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Monday, November 24, 2025
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Topic: HECI

Higher education regulator with ‘power to penalise’. What UGC, AICTE, NCTE merger could look like

5 yrs after NEP 2020, Centre to move bill to establish HECI as sole authority for coordinating & determining standards in higher education, research, and scientific & technical institutions.

House panel flags ‘overcentralisation’ in draft bill outlining mandate of higher education commission

Draft HECI bill proposes principal regulator that will subsume higher education regulators such as UGC & AICTE that oversee non-technical and technical education respectively.

Bar Council doesn’t want legal education under HRD, says can’t tolerate ‘interference’

HRD ministry has said it wants to bring legal education under the ambit of Higher Education Commission of India to 'clean up' the system.

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DPDP Act will change how we interact with the internet. Get ready for the consent mails

India does not have a data protection regulator to make good on the DPDP Act’s promise and articulate clear future standards.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.