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Meet Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee, the mild-mannered sharp shooter

Banerjee tells Anjuli Bhargava he wants the world to have the right conversations before marching on in its battle against extreme poverty

Mahendra K Premi: A scholar whose work changed contours of Indian demography

Premi passed away in the morning of December 24, leaving behind a rich legacy of rigorous work in empirical research and inclusive relationship at JNU

Coronavirus: JNU to hold its fourth convocation online in November

In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will hold its fourth convocation online in November

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union protests for various demands

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union held a protest, demanding postponement of registration, better mess facilities and phased return of students

JNU gets Rs 455 cr for new academic buildings, hostels, research centres

The university said that the ERP will ensure that all academic and administrative processes are operated using online means in an integrated manner

JNU to conduct exams for students who failed to take online tests

Final year exams in universities will have to be conducted by September-end this year, the HRD Ministry announced on Monday

No interim orders without seeing replies of states: SC on Sharjeel Imam

The counsel representing Assam sought time to file reply on the plea

Perils of repressing dissent

Criminalisation of protests is unsustainable for democracies in the long run. The sooner India realises it, the better

MHRD releases NIRF Rankings 2020, IIT-Madras, IISc-Bengaluru top the charts

HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal "Nishank" released the NIRF rankings today. Check out the top colleges and universities here

Education in the time of Covid-19: How institutions and students are coping

Online education is not so easy as speaking into the microphone at one end, and connecting a laptop and listening in on the other; there are challenges faced at both ends of the spectrum

JNU a den of seditious anti-nationals? This 1984 episode suggests otherwise

The teachers banded together and worked out how to protect Sikhs - both employees in the administration and students

Forgotten hero

Book review of Halla Bol: The Death and Life of Safdar Hashmi

Credibility deficit

Courts should hold Delhi police accountable

HC seeks JNU's reply on pleas challenging decision to hold open-book exams

Justice Rajiv Shakdher issued notice to the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration on the two petitions and listed it for further hearing on August 6

Former ABVP member arrested for sexually harassing woman on JNU campus

The incident took place on Wednesday and we have initiated an investigation into the matter

Shaheen Bagh: A new kind of 'satyagraha' with a fresh grammar of protest

The leaderless, self-disciplined Shaheen Bagh satyagrahis are unique in the history of dissent and protest. They're creating new grammars of protest that only self-belief, solidarity and hope can give

Stanford University students come out in solidarity with CAA-NRC protesters

The protestors decried the use of force against university students in India and also expressed solidarity with the women protestors of Shaheen Bagh

Poetry at Shaheen Bagh

At Shaheen Bagh - or similar protests across the country, such as at Park Circus in Kolkata - women have emerged as the face of the protests

How can we teach when students are scared to return: JNUTA tells govt

In a meeting with HRD Ministry officials, a five-member JNUTA delegation reiterated their demand for removal of Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar

JNU violence: Economist Amit Bhaduri gives up emeritus professorship

In his letter to the vice-chancellor of JNU, Bhaduri expressed pain at throttling of dissent by the university administration