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Saturday, August 15, 2026
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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.

On Camera

India is a civilisational continent. Can never say I’ve seen it all: Lithuanian Ambassador

Diana Mickevičienė, the Ambassador of Lithuania to India since 2022, writes that she got fascinated by India in childhood after seeing the movie Umrao Jaan.

Andhra’s Rs 150 cr exploration MoU for lithium, gallium as Centre pushes critical mineral self-reliance

Andhra Pradesh has signed an MoU for a Rs 150 crore exploration project to study lithium and gallium deposits in Kadapa Basin, part of the Centre’s drive to reduce critical mineral imports.

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance enters India’s defence race, joins Rolls-Royce bid to power AMCA

As part of partnership, Reliance & Rolls-Royce will explore formation of dedicated Aerospace Gas Turbine Complex that will be a centre of excellence for power and propulsion technology in India.

Gen Vaidya won 2 MahaVir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman