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Topic: Admissions

Amid visa uncertainty, Ashoka launches UG admissions drive for students with offers from US institutions

The special drive by the university in Sonepat is exclusively for students who either hold admission offers from US-based educational institutions or are currently enrolled in one.

13 months since trainee-doctors’ walkout, South Korea agrees to cap new students to 3,000 per year

In Februray 2024, junior doctors staged protests and boycotted classes after the government proposed to increase admissions to medical schools to meet shortfall in healthcare.

Among JEE Advanced toppers, IIT Bombay remains No.1 choice & computer science most popular course

Joint Implementation Committee report shows IIT-Delhi remains 2nd-most preferred choice. It also highlights that female enrolment in IITs is still under 20%, a trend seen over the years.

UGC gives go-ahead for twice-a-year university admissions

On lines of foreign varsities, the two admission cycles will be July-August and January-February from the 2024-25 academic session.

DU Admission 2022: No 12th Class Cutoffs this time, CUET Based score to be used

Delhi University invites admissions for its UG courses through CUET. The CUET 2022 result will be released on September 15.

Your creative talent won’t get you into DU anymore. Keep obsessing over marks marks marks

Delhi University’s sports quota remains, but the Extra-Curricular Activities quota is scrapped due to Covid. If classes & exams can go online, why can’t trials for ECA?

Oil prices, population pyramids, Trump ⁠— What’s affecting the international student slump

China and India are the top two countries that make up the mass of foreign students in US. However, universities are seeing the first drop in intakes since 9/11.

Harvard is doing America’s best students no favours

Lawsuit filed against Harvard University for racial-discriminatory policies against Asian-Americans by admission officers.

Bonus marks didn’t compromise IIT-JEE merit list, govt to argue in SC tomorrow

HRD ministry also expected to tell apex court that even if bonus marks are done away with now, merit list won’t change, so lift stay on admission, counselling. ANUBHUTI VISHNOI

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.