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How caste and class lines are making Indian education system more unequal than before

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Indian education system creating new forms of inequality. Caste, class lines now more defined

Huge tuition fees and increased living costs in major urban centers where these desirable educational institutes are located are segregating student bodies along caste and class lines, writes Arun Kumar.

Builders have been arrested and some declared insolvent. But owners are yet to get their flats. They are banding together on WhatsApp, mobilising Twitter storms, visiting consumer courts, and forming forums, reports Sagrika Kissu.

Why won’t Modi axe Manipur CM Biren Singh? 4 reasons why he won’t & 5 reasons why he must

The violence in Manipur will pass like the Covid second wave did, and everyone will forget Biren Singh’s follies. Or so the BJP strategist must think, writes DK Singh.

IIT-JEE race begins in class 7 in Andhra, Telangana. Its success now a model for India

Purnachandra Rao, director of Resonance Junior Colleges, says the integrated model should every village of India. Preparation JEE, NEET starts as early as seventh grade, reports Shreya Shankar.

It took a viral video of rape for India to wake up—Modi to CJI. Manipur was burning for 3 months

A week before the public outcry over the leaked video, ThePrint unearthed how six Kuki women were raped in Manipur soon after the riots broke out, reports Sonal Matharu.

25,000 + SC/ST/OBC students quit IITs & central universities in last 5 yrs, shows Parliament data

Data was shared by Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar in Rajya Sabha Wednesday. Experts point to family pressures and urgency to get jobs among top reasons for dropping out, reports Soniya Agrawal.

IITs, IIMs are failing Dalit students. Work with Harvard, Johns Hopkins to counter suicides

Aniket Ambhore and Darshan Solanki aren’t mere names in a statistical report. Our esteemed institutions have failed to protect them, writes Dileep Mhaske.

‘Lack of devotion & incompetence’: Former Delhi HC judge sought suspension of cops after losing pet dog

In his letter to the Delhi Police, Justice Gaurang Kanth said he lost his pet dog due to security personnel’s failure in locking the door of his residence, reports Vidhi Taparia.

What a sacked Chinese foreign minister & his boss have to do with India-China relationship

Xi has been invited to Delhi to participate in the G-20 summit. But will he show up if no understanding between India and China has been reached after 18 rounds of talks?, writes Jyoti Malhotra.

Azerbaijan protests after reports suggesting ‘Indian-made weapons entered Armenia through Iran’

Hours after reports surfaced of Pinaka rocket launchers reaching Armenia , foreign policy adviser to Azerbaijan’s president summoned Indian envoy to express ‘serious concerns’, reports Snehesh Alex Philip.

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