Prime Minister Narendra Modi met a group of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) parliamentarians and ministers from the scheduled caste and tribe on Wednesday to discuss issues affecting the two communities, including a University Grants Commission (UGC) directive on hiring teachers. The delegation led by Union ministers Ram Vilas...
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March 29, 2018 Loknath Das
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The UP government spent nearly Rs 219 crore on the distribution of free school bags among 1.54 crore primary and upper primary students across UP during the period July-October, 2017. But nearly nine months on, most of these bags are in tatters. “My school bag had to be stitched twice...
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March 29, 2018 Loknath Das
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The IIT Kharagpur alumni body in the US has announced internship scholarships for 14 students from the institute who received internship offers for the summer of 2018 at top global universities. The 14 students from various disciplines and at various levels of study at IIT Kharagpur have been...
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March 29, 2018 Loknath Das
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The government on Tuesday announced that it will grant autonomy to 60 higher education institutions. The list included several top central and state universities. Hindustan Times spoke to their administration and students: JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY, DELHI The left-leaning JNU teachers’ association (JNUTA) criticised the move and said the policy...
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March 24, 2018 Loknath Das
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The Union ministry of human resource and development declared Panjab University autonomous under category II. Ifrah Mufti finds out what it entails for the university and how this change will affect its students and teachers. What does the autonomy entail? The Panjab University is among the 60 higher...
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March 24, 2018 Loknath Das
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Rakesh Bhatnagar, a professor of biotechnology at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), has been appointed as vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, two government officials familiar with the development said on Friday. The government had shortlisted three candidates, which included Devendra Kumar Gupta, a surgeon from the All...
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March 24, 2018 Loknath Das
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