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Friday, August 15, 2025
TopicUndergraduate course

Topic: Undergraduate course

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.

‘No students in class’, star Bihar professor wants to return 33-month salary of Rs 23 lakh

In letter to V-C of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University, Lalan Kumar says he was ‘unable to fulfil duty’ as attendance was ‘almost zero’, seeks transfer to another college.

CUET is aimed at the underprivileged. Coaching centres make it more inaccessible

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On Camera

SC’s stray dog order fails Delhi. Courtroom absolutes don’t solve bad policy

What’s needed now is a policy-based solution. The situation cannot remain suspended between denial and inaction—it has already cost lives and money.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.