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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'.

Mumbai Police arrest professor for ‘sexually assaulting’ doctor on Delhi-Mumbai flight

The 24-year-old woman doctor filed a complaint against the 47-year-old man Wednesday. The accused was produced before a court and given bail.

‘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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India is an aerospace giant on paper, importer in practice—what China did right and we didn’t

For decades, India’s defence industry has churned out ‘indigenous’ hardware. Much of it is mere assembly of imported kits or licensed production, masking a deep import dependence.

Niti Aayog CEO has a message for power stakeholders. Buckle up for surge to feed EVs, data centres

Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.