Pooja Khedkar is an IAS trainee officer from the 2023 batch and had secured rank 821 (PWD-5) in the UPSC exams. Pooja is the daughter of former civil servant Dilip Khedkar, who served as Commissioner of the Pollution Department. Her maternal grandfather, Jagannathrao Budhwant, also had a renowned career as an IAS officer. As per rules, a trainee is not provided with the above amenities and is required to be appointed as a gazetted officer first. She created a controversy after using red-blue beacon lights on her private vehicle, a VIP number plate, letter pads, a nameplate, a separate office chamber, and dedicated staff, despite not being entitled to these privileges as a probationer, according to reports. She had also installed a 'Maharashtra government' board on her private car. There are also speculations that she also occupied the ante-chamber of Additional District Collector Ajay More without his knowledge.

"In my opinion, if what we are wearing is not revealing or transparent, and is worn properly, it should be fine," shares a student on the condition of anonymity. She also states that the dress code shouldn't be the highlight of the college, education should be. Talking about the financial burden that comes with purchasing a new set of clothes, the students asks how can they afford such formal clothes. "A dress code directly affects the individuality and freedom of a student," says Nitin Dalvi, an education activist, and calls it "moral policing". He says that the focus should be on education, rather than a dress code. "Implementation of dress code invites anger of students and unnecessary politicisation of the issue," he poignantly points out. "We just want to study at the college. We are living in Mumbai and these rules make no sense to us," says Sameer Chaudhry, a third-year BCom student from the college, says that there is nothing religious about wearing T-shirts and jeans. These opinions came after a notice dated June 27 came into effect this week, starting July 1, stating clearly that students cannot wear any dress which depicts religion or any cultural disparity. Nakab, hijab, burkha, stole, cap, badge and so on "shall be removed by going to common rooms on the ground floor" and then, they can move around the campus. "Torn jeans, T-shirts, Revealing dresses and Jerseys not allowed", notified the college. which was upheld by Bombay High Court on June 26, comes another ban for students of the Chembur Trombay Education Society's NG Acharya and DK Marathe College, Mumbai.

After Rahul Gandhi On Monday, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, had written to PM Modi asking for a debate on NEET on Wednesday. A day later Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday assured of strict action against those involved in the NEET paper leak saga. He said that the ones responsible for the scam will not be spared by the government. PM Modi also accused the opposition parties of playing politics with the future of the country’s youth. PM Modi said, "I assure the youth of our country, this government will not spare those who cheat and scam you." PM Modi said that the government is committed to creating an environment where students can focus on their studies without worrying about examinations.

The SSC Selection Post Phase 12 exam was conducted in online mode from June 20 to June 26 to fill 2,049 vacancies. The answer keys and response sheets of the candidates were released on 2 July. Candidates can download the provisional answer key from ssc.gov.in and file objections till July 5 with a fee of Rs 100 per objection.

National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Re-Exam 2024, National Testing Agency (NTA) declared the result on Sunday. Grace marks were given to 1563 candidates for the actual examination held on June 23, 2024. Only 813 candidates appeared for the NEET re-test, and the result of the NEET-UG 2024 re-exam was declared at exams.nta.ac.in.

The Tamil Nadu Assembly urged the central government to scrap the test on a national level and approve the state’s NEET exemption Bill as they nanimously passed a resolution against the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) on Friday. The resolution, proposed by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, once again reiterates the state’s longstanding objection to the exam. The development comes at a time when alleged irregularities over this year’s NEET medical entrance test has kicked up a massive political storm. The resolution said and called for the abolition of the NEET examination system, which it described as “severely affecting the medical education opportunities of rural and underprivileged students and making school education unnecessary”. “The Union Government should immediately approve the NEET exemption draft bill unanimously passed by this Legislative Assembly to admit medical students based on 12th-grade marks. Given that several states are now opposing this examination system which has led to numerous malpractices, the Union Government should amend the National Medical Commission Act to abolish the NEET system at the national level,”

The UPSC CAPF exam for Assistant Commandants is scheduled for August 4, 2024. It includes two shifts: Paper I from 10 am to noon (general ability and intelligence) and Paper II from 2 pm to 5 pm (general studies, essay, and comprehension). There are 506 vacancies across various forces, with requirements including a bachelor’s degree and age between 20 to 25 years.

The Supreme Court has paused proceedings in three high courts over NEET-UG 2024 exam malpractices and will hear the case on July 8. Also, India's visa issuance to Chinese nationals dropped from 200,000 in 2019 to 2,000 in 2024 after the Galwan clash and economic security measures.

Physicists at IISc discovered a new way to express pi, aiding quantum physics. The find came from string theory research, aimed at easing high-energy particle calculations. Professor Aninda Sinha and Arnab Saha led the study, seeking a simpler model for particle interactions.

The Supreme Court will hear three petitions today seeking to cancel NEET UG 2024 and conduct a retest due to irregularities in grace marks. Alakh Pandey, founder of Physics Wallah, and others allege that the NTA awarded random grace marks unfairly. They want an expert panel to review the exam process.