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Furious parents are rallying outside Delhi schools over ‘arbitrary fee hikes, segregation over AC charges’

Protests are ongoing outside several private schools while BJP-led govt in Delhi and previous AAP administration play blame game, leaving parents and students in limbo.

Why Doon School’s all-male ex-students are not on board with administration’s co-ed pitch

The school administration’s proposal, citing concerns over toxic masculinity & evolving societal norms, is under consideration, but ex-students worry it will shift the ‘cultural environment’.

Crisis at Pune’s Gokhale Institute deepens as founding society’s secy arrested on fund misuse charges

Milind Deshmukh's arrest follows complaint filed by the institute’s officiating deputy registrar. This comes days after a controversy over appointment of Sanjeev Sanyal as chancellor.

Sustainability courses are the new MBA. IIMs are taking a cue from market forces

This year IIM Mumbai's two-year MBA programme in sustainability management attracted nearly as many applications as the general MBA course. Other IIMs are also catching up.

Hit by returning fire, founding society reinstates Sanjeev Sanyal as Gokhale Institute chancellor

Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics in Pune has faced churn since 2024. Sanyal responded to claims made by SIS with examples of ‘suspicious happenings at GIPE campus’.

UGC frames new rules for recognition of degrees obtained abroad

The development comes in light of delays and uncertainty faced by students under existing recognition process. The new mechanism is aimed at being more transparent & technology-driven.

44% Indian parents say their kids’ schools have hiked fees by 50-80% in 3 yrs—LocalCircles survey

Private schools, especially those offering international curricula, charge higher fees, reveals the LocalCircles report. The burden, it adds, has been felt across cities.

Sanjeev Sanyal replaced as Gokhale Institute chancellor over ‘no plan of action’ amid slip in rankings

This comes months after former EAC-PM chairperson Bibek Debroy resigned from chancellorship after just 3 months in office, and the controversial removal of V-C Ajit Ranade last September.

56% professor positions at IITs, IIMs, NITs, IISERs lying vacant, says parliamentary panel report

Report on higher education institutions also highlights substantial number of unfilled reserved faculty positions in central universities. 1,521 of 3,652 posts for OBCs remain vacant.

House panel seeks ‘Institute of Eminence’ tag for JNU, more autonomy for colleges under existing IoEs

JNU applied for IoE tag in 2022. Parliamentary standing committee's report also highlights that nearly 8 yrs after IoE scheme's launch, only 12 of 20 institutes have been notified.

On Camera

India talked big on Russia-Ukraine mediation. Alaska meet offers a window

Europe and Ukraine’s agencies are crucial. Steering the Alaska talks bilaterally between the US and Russia will foil the outcomes before they even start taking effect.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.