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Topic: Delhi University

DU prof gets bail in ‘Shivling’ post case but protests go on as students slam ‘systematic attack’

While granting bail to Dr Ratan Lal, the court said that while the post was ‘avoidable’ and ‘reprehensible’, it ‘didn’t indicate an attempt to promote hatred between communities’.

AISA stages protest against Hindu College professor’s arrest

New Delhi: Left-affiliated All India Students Association (AISA) activists on Saturday staged a protest outside Delhi University's Arts Faculty against the arrest of Hindu...

Sita & Draupadi were first feminists, before world knew concept, says JNU V-C Pandit at DU event

Speaking at a three-day international seminar to mark Delhi University centenary, Santishree D. Pandit also said history needs to be ‘her’ story now.

Nehru lacked originality, had colonial mindset, RSS education affiliate leader says at DU event

Mukul Kanitkar of Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal was speaking on inaugural day of three-day international seminar at DU titled ‘Revisiting Ideas of India from Swaraj to New India’.

DU professor booked for post on Gyanvapi ‘Shivling’, seeks AK-56 licence from PM after ‘threats’

Ratan Lal has been booked under IPC sections 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race) & 295-A (acts intended to outrage religious feelings).

Delhi University at 100: Staging ground of history, scholarly success & coffee-shop romances

Delhi University marks its centenary in May 2022. One of 40 central universities, DU is a big draw for students from across India & is counted as one of its premier institutions.

‘Diluted’ degrees, learning loss, worse job prospects — why DU teachers’ body is against FYUP

In a letter to UGC, Democratic Teachers’ Front, an organisation of DU educators, argues that Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) could set both students and teachers back.

UGC’s undergrad programme draft plagiarised from US universities, alleges DU teachers’ body

UGC Chairman M. Jagadesh Kumar clarified that content uploaded on the website was not the final version but a draft and said credit would be given where due.

Common entrance test addresses the high cut-off question but also raises many new questions

Experts say the way we design our tests allows the coaching industry to thrive, this has happened in the case of NEET, JEE and other entrance exams.

40% in Class 12, then common test with choice of 17 domain subjects — new DU entrance criteria

So far, admissions to Delhi University colleges were mostly based on board exam percentages. New parameters will continue to allow aspirants freedom to switch streams.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

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

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