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Galgotias University’s AI Expo Debacle: What it says about Contemporary Indian Education & Public Culture

At the 2026 India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi — pitched by the government as a signal of India’s rising stature in artificial intelligence and technological innovation — one of the most discussed stories was not a breakthrough in research, but a blunder by Galgotias University that turned into a national embarrassment.

Emergency regime and the role of RSS

The RSS’ claim that they were the main force of ‘resistance’ during the 15-month period of the Emergency is not borne out by record

‘What happened to Ali Mohammad was wrong’: UP temple’s Muslim caretaker held for offering namaz; Hindu priest to arrange bail, says he served with...

In Budaun, Times of India reported how a temple priest has offered to bail out a Muslim caretaker arrested for offering namaz on temple grounds. Paramanand Das condemned the video recording and emphasised Ali Mohammad's decades of faithful service. Despite the arrest and charges of defiling a place of worship, Das affirmed Ali's respect for all faiths and the temple's inclusive nature.

Poonch Court orders FIR against Zee News, News18 for falsely labelling deceased teacher as “Pakistani terrorist” during Operation Sindoor coverage

While court orders FIR for defamation and public mischief, CJP had earlier filed complaint with broadcaster highlighting defamatory, Islamophobic coverage

On the 50th anniversary of India’s formal ‘Emergency’, how the RSS betrayed the anti-emergency struggle

How the authoritarian proto-fascist RSS not only in a sense supported India’s formal Emergency (1975-77), filed mercy petitions for early release from prison but also –in sharp contrast—played no part in the fierce and challenging struggle for India’s freedom against colonial rule

YouTube Says it Doesn’t Judge Claims of Copyright Violation. We Found it Does

New revelations prove: When facing ANI, YouTubers grapple with uncertainty as YouTube's vague and discretionary fair-use policy dictates content decisions and channels’ fate.

Bombay High Court stays SC/ST/OBC reservations in minority-run junior colleges for FYJC admissions

Bench grants interim stay as it find substance in petitioner’s arguments against State’s move to impose SC/ST/OBC quotas on open seats in minority colleges

Bowing to outrage, Delhi University V-C says that Manusmriti removed from curriculum, won’t teach in future

That the announcement of inclusion of the Manusmriti was withdrawn days after it was first proclaimed, illustrates the impact of the protests against its inclusion: Earlier, the objective of the course stated that “ancient Indian society, in terms of whole and its parts, has been depicted in the texts compiled in Sanskrit known as Dharmashastra.”

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Galgotias University’s AI Expo Debacle: What it says about Contemporary Indian Education & Public Culture

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