India, June 22 -- Examination at 5,440 centres in 551 cities across India passes peacefully

Hundreds of thousands of medical aspirants took the NEET (UG) re-examination on Sunday after the original May 3 test was cancelled over paper leaks. The re-test drew public attention and protests. The Centre and the National Testing Agency (NTA) also treated it as a test and pulled out all the stops to ensure the NEET-UG re-examination was held without a hitch, and they passed the 'litmus test' on Sunday.

According to officials, the examination was held at 5,440 centres in 551 cities across India and 14 centres internationally, with more than 138,000 CCTV cameras monitoring 95,000 rooms. To enhance security against electronic malpractice, authori...