India, June 16 -- The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Tuesday welcomed the Centre's decision to impose temporary restrictions on the Telegram platform in India ahead of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination scheduled for June 21, saying the move was aimed at preventing fraud and misinformation targeting candidates.

In a statement, the NTA said the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had directed a temporary restriction on access to Telegram in India until June 22, covering the examination period and its immediate aftermath. The ministry has also directed the platform to disable its message-editing feature in India until June 30.

According to the NTA, the measures were taken in response to the organised use of Telegram ...