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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicDelhi University

Topic: Delhi University

‘100 ad hoc staff could lose job’ — DU English teachers protest tweak that ‘slashes workload’

University’s latest Undergraduate Curriculum Framework drops English as medium of instruction for compulsory courses that cover business communication, public speaking, writing skills etc.

No cut-offs in DU, different type of merit list at BHU — how CUET’s changing college admission

The Common University Entrance Test will be introduced from this academic session. This is how colleges plan to use it.

Why over 50 DU teachers are opposing proposed FYUP syllabus for maths

In a petition to head of department, 52 DU professors have argued, among other things, that proposed syllabus for maths reduces credit hours for core courses.

St Stephen’s vs DU face-off shows minority rights have become management rights

As the 12th principal of St Stephen's college, I have no hesitation in saying that its interview-centric admission process is prone to manipulation.

All about the Delhi College of Art affiliation tug-of-war between DU & Ambedkar University

Delhi govt announced a merger of College of Art with Ambedkar University last year. Funded by Delhi government, college had been affiliated with DU since its inception in 1942.

DU prof Shivling case shows why academic freedom can’t be cover for distasteful remarks

Free speech in a democracy comes with responsibility. It certainly does not cover wounding the faith of any community, that too by a professor.

‘Admissions will be void,’ DU warns as St Stephen’s doesn’t want common test as lone yardstick

DU and St Stephen’s have been at odds over admission process since April, when the premier college released its prospectus for the 2022-23 session.

JNU, BHU & 30 other varsities to admit PG students through CUET. DU, Jamia to skip it this year

UGC Chairman M. Jagadesh Kumar is expecting more universities to join the list in coming months. The entrance test for postgraduate courses will be conducted in last week of July.

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...

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India’s think tanks double up as lobbyists, give no disclosures. Hurt policymaking

Many 'independent' reports, intended to shape policies, are sponsored by industry groups or entities with deep pockets and vested interests. This process must become transparent.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

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.