Evening news wrap: NTA says candidate who got Abu Dhabi centre himself selected option; Congress asks PM Modi to ‘learn’ from Meloni, and more | India News

NEET re-exam will be held on Sunday; PM Modi with Italin PM Giorgia Meloni The National Testing Agency (NTA) clarified that a NEET (UG) aspirant who was allotted a retest centre in Abu Dhabi, UAE, had himself applied to appear there. The Congress said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should learn from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia…

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Hum do, hamare 1.9: What India’s falling fertility rates reveal | India News

Representational image Back in 2023, India made headlines for becoming the world’s most populous country. For decades, the challenge was a booming population, prompting family-planning campaigns, the slogan “Hum Do, Hamare Do”, and concerns over feeding, educating and employing millions more people.Today, however, the conversation is changing, quite dramatically.For decades, the country was worried about…

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NEET centre mix-up: NTA says Nasik candidate himself selected Abu Dhabi option | India News

‘Trust your effort’: NTA reassures NEET UG 2026 candidates ahead of exam (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: National Testing Agency (NTA) Saturday said a NEET (UG) candidate from Nasik was allotted Abu Dhabi centre for the retest because the aspirant himself had applied for it.Highlighting the NTA’s web-activity records, the test-conducting body said its record indicated…

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Sunetra Pawar’s brother acquitted in 2006 murder case; CBI to appeal in Bombay high court | India News

CBI, Sunetra Pawar’s brother Padamsinh Patil (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will appeal against the acquittal of all accused in the 2006 Pawanraje Nimbalkar double murder case before the Bombay high court, Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde said on Saturday, hours after a special CBI court cleared nine accused,…

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Centre bans 16 drug combos found to lack medical justification | India News

16 drug combinations banned by Centre over safety concerns NEW DELHI: The Centre has banned 16 fixed-dose combination (FDC) medicines, including certain antibiotic, pain-relief and skin-treatment products, after expert panels found that they lacked therapeutic justification and were not supported by scientific evidence.The health ministry on Friday prohibited the manufacture, sale and distribution of these…

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‘Insult to Hindu faith’: BJP slams Congress for depicting Rahul Gandhi as Lord Parshuram; row erupts | India News

Amit Malviya and Congress workers pouring milk over Rahul Gandhi photo who is depicted as Lord Parshuram NEW DELHI: A political row erupted after Congress workers in Varanasi celebrated Rahul Gandhi’s birthday on Friday by portraying him as Lord Parshuram and performing a symbolic milk ablution on his photograph. The BJP accused the Congress of…

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‘Raises serious questions on security’: Abhishek Banerjee after ‘armed individuals’ apprehended at Kolkata airport | India News

The incident allegedly occured shortly after Abhishek Banerjee landed in Kolkata from Delhi NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday raised concerns over law and order in West Bengal after an allegedly armed individual was detained at Kolkata Airport on Friday night.Also Read | ‘Armed with weapons’: TMC claims ‘possible…

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Pradeep Bhandari: ‘Rahul Gandhi exposed’: BJP targets Congress leader after Shashi Tharoor’s PM Modi praise over Trump meet | India News

BJP says Shashi Tharoor ‘exposed Rahul Gandhi’ after Congress leader praises PM Modi- Trump meet NEW DELHI: The BJP on Saturday seized on senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s remarks praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that the comments had exposed a contradiction within the Congress party’s stance towards the Prime Minister.Reacting to Tharoor’s observations, BJP…

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‘Do you take Eknath seriously?’ Sanjay Raut on Shinde’s ‘yeh toh trailer hai’ remark | India News

Sanjay Raut slams Eknath Shinde over ‘yeh toh trailer hai’ remark NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday launched a fresh attack on Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde stating he should not be taken seriously and described him as a ‘dishonest leader’ who broke away from the Shiv Sena.Raut also took…

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