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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicUndergraduate course

Topic: Undergraduate course

The IIM (under)grad is born: India’s B-schools are reinventing themselves & it’s a ‘win-win’

Over the last two years, several IIMs have expanded beyond their flagship MBA programmes by launching undergraduate courses, including one of the older institutes, IIM Bangalore.

30% of DU undergrads opted for fourth year; maximum in humanities & popular colleges

On Thursday, the university held a meeting with affiliated colleges to review the smooth implementation of the fourth-year programme.

1st batch of DU’s 4-yr undergrad on cusp of final yr, concerns over infra, info & faculty loom

Space & resource shortages will impact ability to give adequate support services, like mentoring & research supervision, flag staff & students. DU admin says colleges equipped for now.

What’s IIT-Madras cultural excellence quota for UG courses & who all can apply for admissions

This is the first time an IIT has introduced such a provision. Last year, IIT Madras became the first IIT to reserve supernumerary seats for students excelling in sports.

Soon, shorten or stretch your UG course. All about upcoming accelerated & extended degree programmes

Under ADP, students can shorten course duration by up to 2 semesters, while under EDP, duration can be extended by up to 2 semesters. Degree will be awarded with mention of timeline.

DU Admission 2022: No 12th Class Cutoffs this time, CUET Based score to be used

Delhi University invites admissions for its UG courses through CUET. The CUET 2022 result will be released on September 15.

CUET delay will push UG admissions by 2 months, could mean heavier course load, professors say

The second phase of the nationwide CUET, scheduled to conclude on 10 August, has been pushed back to 28 August owing to technical glitches at several exam centres.

Technical glitches mark phase 2 of CUET, second shift of exam postponed to next week

CUET candidates complain that not only were they not informed in time about change in exam schedule but, in some cases, were forced to leave their exams midway.

UGC orders full admission fee refund to ease blow of late entrance exams

In a second notification, higher education regulator UGC has also asked educational institutions to adjust hostel/mess fees charged from students during Covid-19.

Multiple exams on same day, ‘difficult’ mock tests — debut CUET has many students worried

The Common University Entrance Test for undergraduate students will be held between 15 July and 20 August. An estimated 14.9 lakh students have registered for the test.

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.