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Jamia orders student union polls within 15 days of constitution approval

Jamia Millia Islamia on Monday ordered that students' union elections be held within 15 days of the approval of the union's constitution and revoked suspension and show-cause notices issued to students during the ongoing protest, according to an official order. The order, issued by Registrar Md Mahtab Alam Rizvi, also provides for the constitution of a committee to inquire into the conduct of security staff during the protest period. The decisions came after the university considered a demand letter submitted by students on hunger strike and their delegates.

Serbia election: Vucic faces tough challenge from student-backed movement

Serbians are voting Sunday in a parliamentary election that is seen as a showdown between the Balkan country's populist leader Aleksandar Vucic and a movement of university students who led protests against him for almost two years. Though Serbia's 6.4 million voters get to choose from 18 parties hoping to enter the 250-member Parliament, the election has taken shaped as a referendum between Vucic's right-wing Serbian Progressive Party and the youth-backed Students' List. The main contenders are believed to be polling neck-and-neck, making Sunday's election the most uncertain in recent years. Turnout is expected to be high and could push most smaller parties below the 3% threshold needed to make it into the assembly. While Vucic has routinely outplayed Serbia's fractured opposition in the past, the leaderless youth movement has proved to be a tough opponent that rattled his firm grip on power in Serbia like no one else could in the past 14 years since his party took office. A ...

72% of students seeking mental healthcare report self-harm thoughts: Amaha

A study of 13,825 people found that 53 per cent had experienced mental health concerns for over a year before reaching the provider, highlighting barriers to timely care

Cost of AI adoption may not lead to fee hike: University of Toronto chief

Melanie Woodin says operational efficiencies and tech partnerships will offset soaring computing and cybersecurity costs

LPU suspends classes for 10 days, postpones mid-term exams amid protests

The university has suspended regular classes for 10 days starting September 28

Dorms to degrees

India needs a well-regulated student-housing market

Datanomics: Fewer hostel seats in Delhi, but fill-up rate highest

Delhi's hostel capacity remains limited as lakhs of students seek accommodation for higher studies

Delhi govt to provide hostel facilities to 10,000 students: CM Rekha Gupta

Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said work is already underway to provide students with safe, supportive accommodation as part of the Delhi government's effort to ease concerns over stay and food

Datanomics: Jharkhand student protests expose deep socio-economic fractures

Jharkhand's student protests over exam paper leaks have renewed questions about the state's education spending, unemployment and persistent poverty levels

Jharkhand student protests: Talks with government fail to break impasse

The government has held back-to-back talks with protesting aspirants and student groups, but students insist the agitation will continue until the 14th JPSC exam is cancelled and other demands are met

CJP supports students protesting alleged exam irregularities in Jharkhand

The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) extended support to students protesting the alleged irregularities in various recruitment examinations in Jharkhand, as an agitator launched an indefinite hunger strike over the issue. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke said he spoke with student leaders through video call on Sunday night. "Spoke to the students who are protesting in Jharkhand over irregularities in JPSC and JSSC recruitment exams. The CJP stands with all the students in Jharkhand and supports their demands," Dipke said in a social media post. Student leader Devendra Nath Mahto launched the hunger strike at the protest site in Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium here around 10 pm on Sunday, demanding proper investigation by CBI and ED into the alleged irregularities in the 14th JPSC examination, JSSC-CGL and other recruitment tests. Before launching his hunger strike, he told reporters that the "lackadaisical attitude" of both the central and the state governments with regard to the alleged ...

Flag of freedom: The anime pirate symbol at the Jantar Mantar protests

From Jakarta to Jantar Mantar, One Piece's Straw Hat Pirates have become an unlikely protest symbol. Their journey says as much about GenZ as it does about politics

School shooting in Philippines kills three students, injures five

Two persons opened fire in a high school in the central Philippines on Monday, killing three students and wounding another five, police officials said. Two suspects have been taken into custody, police said, one of whom is a student at San Jose National High School in Tacloban city, where the shooting happened, according to police. Both are male. Police investigators were still trying to determine what sparked the shooting in the school, while police deployed forces to beef up security.

Stress tests: Centralised examination systems are failing aspirants

Over the past decade, attempts to centralise the public-examination system have consistently led to sub-optimal outcomes

IIT Madras Zanzibar opens 2026 admissions, plans PhD intake expansion

IIT Madras Zanzibar has opened 2026 admissions and plans to introduce PhD programmes and expand research infrastructure as it scales operations in East Africa

Tripura students form human chains demanding Roman script for Kokborok

Thousands of Kokborok-speaking students formed human chains across Tripura on Saturday to press their demand for the adoption of the Roman script for the language. The Kokborok, the second official language of the northeastern state, is the mother tongue of most of the 19 tribes. The students under the banner of the United Movement Committee for Roman Script (UMCRC) formed human chains at 11 locations across Tripura and raised slogans for the introduction of the Roman script for the Kokborok language. "The government must respect the sentiment of Kokborok-speaking people and introduce the Roman script," John Debbarma, the convener of UMCRC, a joint platform of Kokborok-speaking students, told reporters. He expressed disappointment over Chief Minister Manik Saha's recent statements on the demand for the Roman script for the Kokborok language. "A democratically elected chief minister can't ignore the aspirations of the people. We hope that he will allow Roman script for the Kokborok

Delhi emerges as world's most cost competitive student city: Report

Younger demography, infra potential prime India's push to be most strategic higher education growth market globally

Tripura student's killing in Dehradun a 'horrific hate crime': Rahul Gandhi

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday called the killing of a Tripura student in Uttarakhand's Dehradun a "horrific hate crime", as he accused the ruling BJP of "normalising" hate. Twenty-four-year-old Angel Chakma from Nandannagar in the West Tripura district was attacked by a group of six people when he objected to an alleged racial slur on December 9 in Dehradun. He succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment on December 26. In a post on X, Gandhi said hate does not appear overnight. "What happened to Anjel Chakma and his brother Michael in Dehradun is a horrific hate crime," he said. "Hate doesn't appear overnight. For years now, it is being fed daily -- especially to our youth -- through toxic content and irresponsible narratives. And it's being normalised by the hate-spewing leadership of the ruling BJP," he said. The Leader of Opposition said India is built on respect and unity, not fear and abuse. "We are a country of love and diversity. We mus

Speak up against hate crimes: Sibal slams Shah on Tripura student killing

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Monday lashed out at the government over the killing of a Tripura student in Dehradun in an alleged racist attack and urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to speak up against hate crimes. The Independent Rajya Sabha MP said the incident was a shocking display of a hate crime, bigotry and the "silence of leaders in government who by their inaction are complicit". According to police, 24-year-old Angel Chakma, a resident of Unakoti district of Tripura, and his younger brother Michael had an argument with Suraj Khawas (22), a resident of Manipur currently living in Dehradun, and his five friends in Selakui market on December 9. The accused allegedly attacked Chakma with knives and brass knuckles, and the 24-year-old succumbed to injuries at the hospital on December 26. Angel's father, Tarun Chakma, who is posted in Manipur with the Border Security Force, alleged that "racial slurs" were hurled at his son by the accused, who called him "Chinese". In a post

Microsoft offers 365 Personal with Copilot AI for free to students in India

Microsoft offers college students a free year of Microsoft 365 Personal, giving access to premium apps, AI tools and 1 TB storage with a valid college email