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.
Extortion investigation against Vinay Kumar Pathak has revived old questions about CV fraud, plagiarism and also the ‘integrity’ of a panel that gave him a clean chit in 2018.
UGC's detailed curriculum framework for Four-Year Undergraduate Programme also gives students option to choose between 3-yr UG course & 4-yr UG course with research specialisation.
No. of private universities in India nearly doubled in past 7 years, but students say despite charging hefty fees, they fail to deliver on quality of teaching, placement & facilities.
M. Jagadesh Kumar said over 72,000 students are enrolled in 371 online programmes offered by 4 central, 20 state, 12 private and 30 deemed-to-be universities across India.
In a second notification, higher education regulator UGC has also asked educational institutions to adjust hostel/mess fees charged from students during Covid-19.
The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
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.
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