JEE Main Latest News and Updates 2026 – The National Testing Agency has announced the session 2 JEE Mains 2026 provisional answer key release dates on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. As per latest updates, the JEE Main 2026 provisional answer key of session 2 will be out on April 11, 2026. To download the answer key, candidates need to enter their credentials, like application number and password. Candidates will also be allowed to challenge the provisional answer key through the answer key challenge window. The authority has conducted JEE Main 2026 Session 2 exam on April 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, 2026. Read the complete article to know all the JEE Main's latest news and updates.
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Events | JEE Main Result Details |
|---|---|
JEE Main exam conducting authority | National Testing Agency (NTA) |
JEE Main 2026 official website | jeemain.nta.nic.in / nta.ac.in |
Credentials required to check JEE Mains first attempt result | Application number and date of birth |
JEE Main 2026 registration start date | Session 1: October 31 2025 |
JEE Mains 2026 registration last date | Session 1: November 27 2025 Session 2: February 25, 2026 |
JEE Main form correction dates 2026 | Session 1: December 1 to 2, 2025 Session 2: February 27 to 28, 2026 |
| JEE Main session 2 registration window (reopened) | March 12 to 13, 2026 |
JEE Main 2026 city intimation date | Session 1: January 8, 2026 Session 2: March 21, 2026 Session 2: March 26, 2026 (for Dubai and Kuwait) |
JEE Main 2026 Photo verification last Date | Session 1: January 15, 2026 |
JEE Main 2026 admit card 2026 release date | Session 1: January 17, 2026 (for Jan 21 to 24 exams) January 24, 2026 (January 28 & 29, 2026) Session 2: March 29, 2026 (April 2 & 4 exams) April 1, 2026 (April 5 to 8, 2026) |
JEE Main exam date 2026 | Session 1: January 21 to 29, 2026 Session 2: April 2 to 8, 2026 |
Release date of JEE Main answer key (provisional) | Session 1: Paper 1- February 4 to 6, 2026 Session 2: April 11, 2026 |
Release date of JEE Main final answer key | Session 1: Paper 1- Session 2: April 2026 |
JEE Main 2026 result | Session 1: Session 2: April 20, 2026 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The session 2 JEE Main 2026 application form release date is February 1, 2026. The JEE Main session 2 registration was held from March 12 to 13, for an extended opportunity.
The JEE Main 2026 is conducted in two sessions - between January 21 to 29 (session 1) and April 2 and 8, 2026 (session 2).
Candidates can find JEE Main 2026 latest news and updates on the official website or from this page directly.
The official JEE Main exam website is jeemain.nta.nic.in.
The JEE Main 2026 application form for the January sessions was available on the official website jeemain.nta.nic.in.
The JEE Main 2026 exam dates are between January 21 to 29 (session 1) and April 2 to 8 (session 2).
The JEE Main 2026 syllabus has been released. However, the syllabus was reduced last year. The National Testing Agency (NTA) has made updates, removing some topics from subjects such as Physics. For example, in the Physics syllabus, topics like Scalars and Vectors, vector addition and subtraction, scalar and vector products, Unit Vector, and Resolution of a Vector have been excluded from the Kinematics chapter. For the complete and revised syllabus, candidates can check the official JEE Main website at jeemain.nta.nic.in.
IIT Roorkee will conduct the JEE Advanced 2026.
The previous year JEE Main cutoff was 93.1023262 for the General category, 79.4313582 for OBC, 80.3830119 for EWS, 61.1526933 for SC, and 47.9026465 for ST.
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