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    Aranya Shankar
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    Aranya Shankar is a Special Correspondent with The Federal.
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      Delhi

      ‘Clean Air, My Right’ convention: Youth Congress flags pollution crisis as public health emergency

      18 Dec 2025 9:52 AM IST
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      Education

      Delhi University's fourth-year research programme faltering under NEP

      17 Dec 2025 8:44 AM IST
      press conference by coordination committee against VBSA Bill
      Education

      Teachers, students, Opposition MPs flag centralisation, reduced funding in VBSA Bill

      16 Dec 2025 9:53 AM IST
      Education loan access shrinking as outstanding amount surges: Panel
      Education

      Education loan access shrinking as outstanding amount surges: Panel

      11 Dec 2025 10:03 AM IST
      HECI, Kanimozhi
      India

      HECI Bill: Teachers, students oppose, meet non-BJP MPs for support

      10 Dec 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Parliamentary panel slams NTAs performance, suggests corrective measures
      India

      Parliamentary panel slams NTA's performance, suggests corrective measures

      8 Dec 2025 8:51 PM IST
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      India

      ‘Superstition thrives, reformers attacked’: Justice Oka flags Kumbh-like events

      6 Dec 2025 11:49 AM IST
      SIM binding rules will disrupt WhatsApp use; no fix for major scams, says expert
      India

      SIM binding rules will disrupt WhatsApp use; no fix for major scams, says expert

      5 Dec 2025 6:38 PM IST
      National Minority Commission
      India

      Minority rights panel lies defunct as discrimination complaints soar

      4 Dec 2025 3:43 PM IST
      Why Sanchar Saathi mandate sparked privacy, surveillance concerns
      India

      Why Sanchar Saathi mandate sparked privacy, surveillance concerns

      3 Dec 2025 5:26 PM IST
      How a chain of community-led libraries is reimagining public reading spaces in Delhi-NCR
      The Eighth Column

      How a chain of community-led libraries is reimagining public reading spaces in Delhi-NCR

      1 Dec 2025 6:30 AM IST
      ‘Band-aid fixes won’t save Delhi’s air or the Yamuna’: Environmentalist Vimlendu Jha
      Delhi

      ‘Band-aid fixes won’t save Delhi’s air or the Yamuna’: Environmentalist Vimlendu Jha

      29 Nov 2025 7:05 PM IST
      Protests erupt after Delhi Class 10 students suicide; arrests of teachers sought
      Delhi

      Protests erupt after Delhi Class 10 student's suicide; arrests of teachers sought

      25 Nov 2025 1:23 PM IST
      Nehru archive
      India

      Nehru archive goes online: JNMF publishes fully searchable 100-volume collection

      20 Nov 2025 6:49 PM IST
      Delhi pollution protest erupts again as citizens demand right to breathe
      Delhi

      Delhi pollution protest erupts again as citizens demand 'right to breathe'

      19 Nov 2025 5:31 PM IST
      DPDP rules: User rights constrained by state exemptions, loopholes, says activist
      India

      DPDP rules: User rights constrained by state exemptions, loopholes, says activist

      17 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Cheetahs in tiger territory? Experts warn against using Nauradehi sanctuary as third site
      India

      Cheetahs in tiger territory? Experts warn against using Nauradehi sanctuary as third site

      13 Nov 2025 1:10 PM IST
      Why Delhi’s Yamuna remains filthy despite ₹7,000 crore spent on cleanup
      Delhi

      Why Delhi’s Yamuna remains filthy despite ₹7,000 crore spent on cleanup

      12 Nov 2025 2:20 PM IST
      Reunited Left reclaims JNU students’ union, ABVP loses all key posts
      Delhi

      Reunited Left reclaims JNU students’ union, ABVP loses all key posts

      6 Nov 2025 9:59 PM IST
      JNUSU elections: Left-ABVP locked in fierce battle amid rising student concerns
      Delhi

      JNUSU elections: Left-ABVP locked in fierce battle amid rising student concerns

      5 Nov 2025 6:09 PM IST
      After total shutdown call by students, Panjab University to remain shut on Wednesday
      The Federal Focus

      What has Centre changed in Panjab University's governance and why the political uproar?

      4 Nov 2025 1:20 PM IST
      India’s leading film institutes face credibility test amid reservation row
      India

      India’s leading film institutes face credibility test amid reservation row

      31 Oct 2025 9:21 AM IST
      Could seeding artificial rain delhi pollution smog
      Delhi

      Why cloud-seeding trial to produce rain in Delhi was bound to fail

      30 Oct 2025 10:34 AM IST
      NEP 2020, Samarath, Swayam and ABC
      The Federal Focus

      Digital push under NEP sparks concerns on funding, access and autonomy

      30 Oct 2025 6:20 AM IST
      National Education Policy
      The Federal Focus

      How Modi regime used central institutes to enforce NEP on state varsities

      29 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
      covid vaccine
      Health

      Transgender, intersex, disabled Indians faced exclusion in COVID-19 vaccine drive: Study

      28 Oct 2025 6:58 PM IST
      NEP 2020 initial governors meet from 2020 - Former Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal participated.
      The Federal Focus

      RTI reveals top-down push in NEP 2020, Centre sidelining states' concerns

      28 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
      South Asian University sexual assault
      Delhi

      SAU sexual assault: Hostel warden fired, assistant suspended amid stir

      16 Oct 2025 3:13 PM IST
      SAU students protest alleged cover-up of attempted gangrape on campus
      Delhi

      Why SAU students are protesting over 'cover-up' of alleged campus gang rape

      15 Oct 2025 10:59 AM IST
      Are Indias premier education institutes doing enough to address students mental health issues, prevent suicides
      The Eighth Column

      Are India's premier education institutes doing enough to address students' mental health issues, prevent suicides

      15 Oct 2025 7:26 AM IST
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