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TISS hosts first lecture of annual Ratan Naval Tata Memorial Lecture series

Mumbai: The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has instituted the Ratan Naval Tata Memorial Lecture as an annual event to honour the life,...

Manufacturing dissent: Why the TISS reset was necessary

A recent ground report in The Print documented anxieties about repression within sections of TISS academia. What they experience as persecution is withdrawal of exceptional insulation.

‘Spies’ on campus, police, protests—the uneasy evolution of TISS after govt takeover

Surveillance and suspicion have replaced open debate and activism at the country’s oldest social work school, say some TISS students and teachers.

Tense silence at TISS Mumbai as admin serves nearly dozen PhD students notice to vacate hostel

Institute flags non-payment of fees, overstay as reasons for notice; students allege caste discrimination, say pandemic days have been counted as part of 5-year stay.

IISc, TIFR, TISS, TMC, NCPA – J.N. Tata’s ‘famed five’ are India’s crown jewels

From C.V. Raman to Vikram Sarabhai, these institutions have produced leaders who have repeatedly proved India's calibre on the global stage.

Letters show ‘links between activists and Maoists’, say Maharashtra Police

The letters, however, do not seem to mention the full names of the activists and use only first names or abbreviations.

Bihar NGOs running shelter homes allege harassment by govt after ‘mass rape’ case

While some have already pulled out, a few are on the verge of quitting; say govt response has been ‘vindictive’ since the incident came to light.  

Supreme Court takes up ‘mass rape’ in Bihar shelter home after letter from activist

Court directs TISS to submit a copy of its audit report that unearthed sexual exploitation of 34 girls in a state-run shelter.

Protesting students win as TISS panel tells govt to revert to old scholarship model

The panel also wants higher government funding, increase in post-matric scholarships to match fee structure at TISS, among others.

Tata Trusts accused of favouring Harvard over ‘under-privileged’ Indian universities

Tata Trusts defends $50 million donation, says no laws violated. Establishment of Tata Hall at Harvard will help more Indians study there, it says.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.