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How the Supreme Court built a binding legal framework to protect student mental heath
In a case where the father of a NEET aspirant sought fair investigation into the suspicious death of his daughter, the SC in a pivotal July 2025 ruling, apart from intervening on that question went further: in establishing a comprehensive, binding legal framework to protect student mental health across India. An analysis of the Supreme Court judgment in Sukdeb Saha v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors.
Broken promises: Assam govt’s decision to abolish 8,000 teaching posts widely condemned
Organisations cutting across sectors and ethnicities have widely condemned the decision proudly announced by Assam chief minister Himanto Biswas Sarma though it was taken six months back
Supreme Court: Education not business to earn profit, tuition fee must be affordable
SC Upholds lower court’s decision quashing seven-fold increase of tuition fee in private medical colleges
Why NSD students were on a week-long protest
The NSD students’ union has said that they will continue their protest until Chairperson Paresh Rawal and Society members meet the students urgently and take immediate actions on the issues the students have brought forth.
AICTE recognises ‘Vedic Board’ qualifications allegedly without scrutinising syllabus
Veda Bhushan and Veda Vibhushan to be considered equivalent of class X and XII; students can join any higher or technical education course including medicine and engineering
Karnataka: Minority PhD Scholars Stare at Bleak Future as Govt Slashes Fellowship Amount
The fellowship scheme has faced hurdles ever since regime change in the southern state.
Caste in CBSE Texts, Who is to Blame?
While the CBSE issued a clarification over viral 'casteist' text in Class 6 History textbook, the fact that caste bias surfaces time and again, over decades, in official board texts is a matter of concern
Row over BHU exam question on temple demolition
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In 1991, local priests filed a petition seeking permission to worship in the Gyanvapi Mosque complex in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
Jamia cancels Safoora Zargar’s PHD then bans her from entering JMI campus
New Delhi: Days after Jamia Millia Islamia cancelled student activist,...
Protests rock Chandigarh University over alleged objectionable videos of female students
Incident sparked flurry of reactions from political parties and the central and state women's rights organisations too stepped in
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Smoke & Mirrors, 130th Constitution Amendment Bill: Real issue is the trading of MLAs
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Rule of Law
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