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JNU Students Lathi-charged, Injured, first detained during protest over V-C remarks, UGC Equity guidelines, now Jailed

Fourteen of hundreds of protesting students from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) were sent to Tihar Jail on Friday, February 27 after a late night brutal lathi charge by the Delhi police on February 26, attacking a student protest and long march aimed to march towards the Ministry of Education; protesters were demanding the resignation of Vice Chancellor (VC) JNU Ms Pandit who had made derogative remarks against Dalits and Blacks recently

JNU must withdraw order making the university out of bounds for Sucheta De: AICCTU

The trade union called the order an administrative attempt to continue unfair trade practices

AICCTU leader Sucheta De removed from JNU campus!

De accused the university administration of trying to separate workers union from trade unions

Rashtriya Shiksha Shredder: Rahul Gandhi on CBSE’s latest omissions

Latest exclusions are 'democracy and diversity', Mughal courts, Faiz Ahmed Faiz poems, 2 years ago chapter on “federalism, citizenship, nationalism, and secularism" were dropped, then restored

Five students died by suicide in central universities during the Covid-19 pandemic

The Centre cites only 24 student deaths in six years, but is that the whole picture?

Uttar Pradesh: Journalists who reported on leaked question papers arrested

Ballia edition of Amar Ujala had published the leaked paper in the morning of the day when examination was to be held from 2 P.M

In 6 years, Centre sanctioned scholarships worth ₹ 15,785.36 cr

The Minority Affairs Ministry provided overall figures of sanctions from four different scholarship schemes

1.54 cr minority students applied for scholarships in 2 years

Huge number of students applied for scholarships at a time when funds for post-matric schemes were especially low for Sc students

Saffronisation of education is okay, but hijabs are out?

During an event, the Vice-President of India Venkaiyah Naidu said there is nothing wrong with saffron but did not provide similar support during the hijab row

Is Bennett University violating students’ right to protest?

Dubbing protests as "anti-national", the private institution run by the same group that owns the Times of India, asked students and parents to sign an undertaking that they will not participate in protests

Beyond formal education: Haq Hai to help school dropouts

Keen to address issues of dropouts and worsening grades, Haq Hai calls for community-based programme to educate children

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