The education body through an official notification revealed that some universities were still accepting fresh MPhil applications despite UGC cancelling the program in 2022.
DU is all set to begin offering postgraduate and PhD programmes in Hindu Studies from this year. BHU is the only other central university offering similar courses.
These institutions will also be exempt from having to meet eligibility criteria of accreditation and ranking set by University Grants Commission, according to the new regulations.
Govt panel's report part of a larger effort to streamline process of accreditation and ranking through 'One Nation One Data (ONOD)', a proposed platform for data from education institutions.
Guidelines also state that activities of student centres may be graded by NAAC, NBA and NIRF. Move comes month after govt told Parliament there have been 33 suicides at IITs since 2018.
A bad turn in Venezuela would raise the same questions that have dogged the unlawful US strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean: Why now, and why at all?
The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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