A glass shard was allegedly found in a midday meal served to students at a BMC-run school in Mumbai. The incident came to light after a student reportedly realised that a glass fragment had entered the child's mouth. Former Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar criticised the administration and spoke to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe, demanding an inquiry.

BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla, who resigned from the party, studied at St Vincent's High School in Pune. He later completed a specialised programme in political and administrative frameworks at the MIT School of Government, Pune. Poonawalla also earned a law degree from the University of Pune and began his political career with the Congress party's media team.

Scientists at ICAR-CMFRI have identified a new fish species, Cyttopsis indica (the Indian dory). Discovered between 350 and 500 meters deep in the eastern Lakshadweep Sea, this rosy-to-silvery pink fish highlights the rich, unexplored life lurking in India's twilight zones. DNA testing revealed a 4.6% to 11% genetic variation from its closest Atlantic and Pacific dory relatives.

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has now allowed NEET Super Specialty (SS) 2025 Round 1 candidates to resign from allotted seats without forfeiting their security deposit. The option is available until August 4. The decision provides flexibility to candidates who wish to leave their seats after the first round of the super speciality counselling process.

Four masked men allegedly assaulted a 19-year-old student in Bengaluru after questioning him over his participation in NEET paper leak protest. In a complaint, the student said that the attackers asked him, “Do you want Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resign?” before hitting him with sticks. The teenager sustained injuries and was taken to hospital.

Glass shards were allegedly found in a mid-day meal served at a BMC-run school in Ghatkopar on Thursday, prompting teachers to stop students from eating immediately. The BMC said it is verifying the incident and will act if negligence is found, while parents demanded an independent inquiry and stricter quality checks.

A new IIT Kharagpur study warns that the Bay of Bengal is becoming a seismic hotspot. Heavy sediment loads from the Ganges and Brahmaputra, combined with shifting tectonic plates, are reactivating ancient underwater fractures, increasing the likelihood of tectonic intraplate quakes along India's eastern coast.

Punjabi University has instituted the Principal Chhabil Das Yadgari Award for young researchers, which will be given every year on the birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Chhabil was a teacher and principal of Bhagat Singh at National College, Lahore, where he completed his FA studies in 1923 before jumping into full-time revolutionary activities and joining the HRA.

The results of all students at Satpura College of Information and Biotechnology in MP's Chhindwara have been withheld after several Economics answer sheets reportedly contained the identical ChatGPT-generated phrase, "Click link to watch full video answer." A probe found the alleged mass cheating extended beyond one subject. Students allegedly submitted nearly identical AI-generated answers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Centre is strengthening India's examination system through task forces, fast-track courts, technology and stricter laws to curb paper leaks. In a July 30 Instagram video, he vowed that the "paper mafia" would not be spared and said Parliament has passed a law with stringent provisions to tackle examination fraud and safeguard students' futures.