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CUET postponed in Delhi, confused students blame NTA: All you need to know

The National Testing Agency (NTA) last night stated that the CUET UG 2024, which was planned for Wednesday, had been postponed in Delhi because of 'unavoidable reasons'

Post-study visa route dominated by Indians should stay, finds UK review

A post-study visa route dominated by Indian graduates is helping the universities in the UK make up for financial losses on the domestic front and expanding the country's research landscape, a review commissioned by the British government concluded in its report on Tuesday. The independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) had been tasked by UK Home Secretary James Cleverly to undertake a rapid review of the relatively new Graduate Route visa that allows international students to stay on for up to two years after their degree to look for work and gain work experience. It found that Indian students lead the pack in this visa category, accounting for 89,200 visas between 2021 and 2023 or 42 per cent of the overall grants, and the visa was stated as the overwhelming decision point for their choice of a higher education destination. Our review recommends the Graduate Route should remain as it is and is not undermining the quality and integrity of the UK's higher education system, said

US Police clear out pro-Palestinian protest camp, arrest 33 at DC campus

Police using pepper spray cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University and arrested dozens of demonstrators on Wednesday just as city officials were set to appear before hostile lawmakers in Congress to account for their handling of the 2-week-old protest. The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability cancelled the hearing after the crackdown, with its chairman and other Republicans welcoming the police action. House Speaker Mike Johnson said it should not require threatening to haul D.C.'s mayor before Congress to keep Jewish students at George Washington University safe. District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, said she and Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith decided to clear the camp based on shifting information about increased threats. Our response to demonstrations is always rooted in public safety and responsibility, the mayor said. Smith said there were signs the protest was becoming more volatile and less stable. Among them

IIT Madras raises Rs 513 cr in funding for FY24, says it's a record

Institute's alumni give Rs 367 crore, a 282% rise compared to FY23

VITEEE 2024: Results announced by VIT at viteee.vit.ac.in, details inside

The Vellore Institute of Technology has declared the results of the VIT Engineering Entrance Examination 2024 at the official website viteee.vit.ac.in

Behind Crotonville's demise

Are corporate universities really a relic of a bygone era?

3 more held for attack on int'l students at Gujarat University hostel

Police on Monday arrested three more persons in connection with the alleged attack some international students in the Gujarat University hostel premises here for offering namaz near the hostel block, the crime branch said. The city crime branch on Sunday nabbed two persons - Hitesh Mevada and Bharat Patel - and handed over them to the Gujarat University police station for further legal process, it said in a release. On Monday, the crime branch arrested three more persons, Kshitij Pandey (22), Jitendra Patel (31) and Sahil Dudhatiya (21), all residents of Ahmedabad, and handed them over to the local police for further probe, taking the total number of the arrested accused to five so far, the release said. Students hailing from different foreign countries were assaulted on Saturday night by a group of persons in the Gujarat University hostel for offering namaz neat the facility's block, according to the police. Two students - one from Sri Lanka and another from Tajikistan - were ...

CUET PG 2024: Everything you need to know about today's exam by NTA

On Monday, the National Testing Agency began the Common University Entrance Test Postgraduate (CUET) 2024. The exam will be conducted till March 28

Jabalpur University forgets to conduct exam after issuing admit cards

Students alleged that the university forgot to conduct the MSc Computer Science first semester paper. The university has issued orders for an investigation into this irregularity

UGC grants graded academic, administrative autonomy to 8 universities

UGC chairperson M Jagadesh said these universities are given either category I or II, depending on their NAAC grading

Religious conversion case: SC gives interim bail to UP's SHUATS varsity VC

The Supreme Court on Monday granted interim bail to Rajendra Bihari Lal, vice chancellor of Uttar Pradesh's Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), in a case of alleged illegal religious conversion. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra issued notice to the UP government on his plea challenging the Allahabad High Court. The top court noted that the high court is not hearing the bail plea filed by Lal who has been in custody since December 31 last year. "Issue notice, in the meantime, by way of ad interim order, we grant interim bail to the petitioner," the bench said while adding that the quantum of bail bond shall not exceed Rs 25,000. Senior advocate Siddharth Dave, appearing for Lal, submitted that the petitioner was arrested despite the apex court's order. The Uttar Pradesh police had earlier told the apex court that Lal and other accused are the main perpetrators of a mass religious conversion

IGNOU 37th Convocation: VP addresses students at Delhi's Convention Centre

IGNOU 37th Convocation: IGNOU's 37th convocation ceremony took place at Baba Saheb Ambedkar Convention Centre in New Delhi. The vice president also addressed students today

