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NEET, JEE 2020 amid pandemic: All you need to know about the debate around the exams
NEET and JEE, grew louder on Sunday with over 4,000 students observing a day-long hunger strike to press for the demand in view of rising COVID-19 cases.Politicians including Congress' Rahul Gandhi and Bhartiya Janata Party's Subramaniam Swamy are now joining the cause, urging the government to postpone the exams and listen to students' plea.Here is a lowdown on NEET, JEE 2020 controversy: On 17 August, the Supreme Court dismissed a plea seeking postponement of these exams, saying precious year of students "cannot be wasted" and life has to go on.The plea, filed by 11 students belonging to 11 states, had sought quashing of the July 3 notices issued by the National Testing Agency (NTA), by which it was decided to conduct the Joint Entrance