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After SC nudge, IIT Kharagpur reconsiders transfer plea of student with Borderline Personality Disorder

IIT Kharagpur’s director reached out to boy’s father soon after Supreme Court issued notice on student’s petition challenging the denial of his transfer, ThePrint has learnt.

In quantum leap, DRDO & IIT-D exhibit ability to set up secure comms over laser sans optical fibre

Free space optical link is a line-of-sight tech that uses lasers to provide optical bandwidth connections. It paves way for real-time applications in quantum cyber security.

Women in IITs still get branded. Men call them seat stealers

Looking back at the legacy of the premier institution, Ravinder Kaur, a sociology professor at IIT Delhi, said that 'there were only founding fathers, no mothers were included.'

To use or not, is no longer the question. From IITs to DU, universities are fighting unethical AI use

IIT-Delhi panel has recommended AI-assisted content be clearly cited in captions, footnotes, or main text. Director says these were just ‘first tranche’ of recommendations.

No new ‘Institute of Eminence’ tags likely from Centre. How the programme has fared so far

Under the scheme, 20 institutes were to receive the tag, but only 12 have between 2018 and 2021, with Reliance’s Jio Institute in Mumbai yet to be granted the status formally.

Centre asks IIT Delhi to draw up roadmap to effectively manage waqf properties, boards in 22 states

The govt found it necessary to assess the functioning of WAMSI portal as several states are unable to provide accurate information about waqf properties, it is learnt.

IIT placement season kicks off with more recruiters & international offers versus previous cycle

Several IITs acknowledge the strong rebound in recruitments this yr with more participation by PSUs as well in the initial phase. However, students say median salaries are largely stagnant.

Pakistani Hindu girls sing about their dream at IIT Delhi. They want home, govt jobs

The Sewa Nyaya Utthan Foundation brought three Pakistani Hindu refugee girls from Jodhpur to sing at IIT Delhi’s Rendezvous festival.

Research funds exempt from GST, finance ministry not to pursue notices issued to IIT-D, Anna University

GST council in its 54th meeting exempted universities, research centres governed by central or state govt, or those exempted from Income Tax, from paying GST on research grants.

IIT Delhi announces 2 breakthrough tech projects for cancer and pathogen detection

The government-sponsored project is being carried out by the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer at IIT Delhi.

On Camera

If fundamental right to property can be taken away, so can all the others: AG Mulgaokar

If this step even partially achieves its desired results, there will be so much dislocation in the country’s economic structure as to prove a national calamity, advocate AG Mulgaokar wrote in 1969.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.