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Ravi Kaushal
Decision to Scrap MPhil Courses is Bad for Quality Research in Delhi University, Say Teachers
29 Jan 2022
The university teachers have held that the decision to scrap MPhil will hamper the quality of research and decrease the participation of dalit and women students in research courses.
Ravi Kaushal
JNU Research Students Demand Extension From UGC
29 Oct 2021
The students lost valuable time when the university was shut for 18 months during the pandemic.
Indian Cultural Forum
“National Priority” Over Academic Freedom: Board of Studies Member Resigns in Protest
27 Mar 2019
On 13 March 2019, the Central University of Kerala (CUK) issued a circular directing the deans and head of departments of the university to ensure that PhD research is undertaken “in accordance with…
Samarth Grover
Research Scholars Protest, Demand Hike in Fellowship
21 Dec 2018
The scholars have further threatened to approach the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) if their demands are not met.
Adhiraj Nayar
After Fund Cuts, Science Research Heading Towards Increasing Commercialisation
21 Jul 2018
Many researchers and scientists in our country say that although equipment is procured by the government, it’s utilisation for actual research is very limited because of the general fund cut in the…
Newsclick Report
Regular, Good Quality Sleep Could Be a Way to Prevent Alzheimer’s
17 Jul 2018
More and more studies are pointing to a link between sleep and Alzheimer’s — lack of sleep may increase the risk of the disease.
Newsclick Team
Delhi Joins Global March for Science 2018
14 Apr 2018
The protestors raised the issue of the modification of textbooks, continuing cuts in research funding, social injustices in the wake of Rohith Vemula’s death and other caste based-attacks, talking…
Newsclick Report
How to Save Humanity From an Asteroid Hit? We Are Closer to the Answer
22 Mar 2018
Researchers in Russia have calculated how big of a nuke head will be required to destroy an asteroid headed our way.
Newsclick Report
Cases of Deadly Rat-Borne Fever Spike in Nigeria
15 Mar 2018
Why is this disease taking so many lives this year?
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Where did Domesticated Horses Come From? Where did the Wild Ones Go?
01 Mar 2018
The results of this new study completely alter the horse family tree.