NEET and JEE exams controversy, NCRB’s data on prisons, order to parliamentary panels

In the first segment, Ritika Chopra explains the controversy around the NEET and JEE exams – why students (and six opposition states) are demanding that the exams be postponed, why the Centre is insistent that they take place now, and the precautions that the National Testing Agency is taking for the exams. Next, Deeptiman Tiwary talks about what the latest NCRB data on prisons reveals about their condition and the state of India’s criminal justice system (13:04). And in the end, Liz Mathew talks about the directive issued by the Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla to parliamentary committees and why it has raised concerns about freedom of speech (23:00).