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Funds Withheld, Futures on Hold: Dalit, OBC, Minority students face scholarship crisis amidst delays and cuts
A sudden funding freeze leaves dozens of marginalised students in limbo, exposing deepening cracks in the government’s commitment to educational justice
IIT Prof’s meltdown, abuse of students is a lesson on how not to teach
Associate Professor Seema Singh’s humiliation of Dalit and PWD students exposes the class divide in elite institutions
Assamese made compulsory in school curriculum across the state
Only Schedule 6 areas, Barak Valley and Bodo territories exempt from move
Karnataka HC directs state to restart mid-day meals
The court was hearing a plea on whether meals are being served to children in schools and Anganwadis centres
Why is Natasha Narwal not allowed to register for PhD semesters at JNU?
A student-activist, currently in prison, she is a confirmed Ph.D. student of Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Covid-19: UP shuts schools for students up to class 8 till March 31
Superspreader events such as weddings, and public’s laxity with Covid-19 prevention guidelines to blame for fresh surge
Ashoka University and India’s dwindling academic freedom
The resignation of renowned intellectuals as faculty members of the University has invoked responses from not just Indian, but also international academicians, and academic freedom is now being debated
Assamese made a compulsory subject for non-Assamese school students
Decision taken by state government with eye on the upcoming polls, hopes to consolidate Assamese nationalist vote
Over 42,000 schools lack drinking water facilities: Centre in RS
The Centre also informed the Rajya Sabha that around 15,000 government schools don’t have toilets
FIR against Rajasthan Textbook Board for claiming Islamic terrorism as a strand of Islam
Objections were raised by the Rajasthan Muslim Forum, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and Muslim Parishad Sansthan
Was the ‘BHU Professor Nita Ambani’ controversy a diversion from other issues?
A protest was held by BHU students against the proposal to make Nita Ambani a visiting professor, followed by RIL denial
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