Following exam scandals and protests, India is using the Air Force to ensure the security of upcoming national student exams, including a retest for over 2 million students.

India is taking unprecedented measures to restore confidence in its national student examination system after a series of scandals fuelled angry protests from young people and put pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. Last month, authorities took the extraordinary step of cancelling the medical entrance exam results of more than 2 million students after allegations of widespread leaking of the papers. For the retest on June 21, the government will deploy the Indian Air Force...