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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
TopicJawaharlal Nehru University

Topic: Jawaharlal Nehru University

Director Anurag Kashyap is reclaiming his street cred and standing up to the gangs of BJP

Anurag Kashyap can’t afford to stay silent. Now, with Deepika Padukone at JNU as his profile and cover photo, he is being the director India needs.

Why I didn’t call myself a JNU-ite for 37 yrs. But now something has changed: Yogendra Yadav

Even though I carried a jhola and had a beard, I didn’t associate with Left politics in JNU. Then a desperate Modi regime zeroed in on the university.

V-C Jagadesh Kumar came to JNU to change its character: HRD ministry told PMO last year

HRD ministry wrote to PMO in November last year during fee hike protests that ‘there’s no love lost between the VC and the student community’.

As assailants roamed JNU campus, police was filing FIRs against Aishe Ghosh & Left students

Police record shows JNU filed complaints against JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh & others at the same time as the attackers were rampaging on campus.

Why do Indians hate JNU-style subsidised education? Because we love the private sector

There have been constant attempts to destabilise campuses in India. Take the suicides of Rohith Vemula, Payal Thadvi, Fathima Latheef or BHU protest for instance.

JNU protest over fee hike reminds me of how St. Stephen’s students called a strike & won

India’s public universities must ask why Ratan Tata, Indra Nooyi and Narayan Murthy find value in donating to Ivy League universities and not to ours.

In Modi’s opposition-mukt India, JNU must remain the Eternal Protester

JNU is more than Kanhaiya or Shehla. But the university, which stood for diversity and democracy, has been unmade, in TV debates, in toxic tweets and casual chatter.

Govt plans gender audit in universities in push for women empowerment

According to a govt official, the audit will involve analysing the recruitment process, the infrastructure and gender ratio of the university.

Fiercely critical of Kanhaiya’s arrest 3 years ago, opposition now just mute spectator

Rahul Gandhi’s silence on sedition chargesheet betrays his disquiet about being cornered by the ruling BJP on the issue of nationalism.

On Camera

The politics of air pollution—how they are fooling the citizens

Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.

India picks up non-sanctioned Russian oil as discounts widen

The purchases confirm a cautious return to Russian oil, though overall spot purchases remain limited. Trade talks between US and India are ongoing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.