India’s edtech ship is struggling to stay afloat as students flag litany of grievances

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

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There are 3,833 complaints against Byju’s, of which 1,403 have been resolved. Simplilearn has 390 complaints, but only 197 have been addressed so far, reports Soniya Agrawal.

Medical students who finished foreign degree online due to Covid restrictions claim new rule mandating 2 years of internship rather than 1 in India is hitting their career and finances, reports Kritika Sharma.

With 1st-year postgraduate students joining workforce late, doctors are putting in extra hours. Meanwhile, undergrads preparing for exam are getting demotivated, say those from fraternity, reports Soniya Agrawal.

Hindu American Foundation’s Suhag Shukla fears the move to bring caste in American debates will lead to classroom bullying and Hinduphobia. But there is no running away from difficult conversations, writes Rama Lakshmi.

In the 1962 India-China conflict, PM Nehru did ask for US military support but the war was over before any help arrived, writes Raja Rajagopalan.

The move against BBC mirrors Indira Gandhi’s tactics during the Emergency. She learnt from her mistakes, will the BJP? writes Vir Sanghvi.

Think. A big police station on Pakistan border overrun by an armed mob, a suspect freed, and the state says ‘sorry, my bad.’ You have to be nuts to think there will be no consequences, writes ThePrint Editor in Chief, Shekhar Gupta.