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Topic: Delhi University

HC allows online open book exams for final year DU students from 10 August

Delhi High Court passes slew of guidelines to Delhi University to address concerns raised by students on online open book examinations.

UGC stand is clear — universities will have to conduct final-year exams to hand out degrees

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Almost everyone in faculty is promoted in Indian universities. DU started the damage in 1970

Today, Delhi University has been relegated to the backwaters of all global rankings, with a similar story playing out in universities all over India. But there is a way out.

DU has less than 5% OBC teachers & there’s no professor among them, Parliament panel finds

Draft report of Parliamentary Committee on Welfare of OBCs observes 'glaring gaps' in number of OBC posts DU has advertised against the number of vacancies.

DU final year UG online exams to be held from 10-31 August, varsity tells High Court

The bench was informed by the varsity that the students left out of online exams will be given an opportunity to appear in physical examinations in September.

Former UGC chairman says move on final-year exams unfortunate, online mode will be biased

In a letter to the UGC chairman Dhirendra Pal Singh, former chairman Sukhadeo Thorat reiterates demands by students across the country to cancel final year exams.

Delhi University has one obsession and it’s making a mess of it. Exams

After months of back-and-forth over the much-criticised online Open Book Examinations, Delhi University has postponed its exams once again.

Delhi High Court directs Delhi University to give schedule for final year UG exams

The high court also asked the varsity to explain as to how it proposes to conduct exams - online, offline or both modes, besides the complete date sheet.

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?

DU decides to postpone final year open book exam to August, informs High Court

The court condemned the varsity's decision, saying it was playing with student's lives and that it wasn't fair about its preparedness for conducting exams.

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In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

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Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.