NEW DELHI: Barely a day after opening the application window for JEE (Main) 2026, the National Testing Agency (NTA) was forced to issue a clarification following confusion over whether candidates could use calculators in the exam. In a public notice issued on November 2, the agency stated categorically that calculators are not permitted in the Joint Entrance Examination (Main), describing the earlier reference to an on-screen calculator in its information bulletin as a “typographical error.” The now-revised bulletin, first uploaded on October 31, had mentioned that candidates would have access to an online standard calculator during the computer-based test (CBT). The line immediately set off a wave of speculation across schools and coaching centres, many of which began briefing stud

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