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Here’s how it became so popular Marriage proposals keep coming for Abhijeet Dipke, says mother; CJP founder wants to be financially independent 1st Trump bans new Chinese robots and power inverters over security fears NEW DELHI: A special fast-track court on Wednesday listed the CBI’s chargesheet in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case for consideration on August 3 and granted the agency three more days to file the remaining annexures, according to news agency ANI.The court noted that the chargesheet filed on Tuesday was not accompanied by the statements of witnesses or the list of documents. The CBI told the court that the records were voluminous and were being scanned before being filed.Earlier on Tuesday, the CBI filed a chargesheet against 13 accused, including three National Testing Agency (NTA) paper experts, two coaching centre associates, middlemen and several beneficiary candidates.The agency invoked charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating, criminal breach of trust and destruction of evidence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024.”The CBI cited 360 witnesses, 422 documents and 43 material objects in this charge sheet. All 13 chargesheeted persons are in judicial custody as on date,” the agency’s spokesperson had said.The CBI said it had attached digital forensic analysis reports, handwriting expert opinions and academic experts’ assessments of the leaked question paper.”These reports confirmed the role of the accused in circulation of leaked questions prior to the date of examination,” the spokesperson added.The agency took over the investigation on May 12 following allegations of irregularities and a paper leak in the NEET-UG 2026 examination held on May 3. The examination was subsequently cancelled, and a re-examination was conducted on June 21.The controversy snowballed into a major political issue, with the Cockroach Janta Party leading weeks of protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. The agitation eventually culminated in the resignation of then Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan.Following the registration of the FIR, the CBI carried out raids at 92 locations across Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi and other states.According to the agency, its two-month investigation uncovered the alleged conspiracy from the source of the paper leak to the beneficiary candidates, leading to the identification of the entire chain involved.Among those named in the chargesheet are three arrested NTA subject experts—PV Kulkarni (Chemistry), Manisha Gurunath Mandhare (Biology) and Manisha Sanjay Havaldar (Physics).The chargesheet also names Manoj Shirure, a doctor from Latur; Tejas Harshadkumar Shah, a physics faculty member at Pune-based Dr Abhang Prabhu Medical Academy (APMA); and Shivraj Raghunath Motegaonkar of a Latur coaching centre.The CBI said it had also traced the money trail in the case and frozen several bank accounts, bank lockers and a demat account linked to the accused.Get the latest India News and Live updates. 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The FTAs under the NDA govt will be a driver of the Indian economy through global trade, Goyal’s presentation said.India’s pre-2014 FTAs covered GDPs of USD 10 trillion compared to USD 60 trillion under the FTAs being entered by the NDA govt, they said.The standout presence in the meeting, which was attended by PM Narendra Modi, was the breakaway faction of 20 TMC MPs, whose merger with Nationalist Citizens Party of India is awaiting recognition from Speaker Om Birla. Their maiden participation announced their formal entry in NDA.Sources said the presentation on FTA (free trade agreement) at the closed door meeting accused Congress-led UPA of entering into trade deal with other countries without consulting stakeholders that ended up adversely affecting the economy.With Rahul Gandhi repeatedly accusing govt of selling out the country’s interests in its framework of trade agreement, whose details are still being negotiated, with the US, NDA is expected to step up its offensive, more so as the opposition may raise the issue in Parliament. Lalan SIngh said total fish production has increased from 95.79 LT in 2013-14 to 197.75 LT in 2024 25, with the country becoming second largest fish producers with a global share of 8%. 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New Delhi said attacks on civilian shipping must stop and free navigation through international waterways should be restored at the earliest.Addressing a United Nations Security Council open debate on the situation in the Middle East on Tuesday, India’s permanent representative to the UN, ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, said the recent rise in violence after a brief pause in the conflict was “deeply concerning.””After a brief pause in the ongoing conflict in the region, there has been a worrying resumption of attacks and escalation of hostilities. This is deeply concerning and India calls for an immediate de-escalation of tensions,” Harish said.India also strongly condemned attacks on several vessels, including GFS Galaxy, MT Al Bahiyah and MT Mombasa, during their transit through the Strait of Hormuz earlier this month. The attacks affected Indian nationals, with one Indian killed, another reported missing and several others injured, including some seriously.”India has consistently condemned acts of violence targeting seafarers and disrupting free and safe navigation through international waterways like the Strait of Hormuz,” Harish said.He added, “The targeting of commercial shipping and civilian infrastructure in the region must end, and free and unimpeded navigation and commerce through the international waterways in the region, in keeping with international law, must be restored at the earliest.”The remarks come amid the conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran. According to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed again on July 11 following attacks on commercial vessels that began on July 6. 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