Telegram has been temporarily banned in India, ahead of the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) re-examination for the undergraduate (UG) medical aspirants, conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), which is schedueld to take place on June 21. the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) issued directions under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, restricting access to Telegram in India. The instant messaging platform has been banned temporarily till June 22. In a post on X, NTA welcomed MeitY’s new directions, which were issued on NTA’s recommendations.