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Topic: Delhi University

JNU, DU, & AUD professors are rushing from classroom to court. VC office doesn’t listen

Academics aren’t just moving to court for issues of harassment or pensions. The Delhi High Court has even had to hear cases on faculty leave. ‘At least a judge listens to you.’

Former DU professor GN Saibaba, charged under UAPA & later acquitted, passes away at 50

The Bombay High Court in March this year acquitted Saibaba in an alleged Maoist links case, noting the prosecution failed to prove the case against him

DUSU elections come to an end amid concerns over low turnout & controversial campaigning tactics

The Delhi HC postponed vote counting till 21 October over defacement of public property. Despite the aggressive campaigning, parties feel fewer students voted this year.

DUSU polls have candidates from an Ambedkarite outfit, Ambedkar Students Association says it’s a 1st

The 3-yr-old outfit is up against established parties like NSUI & ABVP. Its campaign focuses on issues like fee hikes & hooliganism in student politics, among other things.

DU Students Union election campaigns make grand promises, but no mention of LGBTQ+ or environment

Over last 10 years, DUSU elections have been dominated by ABVP and NSUI. This time, Left-wing AISA-SFI alliance is positioning itself as a progressive alternative.

How DU’s once-‘notorious’ ARSD dethroned LSR in NIRF rankings by improving its science programme

Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma college ranked 5th in 2024 NIRF list of top colleges. Teachers from the college say over past 5 yrs, focus has been on promoting research at UG level.

IIT Madras secures first spot in NIRF rankings, DU dominates with 6 of 10 ‘top colleges’

IIT-Bombay best in 'innovation' & Pune's Symbiosis Skills & Professional University best skilling institute, according to NIRF 2024, released by Dharmendra Pradhan Monday.

After heatstroke, typhoid, 3 law students take Delhi University to court over poor facilities

Plea alleges lack of purified drinking water, poor A/C and Wi-Fi and other faulty infrastructure on campus. Delhi HC has ordered meeting of all stakeholders.

Pronab Sen to Ashwini Vaishnaw — experts & leaders to speak at SRCC’s Shri Ram Economics Summit

Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi to hold undergraduate festival from 19 to 21 March. Leading figures from fields of economics, business, policy & academia to speak.

Delhi University to receive Rs 272 crore from Nirbhaya Fund for women’s residential accommodation

Of the total amount, Rs 72 crore will be used for the deployment of CCTV surveillance systems across the campus.

On Camera

Game on in Gujarat — Ahmedabad is building India’s new sports economy

The massive success of the IPL is a watershed moment in Indian sports. It proved that sports could be an incredibly profitable commercial venture. The glamour, the glitz, and the spectacle of it didn’t go unnoticed.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.