Pandit’s appointment confirmed after acting V-C M Jagadesh Kumar was made UGC chairperson last week. She is currently a professor at Savitribai Phule Pune University.
Kumar, whose tenure at the Jawaharlal Nehru University was marred with controversies, is currently holding the post as acting V-C of the varsity, after his tenure expired last year.
According to the police, the incident occurred around 11.45 pm on 17 January. The drunk man stopped the girl at a secluded place on campus during her jog and allegedly molested her.
Case has been registered under Section 354 (A and B) of IPC, related to sexual harassment and criminal force with intent to disrobe woman. DCP says woman has refused medical exam.
Internal complaints committee's notice states 'girls suppose [sic] to know how to draw a tangible line (between them and their male friends) to avoid any such harassment'.
What used to be ‘basement history’ is now mainstream in Lutyens’ Delhi. The ‘ivory tower' of the Left on academics is being contested by an ‘imaginative’ Right.
JNU researchers study data from three consecutive national health surveys to find trends in average height in two age groups across different socio-economic backgrounds.
The stage is set for the Democrats’ internal reckoning as the Republican Party, led by Trump, processes its losses and turns its eyes toward the midterms next year.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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