The silent but stunning slide of Delhi University is one of the biggest shocks to the public university system in India. And yet, nobody seems to be in a hurry to rescue it.
DU Registrar says Delhi School of Economics department did not take permission for seminar. Convener says department has been doing seminars every Friday for 60 years without taking permission.
Akil Khan, the now arrested father of the college-going girl, sought to lodge false case for hushing up a woman who filed police complaint against him, says senior police officer.
Earlier in the day, police said the wife of the main accused had filed a rape complaint against the 20-year-old student’s father days before the alleged acid attack.
V-C Yogesh Singh has drawn flak for speech referring to ‘urban Naxals’ operating in university spaces, accusing student movements like Pinjra Tod of being driven by ‘ingratitude’.
RSS-backed ABVP also managed to win the post of secretary and joint secretary, while the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) & All India Students’ Association (AISA) both drew a blank.
Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
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