India has issued directions restricting social media platform Telegram ahead of a crucial medical college entrance test scheduled for June 21, which was earlier cancelled following a paper leak.

The federal National Testing Agency wrote on X on Tuesday that the direction has been issued for a “defined and limited period ending June 22."

The test to enter undergraduate medical programmes is taking place after a similar examination was scrapped last month.

The exam was cancelled after allegations of a paper leak surfaced, triggering protests by students.

The re-exam is being conducted for nearly 2.3 million registered candidates.

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