{
  "id": 1370113,
  "title": "NTA announces UGC-NET retest for English, Commerce, Sociology on September 9-10",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/nta-announces-ugc-net-retest-for-english-commerce-sociology-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T22:50:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/education/nta-announces-ugc-net-retest-for-english-commerce-sociology-on-september-9-10-10836226/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced that it will re-conduct the UGC-NET June 2026 examinations in English, Commerce, and Sociology due to the presence of factual, typographical, and translation errors, as well as repeated questions from previous examinations. The re-tests will be held on September 9-10, with no additional examination fee charged from candidates. The English paper will be conducted on September 9 from 9 am to 12 noon in Shift 1, the Commerce paper on the same day from 3 pm to 6 pm in Shift 2, and the Sociology paper on September 10 from 9 am to 12 noon in Shift 1. The NTA's decision follows complaints from candidates after the original UGC-NET examination, which took place from June 22 to 30 across 87 subjects. This move comes amid a series of disruptions that have affected the UGC-NET in recent years, including a NEET-UG paper leak controversy and a government cancellation of the examination in June 2024 due to concerns about its integrity.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}