Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday reaffirmed India’s commitment to doing everything possible to ensure elephants get a conducive habitat. In a post to mark the World Elephant Day, Modi said on X that it is an occasion to appreciate the wide range of community efforts to protect elephants. He added, “At the same time, we reaffirm our commitment to doing everything possible to ensure elephants get a conducive habitat where they can thrive. For us in India, the elephant is linked to our culture and history, too. And it’s gladdening that over the last few years, their numbers have been on the rise.”

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a fresh plea filed by some examinees challenging the government’s decision to cancel the UGC-NET examination following alleged question paper leak, saying that entertaining it at this stage will create “chaos”.

A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said the government is conducting the exam afresh on August 21 and the students, who are around nine lakh, must have some kind of “certainty now”.

“The Supreme Court stepping now will have a serious effect and there will be chaos all over,” the CJI said while declining to entertain the plea filed by Praveen Dabas and others.

The bench said the exam was held on June 18 and was cancelled a day after that.