

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South Central 77: Karnataka after Siddaramaiah and rise of Cockroach Janta Party

In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna first discuss the cabinet change in Karnataka and what Siddaramaiah’s resignation will mean for the state’s politics. They are joined by professor and commentator Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi.

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Behind CBSE’s Class 12 evaluation contract, a trail of unanswered questions

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is under scrutiny over the processes it followed while awarding the tender for Class 12 answer sheet scanning and e-evaluation through its on-screen marking (OSM) platform. The selection process for finalising the service provider and the security of the platform are being questioned…

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Taj of cards: NBDSA directs Aaj Tak to edit Sudhir Chaudhary’s ‘history lesson’ on ‘Tejo Mahalay’

The News Broadcasting & Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) has directed Aaj Tak to edit a broadcast in which its former anchor, Sudhir Chaudhary, amplified claims that the Taj Mahal was originally a Hindu Shiva temple, reversing its earlier decision that found no violation of broadcasting norms.

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TV Newsance 344 | The exam system failed you. The media failed you harder

This week, while students were asking urgent questions about CBSE marking errors, missing answer-sheet pages, and a system that keeps failing them, our TV news anchors had other priorities. As expected.

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Awful and Awesome Ep 409: The Boys, and Kartavya

While discussing The Boys:

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Why the BCCI, one of the world’s richest sports bodies, answers to no one

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is one of the wealthiest sports governing bodies in the world. But for years, one simple question has remained unanswered: why is the BCCI not accountable to the public, which funds, watches, and sustains the game it controls?

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‘Easy to tamper with marks’: How a teen researcher exposed CBSE’s security gaps

The year continues to be turbulent for Indian students. First came the NEET paper leak affecting 23 lakh aspiring doctors. Now, CBSE’s Class 12 board examinations are under scrutiny after the overall pass percentage dropped to 85.2 percent – the lowest since 2019.

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Wrong sheets, missing pages, no response: The cost of CBSE’s rushed marking overhaul

Jalaj boarded a train from Vidisha at 1 pm on May 26 with his friend and his father. They were travelling 60 kilometres to the CBSE Regional Office in Bhopal. He had no other choice.

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Not a purge, a protection: SC backs EC’s voter drive as a democratic shield

In a judgement that clearly reaffirms some core tenets of election laws in India, the Supreme Court has upheld the validity of the Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. It is one of the most important election-law rulings since Lakshmi Charan Sen v. A.K.M. Hassan Uzzaman (1985).…

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‘Let them drink water’: Media is burying the corporate plunder driving our climate crisis

India is at boiling point, literally. The world's hottest cities are all in India, and most are in Uttar Pradesh. It is a crisis that impacts the majority, especially the poor.

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Pune Porsche crash: Old video or not, victims’ families are still left with the ‘arrogance of money’

A video allegedly showing Vishal Agarwal, the father of the minor accused in the 2024 Pune Porsche crash case, dancing and celebrating with family members went viral on social media on Wednesday.

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Inside CBSE’s digital evaluation fiasco

When Vedant spoke about it online, several right-wing handles abused him and called him a Pakistani. Then another student discovered the answer sheet in his name was not in his handwriting.

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Think it’s hot now? The next five years will smash records, UN says

In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections.

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Dharmendra Pradhan’s guide to surviving India’s exam crisis

This May, CBSE’s Class 12 board results arrived like a bad smell in an already scorching summer – hard to ignore, unwelcome, and somehow spreading everywhere.

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Company behind CBSE evaluation platform says complaints limited to ‘one or two cases’

This copy has been updated to reflect the Coempt CEO’s responses to charges of hacking, multiple complaints and scanning quality

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Peak irony just dropped. Sudhir Chaudhary slams ‘OG Godi media’

Sudhir Chaudhary, editor-in-chief of DD News, once asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi where he gets his energy from. On a recent episode of Decode, broadcast on a government-owned channel, he had thoughts on the “OG Godi media”.

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