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Thursday, July 31, 2025
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Topic: UGC

‘Sign of CUET popularity’ — pvt universities make up 50% of institutes registered for common test in 2nd year

Out of 233 varsities that have registered for CUET this year, 118 are private universities. Nearly 14 lakh students have applied for the exam as compared to 9.9 lakh in 2022.

Six impacts of UGC move to allow Harvard, Princeton, Yale to open campuses in India

Many newer Indian universities such as Ashoka University, OP Jindal University, and Flame University are offering world-class education already.

If it ain’t in ‘national interest’, can’t teach it — UGC’s foreign university rules stump academics

UGC draft rules for foreign universities entering India include clause that they cannot teach courses that jeopardise ‘national interest’, but there is no clarity on what this means.

Foreign universities can set up campus in India but UGC rules out online classes

The UGC said that those universities among the top 500 in international rankings or have an excellent reputation in the field of research and academics will be eligible to open campus.

DU pensioners & ad-hocs face non-payment, delays — ‘no strength to go knocking on doors’

Affected colleges include Ramanujan College & Rajdhani College. According to DU Registrar Vikas Gupta, these funds are directly released by UGC and university has no say in matter.

UGC’s new rules will plunge students into PhDs with no research experience, say wary academics

The UGC, earlier this week, notified significant modifications to the PhD programme, including in the qualification for admissions and evaluation procedures.

You can start a PhD after undergrad, or even do it part-time, say new rules on doctorate study

UGC rules notified Monday are applicable with immediate effect; notification also says any PhD registered after 1 July, 2009 shall be governed by regulations of 2009 or 2016.

Meetings in Abu Dhabi, studying infra in Tanzania — IITs gear up for offshore campuses by 2023

In January 2021, UGC amended its regulations to allow 'institutes of eminence' to set up campuses abroad, in line with the NEP 2020, which encourages Indian institutes to go global.

CUET aspirants claim admit cards mention past dates for exam, students raise concern

The National Testing Agency, which is responsible for conducting the exam, has appealed to the candidates not to panic & stick to the dates announced.

UGC wants universities to offer up to 40% of courses online. Professors don’t see the point

UGC Wednesday asked institutions to make courses available via govt platform SWAYAM. Academics question move, citing issues like need for classroom instruction & lack of infrastructure.

On Camera

Modi’s ‘Make in India’—a case study in what happens when strategy is replaced by storytelling

From day one, Make in India was driven by optics than economics. There were global summits, slick visuals, and media blitzes. But the real machinery never showed up.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.