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Topic: College Admission

IIMC asked to revisit its admission criteria based on marks after Supreme Court ruling 

Tarun Krishna -
I&B Secretary Amit Khare says IIMC has been asked to revisit admission norms after SC ruling that said states can’t promote final-year students without holding exams as ordered by UGC.

AICTE slashes 2 lakh seats across engineering, management and pharmacy colleges

Kritika Sharma -
The council said no new engineering colleges will be permitted to open until 2021-22 and colleges have been restricted from adding more seats.

Hollywood actor sent to jail for rigging daughter’s college entrance exam scores

Janelle Lawrence -
'Desperate Housewives' star Felicity Huffman is the first parent to be sentenced in a college admissions scandal that has sparked nationwide outrage.

As JU cancels admission tests, faculty and students protest ‘assault on 40-year-old legacy’

Prerna Chatterjee -
As many as 16 of the JU English department’s 18 teachers have opted out of the admission process in protest.

A guide to surviving and thriving in Delhi University, by Gurmehar Kaur

Gurmehar Kaur -
My first year in a Delhi University college was, of course, stranger than most students’ first year in college.

With soaring marks in class XII boards, is there space for 70 percenters in India’s colleges?

ThePrint Team -
Experts weigh in on the rise in percentages, over the years, across different boards for class XII students and their impact on college admissions.
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Opinion

Ram temple Surya Tilak was spectacular but the puffery around ‘science behind it’ wasn’t

Soumya Pillai -
We need to give credit to our attention-starved scientists for their true achievements. Perhaps a good way to start would be to not mix science with religion.

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Economy

CBDT signs record 125 Advance Pricing Agreements, 31% more than last year

ThePrint Team -
The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.

Defence

Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi to take over as Chief of the Naval Staff

ThePrint Team -
He has been the chief of personnel and the flag officer commanding-in-chief, Western Naval Command, in the rank of vice admiral.

National Interest

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

Shekhar Gupta -
While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.

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