Harvard University faces new threat of state tax on $51 billion endowment

Harvard, the oldest and richest college in the US, has long been a target for its immense wealth

IIMC granted deemed-to-be-university status, empowered to award degrees

The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), a leading institution for Journalism and Mass Communication, has been granted the status of a deemed university, empowering it to award degrees rather than just diplomas, officials said on Wednesday. "The IIMC has been declared as deemed-to-be-university under distinct category. The declaration extends to IIMC New Delhi and its five regional campuses located in Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir), Amravati (Maharashtra), Aizawl (Mizoram), Kottayam (Kerala), and Dhenkanal (Odisha). With this new status, IIMC is now authorised to offer degrees, including doctoral degrees," an official said. The institute established under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, on 17 August 1965, is one of the premier institutions of its kind in the country, providing quality training in journalism and undertaking meaningful research in the field of media and mass communication. The IIMC is also the training academy for Indian ...

CUET PG 2024: All about registration details at pgcuet.samarth.ac.in

The deadline to register for CUET PG 2024 is today, January 31. On December 26, 2023, the application form for Postgraduate Programs was made available by NTA

Higher edu institutions to get accreditation status, grading system to go

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the country will no longer be given grades under the accreditation system, rather they will be categorised either as "accredited" or "not accredited", the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) decided on Saturday. In an executive council meeting held on Saturday, the NAAC also decided that the accredited institutions will be further given levels between one and five to encourage them to achieve the highest level. These sets of reforms will be implemented in two stages -- the binary accreditation (accredited or not accredited) system in the next four months, and Maturity-Based Graded Accreditation (level 1 to 5) by December. "There will be Binary Accreditation (either accredited or not accredited) rather than grades with an aim to encourage all the institutions to get on-boarded in the accreditation process thereby creating a quality culture in the higher education system," a senior Ministry of Education (MoE) official said. "Th

Soren lays foundation stone for Rs 5,000-crore private university in Ranchi

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of a Rs 5,000-crore private university in Ranchi. The Azim Premji University will be built on a 146-acre plot in Ranchi's Itki block, around 25 km away from the capital city. Interacting with Premji, the founder chairman of Wipro, who joined the programme virtually, Soren invited him to visit Jharkhand. Premji thanked the chief minister for the support of the state government for the project and said that this will be one of the biggest universities in the country. The CM said, "Currently, the biggest university campus of the foundation is in Bengaluru, which is spread on 110 acre. Ranchi's campus will be bigger than that as we have provided 146 acres of land for the project." Soren said that Rs 5,000 crore would be invested in the project in phases, and it would start functioning in 2026. The university will also have a medical college, a 500-bed hospital and other health-related institutions, besides a

TMS Ep608: Foreign universities, non-leather footwear, IT stocks, Atal Setu

Will students warm up to foreign universities in India? How can India scale operations in non-leather footwear? Will IT stocks keep driving markets? What is the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link? Answers here

VC of agri university in Prayagraj arrested on attempt to murder charge

The Vice Chancellor of an agricultural university here was arrested and sent to jail in a case of attempt to murder after two people allegedly opened fire at the vehicle of a former BJP leader, a police official said on Monday. Rajendra Bihari Lal, the VC of Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), was arrested on Sunday evening on the complaint of former BJP leader Diwakar Nath Tripathi and remanded in judicial custody. Tripathi had alleged that early on Sunday, two men who had accompanied Lal in an SUV had opened fire at him after trying to overtake and stop his vehicle when he was returning from his morning walk near Arail dam, SHO of Naini police station Yashpal Singh said on Monday. Based on the complaint of Tripathi, a case was filed against Lal in Naini police station under IPC sections 307 (attempt to murder), 504 (intentional insult to provoke breach of the peace) and 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees). Accordin

At least 14 killed, 25 wounded in mass shooting at Prague university

A student opened fire Thursday at a university in Prague, killing at least 14 people, officials said, and injuring more than 20 in the Czech Republic's worst mass shooting. The bloodshed took place in the philosophy department building of Charles University, where the shooter was a student, Prague Police Chief Martin Vondrasek said. The gunman also died, authorities said. His name has not been released. Vondrasek said in the evening that 14 people had died and 25 were injured, after earlier reporting that 15 had died and 24 were hurt. He didn't explain the change. Authorities warned that the death toll could rise. Police gave no details about the victims or a possible motive for the shooting at the building located near the Vltava River in Jan Palach Square. Czech Interior Minister Vit Rakusan said investigators do not suspect a link to any extremist ideology or groups. Vondrasek said police believe the gunman killed his father earlier Thursday in his hometown of Hostoun, just west