Pralhad Joshi Takes Charge as Education Minister After Dharmendra Pradhan Resigns

Exam-focused facts from the 28 July 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as Union Education Minister on July 26, 2026.
The President of India accepted his resignation under Article 75(2) of the Constitution.
Pralhad Joshi, Cabinet Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and New and Renewable Energy, was assigned the additional charge of the Ministry of Education.
Pralhad Joshi is a Lok Sabha member from Dharwad, Karnataka.
The resignation followed a month-long student protest at Jantar Mantar over the NEET paper leak.
The government also accepted demands including no legal proceedings against protesters and compensation for families of NEET aspirants who died by suicide.