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Alakh Pandey Urges Supreme Court to Address NEET-UG 2024 Exam Irregularities Amidst Allegations and Protests

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Alakh Pandey, the creator of the well-known EdTech company Physics Wallah, has asked the Supreme Court to take up the NEET-UG 2024 exam-related matters. There has been criticism around purported irregularities in this national-level entrance exam, which is administered by the National Testing Agency (NTA) and is required for admission to MBBS and other medical courses. In his suit, Mr. Pandey alleges that the NTA arbitrarily granted grace marks to more than 1,500 contestants. He has asked the Supreme Court to form a panel of experts to examine the examination procedure and findings. About 24 lakh students took part in the NEET-UG 2024, which was held on May 5 across 4,750 centers. Although the results were expected on June 14, they were leaked ahead of schedule on June 4, purportedly as a result of accelerated answer sheet reviews. Allegations of question paper leaks and grace mark granting sparked a controversy that resulted in large-scale demonstrations, court challenges in seven hig

Tragic End for NEET Aspirant from Reva: Kota's Coaching Hub Sees Another Suspected Suicide

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The girl, hailing from Reva district in Madhya Pradesh, was reportedly depressed over her poor performance in NEET, according to the police. An 18-year-old NEET aspirant died allegedly by jumping from the ninth floor of a building here, police said on Thursday. The incident occurred a day after the National Testing Agency (NTA) declared the NEET-UG results, in which the victim, Bagisha Tiwari, scored 320 out of 720 marks. This marks the tenth suspected suicide by a coaching student in Kota this year, they said. The youngster, who is from the Madhya Pradesh region of Reva, was reportedly depressed because of how poorly she did on the NEET, the police said. Bagisha, who had spent the previous three years studying at this coaching center for the medical entrance exam, is claimed to have leaped to her death on Wednesday afternoon from the building where she lived, which is located inside the boundaries of the Jawahar Nagar police station. Circle Inspector (CI) Harinarayan Sharma of Jawahar