India news: Millions of students retake NEET amid protests
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- NEET is being retaken by 2.2 million premedical aspirants across India under strict security measures, amid protests over the original sitting.
- PM Modi traveled to Kolkata the same day to mark International Yoga Day, staging a unifying national moment alongside the exam retake.
Why it matters: The retake of a single high-stakes exam by 2.2 million students under heightened security shows how thoroughly NEET gates India's medical careers — a single compromised test ripples across millions of families and an entire admissions cycle. The simultaneous Yoga Day visit underscores the government's effort to project normalcy and unity on a day shaped by public frustration.
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