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Friday, February 20, 2026
TopicBanaras Hindu University

Topic: Banaras Hindu University

14 BHU students suspended for ‘disturbing academic ambience’ during 2023 protests over gangrape case

Shikha Salaria -
Student leaders say the investigating committee is biased against them and members of active organisations on campus are being targeted.

IIT-BHU campus has changed for women after student gang rape. Life stays the same for men

Aina Singh -
Arbitrary rules and theatrics masquerade as safety measures in most higher education institutions. Demands of IIT-BHU Students’ Parliament similarly reeked of securitisation.

Face of protest at BHU, ‘hardcore’ Bhagat Singh disciple — meet Akanksha Azad, now in NIA crosshairs

Shikha Salaria -
President of Bhagat Singh Students’ Morcha, who has led several agitations, is being grilled by NIA & was raided earlier this month as part of agency’s ‘crackdown on CPI (Maoist) cadres’.

‘Muslim’ in AMU doesn’t make the university anti-national, just like ‘Hindu’ in BHU doesn’t

Faizan Mustafa -
Calling AMU as Allah Miyan’s University is opposing PM Narendra Modi’s accurate description of Aligarh Muslim University as ‘Mini India’.

No, Nita Ambani isn’t joining Banaras Hindu University as a visiting professor

Kritika Sharma -
Banaras Hindu University says there’s been ‘no decision or proposal’ to invite Nita Ambani to be a visiting faculty member for women’s studies.

Common entrance test for college ruled out, DU, AMU, BHU will have to continue own admissions

Kritika Sharma -
Plan to hold single entrance examination for all higher education institutions was suggested to UGC by an expert committee.

How to be a good Indian wife, an IIT-incubated startup teaches

Kritika Sharma -
Called ‘Daughters’ Pride — Beti Mera Abhimaan’, the course is the brainchild of a startup based out of IIT-Banaras Hindu University.

Instead of talking so much, act with sensitivity: ABVP organising secy to BHU

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
ABVP’s top man Sunil Ambekar says BHU incident is “not such a big thing”, it is being “over-politicised” and “stretched out unnecessarily”.

A first-person history of the humiliation of female students at BHU

Aishwarya Prakash -
Whenever women students protested in the past, the administration has nipped it in the bud by threatening expulsion and suspension.

Campus violence: Student handpicked by BHU contradicts ‘official version’

Sabah Gurmat -
Women students from BHU describe how they were ruthlessly ‘trampled and shoved’ during the 23 September protest, where the police lathi-charged them.

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Opinion

India must govern AI with confidence. Use guardrails, not handcuffs

Manish Maheshwari -
The good news is that India is not starting from zero. It knows how to innovate privately while also empowering innovation publicly.

AI Summit is a snapshot of today’s India — intelligence, competence in short supply

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Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

Snehesh Alex Philip -
At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

National Interest

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

Shekhar Gupta -
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.

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