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    Aranya Shankar
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    Aranya Shankar is a Special Correspondent with The Federal.
      CBSE mandates CCTV in all achools
      India

      CBSE’s CCTV mandate sparks concerns over privacy, misuse, and teacher freedom

      24 July 2025 5:03 PM IST
      TISS sparks row by cutting short tenure of 3 deans, interdisciplinary replacements
      Education

      TISS sparks row by cutting short tenure of 3 deans, interdisciplinary replacements

      22 July 2025 3:44 PM IST
      Female teachers teaching students in library at school
      Education

      PARAKH 2024 survey: Are national assessments hurting learning?

      19 July 2025 7:32 PM IST
      Delhi HC slams DU, orders regularisation of 2 ad hoc teachers
      Education

      Delhi HC slams DU, orders regularisation of 2 ad hoc teachers

      18 July 2025 1:24 PM IST
      English in Indian schools
      Education

      What PARAKH 2024 survey tells us about learning gaps among Indian school students

      15 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
      CPI(M) Dalit lawyer elected sarpanch in Gujarat; defies political odds
      Gujarat

      How Dalit lawyer Satyesha Leuva defied odds to become Gujarat sarpanch

      12 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Panjab University students in Chandigarh protest over unconstitutional affidavit
      Punjab

      Panjab University's contentious affidavit kicks up a storm

      5 July 2025 2:37 PM IST
      Najeeb Ahmeds mother Fatima Nafees
      Delhi

      'Matter dies when I die,' says Najeeb Ahmed's mother as court closes missing case

      3 July 2025 4:25 PM IST
      IIT professor highlights BharatGens challenges in building LLMs for 16 Indian languages
      Education

      IIT professor highlights BharatGen's challenges in building LLMs for 16 Indian languages

      29 Jun 2025 11:24 AM IST
      Research student fellowship
      Education

      Minority, SC scholars in crisis as fellowship money delayed, slashed

      27 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Iran-Israel war
      Jammu and Kashmir

      Students back from Iran stare at bleak future; seek govt's help

      24 Jun 2025 5:47 AM IST
      How India’s cadaver crunch is failing future doctors
      The Eighth Column

      How India’s cadaver crunch is failing future doctors

      23 Jun 2025 7:05 AM IST
      Delhi HC slams DU, orders regularisation of 2 ad hoc teachers
      Education

      DU admission form fiasco: 'Muslim' as mother tongue, Urdu missing

      19 Jun 2025 9:10 PM IST
      IIT Delhi
      Education

      QS rankings: Why there is good news and bad news for Indian universities

      19 Jun 2025 6:10 PM IST
      Indian students in Iran
      News

      Why are so many Indian students studying in Iran? What JNU professor Akhlaque Ahmed says

      19 Jun 2025 6:20 AM IST
      Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan (right) and Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh in file photos.
      Delhi

      Who took the call to drop Manusmriti from all Delhi University courses?

      15 Jun 2025 6:48 PM IST
      NTA woes: Why a varsity-based entrance exam model works better for India
      Education

      NTA woes: Why a varsity-based entrance exam model works better for India

      14 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
      NTA under fire again – now over disputed questions in JEE Main exam
      Education

      Persistent NTA woes show why One Nation One Exam model doesn’t work in India

      13 Jun 2025 1:45 PM IST
      Kannada row
      India

      As Kamal row rages on, linguists say Tamil, Kannada are daughters of long-lost ‘mother’

      5 Jun 2025 2:59 PM IST
      Why multilinguism must be embraced in India not shunned
      Opinion

      Hindi vs English vs mother tongue? We should instead embrace multilingualism

      2 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Delhi: Madrasi camp dwellers homeless after demolition
      Delhi

      Delhi: 'Treated like insects', complain Madrasi camp dwellers amid demolition

      1 Jun 2025 6:45 PM IST
      Delhi Municipal Corporation clears the slums to clean Barapullah drain
      Delhi

      Delhi's Madrasi camp demolition: Will families get homes? A ground report

      31 May 2025 1:22 PM IST
      CBSEs rule on mother tongue as medium of instruction till class 5 draws mixed reactions
      Education

      CBSE's rule on mother tongue as medium of instruction till class 5 draws mixed reactions

      30 May 2025 2:58 PM IST
      AAP rebrands student wing to expand, but youth leaders see no logic
      Politics

      AAP rebrands student wing to expand, but youth leaders see no logic

      28 May 2025 7:05 PM IST
      delhi university 4th year
      Education

      DU launches 4th-year UG course, but lack of infra, teachers haunts colleges

      24 May 2025 2:18 PM IST
      Delhi University Hans Raj College
      Education

      Delhi University's maiden 4th-year UG students caught in the crossroads

      23 May 2025 2:19 PM IST
      Ashoka varsity prof gets bail, but SC slams choice of words, orders SIT probe
      India

      Ashoka varsity prof gets bail, but SC slams choice of words, orders SIT probe

      21 May 2025 1:50 PM IST
      Ali Khan Mahmudabad
      India

      Politicians, lawyers, academics speak out against Ashoka University teacher’s arrest

      18 May 2025 6:36 PM IST
      Bela Trivedi
      India

      Why Justice Bela Trivedi not getting a farewell is not surprising

      17 May 2025 6:39 AM IST
      Why RTE Act struggles to deliver on its promise for an inclusive education?
      Education

      Fee rows, Aadhaar hurdles or lack of will: What ails RTE implementation?

      16 May 2025 5:15 PM IST
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