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Jamia suspends professor over question on ‘atrocities against Muslims in India’ in semester exam paper

New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has suspended a professor from its department of social work over a question he set on “atrocities against...

Another Agra professor accused of sexual harassment by research scholar, POSH inquiry underway

The student's family has also complained to the college management, it is learnt. The professor has, however, denied all allegations.

Debate on teacher-researcher relationships at Agra university after sexual exploitation FIR against prof

FIR against professor of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra, accused of having sex with researcher under 'false promise' of marriage, then threatening to kill her when she threatened to go public.

56% professor positions at IITs, IIMs, NITs, IISERs lying vacant, says parliamentary panel report

Report on higher education institutions also highlights substantial number of unfilled reserved faculty positions in central universities. 1,521 of 3,652 posts for OBCs remain vacant.

In a Haryana college, 9 girls press on with case against prof over ‘lewd’ clip amid ‘staff politics’

Accused of sharing 'pornographic link' to a WhatsApp group, the prof of college in Kaithal is in judicial custody. Girls worry this incident could cause parents to pull them out of college.

‘Reconstructing history of cells to decode evolution’: NCBS prof bags Infosys Prize in Physical Sciences

Dr Mukund Thattai awarded Infosys Prize 2023 for his work in understanding the emergence of complex cells.

Bumble saga: Jindal university prof booked for ‘exhibiting students’ dating profiles’ in class

Sonipat police file FIR against Sameena Dalwai for 'outraging modesty' of female students on complaint by Haryana women's commission chairperson. Faculty members call it 'smear campaign'.

‘Forced to quit’ by Xavier’s Kolkata for bikini & gym photos on Instagram, says ex-assistant prof

30-yr-old claims photos shared as 'Instagram stories' accessible only to friends in August 2021, before she joined university. FIR lodged against 'unknown persons' this February.

DU prof gets bail in ‘Shivling’ post case but protests go on as students slam ‘systematic attack’

While granting bail to Dr Ratan Lal, the court said that while the post was ‘avoidable’ and ‘reprehensible’, it ‘didn’t indicate an attempt to promote hatred between communities’.

Why we should stop calling professors ‘Professor’

Titles in the military seem necessary as the point of a chain of command is to establish authority, but that practical reality should give us pause about the use of titles elsewhere.

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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.