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27 Dec 2023

MPhil Degree No Longer Valid, UGC Advises Students Not To Take Admission

The letter stated that the decision to scrap the MPhil degree was taken as per clause 14 of the UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedures for Award of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2022, which were notified on 16th December, 2022.

03 Jan 2023

All central universities should adopt CUET-PG: UGC chief M Jagadesh Kumar

The CUET PG will be conducted from June 1 to 10 for the academic year 2023-24. "The National Testing Agency (NTA) has been entrusted with the responsibility of conducting the CUET UG and PG.

01 Dec 2022

'What a shame, universities in Kerala are..': Arif Khan attacks kerala Govt

'What a shame, universities in Kerala are soft targets, where appointments of relatives and party cadres are being done' says Governor Khan. The relations between Governor Khan and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan have gone from bad to worse in last few months.

kerala governor arif mohammad khan

26 Oct 2022

'SACK Finance Minister IMMEDIATELY...': Kerala Governor writes to CM Vijayan

The student wing of the Left had demonstrated outside the Governor's house. Only after this he has written a letter asking for the removal of the Finance Minister. Right now there is a dispute between the state government and the governor regarding the appointment of the Vice Chancellor of the universities.

11 Jan 2022

Planning to study abroad? This information may help you to get admission

27 European countries to get higher education and more than 10 times of this number apply to get admission.

02 Aug 2021

Over 24 self-styled institutes declared fake by UGC: Ministry of Education

University Grants Commission (UGC) has declared 24 self-styled institutes as fake universities. The press release stated that state-wise details of fake universities are available on UGC’s website www.ugc.ac.in.

18 Nov 2020

Colleges, universities to reopen in UP from this date - Check guidelines here

Universities and colleges will reopen in Uttar Pradesh from November 23. The educational institutes will open with 50% attendance of students on roaster basis. The official added that classes will be conducted with several COVID-19 safety measures.

30 Aug 2020

British universities should not reopen next month, says union

British universities should scrap plans to reopen next month to prevent travelling students from fuelling the country`s coronavirus pandemic, a union said, calling for courses to be taught online. PM Johnson`s government has come under fire over its moves to restart education, especially after a row over exam results for school students and a failed attempt to bring all pupils back to their classes earlier this year. Johnson has been calling on Britons to return to something more akin to normality after the coronavirus lockdown, calling on workers to return to offices to help the economy recover.

03 Jul 2019

DNA: Non Stop News, 3 July 2019

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Banwarilal Purohit

06 Oct 2018

Crores exchanged hands in appointment of VCs: TN Governor Banwarilal Purohit

Reacting to his remarks, the ruling AIADMK said it had no role to play in the appointments of vice-chancellors.

21 Jan 2018

Universities should prioritise making students employable: President

Universities should give top priority to preparing students for employability, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Sunday.

08 Nov 2017

Deemed varsities cannot use 'University' in their names, rules Supreme Court

Deemed varsities can no longer use the word "university" in their names, ruled the Supreme Court. The top court further asked the University Grants Commission to implement the order within a month.

05 Nov 2017

UGC pulls up varsities for conducting animal dissection sans registration

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has pulled up some varsities for conducting animal dissection without registration with a committee as mandated by the government.

7th Pay Commission

12 Oct 2017

7th Pay Commission: DUTA urges govt to approve pay revision of non-teaching employees of universities, colleges

The Union Cabinet has approved the revision of pay scales for about eight lakh teachers and other academic staff in higher educational institutions under UGC and in centrally funded technical institutions.

University Grants Commission

17 Aug 2017

Make grievance redressal mechanisms public: UGC to varsities

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked varsities in the country to put up notice boards for ensuring awareness about the establishment of grievance redressal mechanism and their students grievances portal.

17 Jul 2017

Colleges, varsities to be ranked on 'Swacchta'

The government has asked all institutes of higher learning to participate in `Swachhta` ranking, where the institutes will be judged on several criteria like availability of toilets and garbage disposal system on their premises.

11 Jun 2017

Inspect 44 'unworthy' varsities again : HRD tells UGC

"The Ministry has written to the UGC asking for a fresh inspection of these universities to judge whether they can be allowed to retain the (deemed varsity) status," a source said.

Jammu and Kashmir

24 Apr 2017

Clashes erupted as educational institutions re-opened in Jammu and Kashmir

As colleges and universities opened on Monday after a week in the Kashmir Valley, students again clashed with security forces and resorted to stone pelting, officials said.

31 Mar 2017

Yogi Adityanath's latest move - UP govt bans strike by employees in universities, colleges

In yet another significant step, Uttar Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday banned strikes by employees in universities and colleges.

03 Feb 2017

Delhi High Court directs UGC to appoint ombudsman in all universities

A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal also directed Delhi University appoint the ombudsman in terms of provisions of the UGC (Grievance Redressal) Regulation.

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