{"id":23009,"date":"2026-06-18T05:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/iaf-flies-200-sorties-in-3-4-days-to-airlift-neet-ug-retest-papers-to-18-zones-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T05:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:36:12","slug":"iaf-flies-200-sorties-in-3-4-days-to-airlift-neet-ug-retest-papers-to-18-zones-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/iaf-flies-200-sorties-in-3-4-days-to-airlift-neet-ug-retest-papers-to-18-zones-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"IAF flies 200 sorties in 3-4 days to airlift NEET-UG retest papers to 18 zones | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131814702,imgsize-1215155,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/an-iaf-helicopter-carrying-sealed-neet-ug-retest-question-paper-packets-at-the-armed-reserve-police-ground-in-tirunelveli-district-tamil-nadu-on-wednesday-pti.jpg\" alt=\"IAF flies 200 sorties in 3-4 days to airlift NEET-UG retest papers to 18 zones\" title=\"An IAF helicopter carrying sealed NEET-UG retest question paper packets at the Armed Reserve Police Ground in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, on Wednesday. PTI\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"An IAF helicopter carrying sealed NEET-UG retest question paper packets at the Armed Reserve Police Ground in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, on Wednesday. PTI\">An IAF helicopter carrying sealed NEET-UG retest question paper packets at the Armed Reserve Police Ground in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, on Wednesday. PTI<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Indian Air Force (IAF) has carried out nearly 200 sorties over the past three-four days to ferry question papers for the June 21 <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/neet-ug\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">NEET-UG<\/a> retest to 18 designated zones across the country. The mission \u2014 launched on June 13 \u2014 is nearing completion ahead of the medical entrance exam.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>IAF\u2019s Mi-17 helicopters and transport aircraft were pressed into service to deliver sealed question papers to their respective destinations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>The aircraft have already logged around 200 sorties since the operation began, ensuring secure and timely dispatch to hubs nationwide. From these hubs, the question papers will be transported to different exam centres under tight security arrangements, sources said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>\u201cThe use of IAF aircraft is aimed at guaranteeing foolproof, time-bound delivery,\u201d an official said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>The May 3 NEET-UG exam \u2014 the single-largest competitive test in the country with over 22 lakh candidates \u2014 was rocked by allegations of paper leaks and irregularities, leading to its cancellation and triggering nationwide protests and Supreme Court intervention.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Officials maintain the July 21 retest will be conducted \u201csmoothly and without any irregularities\u201d. With lakhs of medical aspirants and their futures riding on the outcome, the govt appears determined to leave nothing to chance this time, deploying the armed forces to safeguard the sanctity of one of India\u2019s largest exams.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/iaf-flies-200-sorties-in-3-4-days-to-airlift-neet-ug-retest-papers-to-18-zones\/articleshow\/131814704.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An IAF helicopter carrying sealed NEET-UG retest question paper packets at the Armed Reserve Police Ground in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, on Wednesday. PTI Indian Air Force (IAF) has carried out nearly 200 sorties over the past three-four days to ferry question papers for the June 21 NEET-UG retest to 18 designated zones across the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-country"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}