Seldom before has there been so much joy in the shadow of defeat. But as the results of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections began to trickle in on Tuesday morning, the smiles and good cheer began to heat up an already sultry day. Not since the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in 2019 has India allowed itself what former US President Barack Obama described as the audacity of hope.
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A poster released by the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Chhattisgarh on June 12 proudly declared: “In the last six months, 129 Maoists killed.”
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government, which took charge less than five weeks ago, is already confronted with its first major controversy: malpractice in competitive entrance exams.It is by no means a fresh crisis. Year after year, elected governments have failed to uphold the sanctity of public sector exams and done irreparable harm to the relationship between the Indian state and its youth. News reports suggest that there have been at least 70 major paper leaks in the last seven years.Scroll reporters Johanna Deeksha and Abhik Deb have pieced together a comprehensive account of the latest developments in this perpetual scandal.They investigated the National Testing Agency's chequered history and opaque functioning, the limitations of the laws meant to prevent paper leaks, and demonstrated how technology can make matters worse for honest students.
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