Sandhya Ravishankar

Journalist at heart. RNG awardee. Always in search of truth & justice.

[Sandhya Ravishankar @sandhyaravishan]

The problem with almost everyone is that they assume governments always lie while people always tell the truth.

In my experience, people lie or embellish most of the time. Governments either go quiet or use complex ways to avoid telling inconvenient truths.

I'd believe the govt on this issue.

[National Testing Agency @NTA_Exams]

Reference the issue with regard to allotment of a centre in Abu Dhabi to a candidate in Nagpur, NTA would like to state the following:

Following the rescheduling of NEET (UG) 2026 to 21 June, the National Testing Agency reopened the examination-city correction window to assist candidates.

Key points:

High success rate: Around 3.2 lakh candidates used the correction window, and NTA allotted the preferred examination city to over 99.5% of them.

On the 'Abu Dhabi' query: NTA's web-activity records indicate that the city change in this case was made through the candidate's own registered login during the open correction window, with a consistent single-user access pattern.

Immediate Resolution for
Last-Minute Requests: Despite the Abu Dhabi centre being chosen by the candidate, the NTA received an informal request on the evening of June 19 (just 48 hours before the exam) to change the centre to Nagpur. NTA personnel immediately initiated the change and contacted the candidate's father on 19th evening itself to help them complete the formal process.

NTA has observed that on 3 occasions, one - the centre was changed to Abu Dhabi using candidate’s credentials and twice it was previewed that the centre is Abu Dhabi. Despite that NTA has accorded to aspirant’s request and the change of centre was actioned.

A "Student-First" Approach: The NTA's priority is that no candidate misses the examination over an administrative doubt.

#NEET2026 #NTA

[Sandhya Ravishankar @sandhyaravishan]

@Kal_Chiron @entropied2223 That's right. I can vouch for that. 😄

[Sandhya Ravishankar @sandhyaravishan]

@arunv2808 Early days yet, son.

[Sandhya Ravishankar @sandhyaravishan]

@SreenivasanBR Many congratulations

[Sandhya Ravishankar @sandhyaravishan]

Abey yaar. Stop this nonsense already. All of you.

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

JUST IN | "It is hereby announced that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed to vessel traffic. It is noted that this first step is a response to the enemy's breach of promise, and if the aggression continues, further steps will be planned and taken to force the enemy to comply with its obligations: Iran's Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters

- reports @johnstanly

[Sandhya Ravishankar @sandhyaravishan]

@dmuthuk Hello sir, attempting to reach you. Kindly follow back for a DM. Thank you.

[Sandhya Ravishankar @sandhyaravishan]

@SubraSubramany2 @nramind Nope

[Sandhya Ravishankar @sandhyaravishan]

How daft must journos be to not comprehend that people can see through the fact that their orgs have received hefty sums for publicity of a political party?

[Sandhya Ravishankar @sandhyaravishan]

@zeneraalstuff @SirJambavan I beg to disagree. It's totally relevant. 😁😁

[Sandhya Ravishankar @sandhyaravishan]

Santoor, santoor!

[Smita Prakash @smitaprakash]

He almost asked the PM, aapki twachcha ka raaz?

[Sandhya Ravishankar @sandhyaravishan]

Gen Z or the 2k kids have suddenly discovered the world of politics so every mediocre white paper causes a hissy fit. Paper padingada, news paarungadannu sonnappo no one bothered. Now even an Assembly proceeding is a wonder to them. Sigh.

[Sandhya Ravishankar @sandhyaravishan]

@kswamynathan3 Understood! Thanks!

[Sandhya Ravishankar @sandhyaravishan]

Am I the only one not able to understand a word about the discussions over sovereign AI models and LLMs? 🥲

[Sandhya Ravishankar @sandhyaravishan]

@NotMengele They're supremely strange. A mystery.

[Sandhya Ravishankar @sandhyaravishan]

@ramshan23 Thanks for this neat explanation

[Sandhya Ravishankar @sandhyaravishan]

@SirJambavan Haha CMC Vellore nga

[Sandhya Ravishankar @sandhyaravishan]

@SirJambavan A look at the original petitioner college against NEET is quite telling.

[Sandhya Ravishankar @sandhyaravishan]

Let's see when the monsoon arrives. There was a similar move done earlier and it backfired because the new officials had no clue what to do come rains.

[Muthukrishnan Dhandapani @dmuthuk]

Good move to break the entrenched relationships. We need to pass laws which provide strict punishments to corruption. Mere transfers are not sufficient.

Some one who is corrupt in one place would continue to be corrupt in the new place too.

[Sandhya Ravishankar @sandhyaravishan]

@sesharavind Thank you. Will definitely see

[Sandhya Ravishankar @sandhyaravishan]

How does anything matter?