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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.

UNICEF and parents worry about India’s future generations in the aftermath of Covid-19

A global report shows that low- and middle- income countries need to immediately resume physical classes

Hijabs and saffron scarves a no-no in this Karnataka college

Right-wing students demand hijabs be banned from colleges, dismissing constitutional rights

Haryana: Why are 40,000 teachers’ posts lying vacant?

There is a shortage of teachers in 14,000 schools run by the state government, and also a shortage of 6,000 supporting staff

Sonia points out ‘misogynistic’ passage in CBSE paper in Lok Sabha; board drops question

CBSE by Monday evening expressed “regret” and announced that it had set up an “expert committee to avoid such occurrences in future”

Varanasi admin acquires 30 schools, studies suspended to house security forces

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will inaugurate the ₹800 crore Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Dham project on December 13

Madras HC expresses “dismay and anguish” as NCERT removes report on gender non-conforming, transgender children

Titled 'Inclusion of Transgender Children in School Education: Concerns and Roadmap', the report was taken down from website within hours of its publishing, allegedly owing to ‘external pressure’

Direct funds to guardians solves nothing: UP activists on gov’t education

Activists dismiss the rationale of transferring uniform money to households, while guardians and teachers question the meagre amount

Increase in gov’t school enrolment meaningless if facilities not improved: UP teachers on ASER data

Teachers point out that there is no corresponding improvement in schools to retain the sudden increase in government school children

Students, teachers demand repeal of NEP 2020

At a meeting organised by join AIFRTE in Delhi, students voiced concerns about the Brahmanical undertone of the new education policy

BHU: Urdu dept HoD apologises for Urdu Day poster with Allama Iqbal’s photo

ABVP had objected that the poster did not have BHU founder Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya’s photo

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