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Telegram Challenges India’s Nationwide Block Over Exam Leak Fears
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First reported by Kikar HaShabbat · Jun 17, 2026
What happened
Telegram has appealed to the Delhi High Court after India blocked the app nationwide over fears of medical exam leaks. The company says the move will not stop cheating, while India is preparing a retest on Sunday and using the Air Force to transport secure papers.
- 01Telegram appealed India’s nationwide block in the Delhi High Court.
- 02Authorities said the ban aimed to stop leaked NEET exam papers.
- 03Pavel Durov called the decision a “mistake” that would not work.
- 04India has more than 150 million Telegram users, many of them students.
- 05The CBI is investigating, more than a dozen suspects have been arrested.
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