House byline
Education correspondent
Harsha Vemuri is a house byline for InfoHandle’s Education desk.
Investigators tell Hindustan Times the concluding NEET-UG 2026 filing will rest on thirteen accused, including three subject experts, after forensic work found no central agency role in the leak that forced a May cancellation.
Students blocked National Highway 44 after overnight protests at Lovely Professional University; police registered an FIR and promised forensic and CCTV review while the institution called the circulating claims baseless rumours.
IIT Madras added a semiconductor packaging elective credited toward MeitY’s chip lab pathway, pairing clean-room die-attach labs with industry mentors from Chennai OSAT partners.
A University Grants Commission draft would require every first-year undergraduate programme to include a credited AI literacy module covering tool limits, data privacy and exam integrity, with implementation targeted for the 2027–28 academic session.