India Blocks Telegram
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India has temporarily blocked access to the Telegram messaging app to prevent cheating and fraud in its rescheduled medical entrance exams. The government has ordered Apple and Google to remove the app from their stores until June 22, citing fears of organized cheating.
India blocks Telegram ahead of rescheduled medical entrance exams amid leak fears
- India restricted access to Telegram from June 17-22, coinciding with rescheduled medical entrance exams. - The government cited organized cheating rings using the platform to defraud students. - The National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) was canceled in May due to alleged exam paper leaks.
Telegram: India restricts access to messaging service
- India has temporarily restricted access to the Telegram messaging app, ordering Apple and Google to remove it from their app stores. - The government cited attempts to defraud students applying for …
India Blocks Telegram Before Retest Exam to Curb Cheating
- India has blocked access to the Telegram messaging app until June 22 to prevent cheating in a retest of a nationwide medical college entrance exam. - The decision follows a scandal over a leaked que…
India blocks Telegram ahead of medical exam to curb cheating
- India has blocked access to the Telegram messaging app ahead of a retest for a nationwide medical entrance exam. - The block is a response to a scandal involving a leaked question paper, allegedly c…
India Suspends Telegram to Prevent Fraud in National Medical Exam
- India has blocked access to the Telegram messaging app until June 22 to prevent cheating in the upcoming national medical entrance exam. - The decision follows a leak of the exam paper last month, w…
India Blocks Telegram App Over Use in Medical Exam Fraud
- India has blocked the Telegram messaging app until June 22, citing its use in defrauding candidates during the NEET medical entrance exam. - The government invoked a stringent IT law provision to re…