Complaint against visually impaired DU faculty over remarks, marking bias; probe on | Delhi News

New Delhi: A complaint has been filed against a visually impaired faculty member at a Delhi University college, alleging he made lewd remarks and used abusive language towards students.The complaint, submitted by several students to the college’s Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), also alleges that some students were given low marks in internal assessments due to…

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Will NCAHP new plan marginalise home science? Experts raise issue | Varanasi News

Varanasi: In the era of ‘One Nation, One Syllabus’, the proposed new regulations of National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) appear to have excluded Home Science from nutrition and dietetics education, giving rise to fear of thousands losing their professional recognition and hospital jobs.To address this apprehension, Human Science Association of India (HSAI),…

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Parliamentary panel says CUET ill suited for universities like JNU | Delhi News

New Delhi: A Parliamentary Standing Committee has questioned whether MCQ-based entrance tests are appropriate for humanities and social science disciplines, expressing concern that the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) may limit institutions such as Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in fulfilling their statutory mandate of ensuring socio-economic and regional diversity in admissions.The observations were made in…

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Campus entry banned for DU teacher for ‘clicking’ photo of student, ICC probes | Delhi News

New Delhi: A teacher at a Delhi University college has been barred from entering the campus pending an inquiry into allegations that he secretly clicked photographs of a woman student during an examination earlier this week.The college authorities have also confiscated his mobile phone and he has been removed from examination duty. Further action, including…

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DU teacher finds his PhD data in another faculty member’s thesis; plagiarism row exposes blind spot in university library | Delhi News

NEW DELHI: In the 1990s, Kumar Ram Krishna spent years learning to read and write Dhundhari, a language that originated in Rajasthan and only a handful of people can read. He used it to trace trade practices and the emergence of Jaipur, and was awarded a PhD in 2006.Last year, Krishna, who now teaches at…

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Exit after 1st year? Stay till 4th year? DU students are doing neither | Delhi News

New Delhi: Delhi University (DU) has been offering undergraduate students the option to exit their courses at multiple stages and return later without losing academic credits in cases of financial, health or personal difficulties. But four years after the provision was introduced under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, most students continue to prefer the…

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Focus on management, not removing strays, urge activists | Delhi News

New Delhi: Animal rights activists, academics and legal experts on Sunday urged authorities to strengthen sterilisation and vaccination programmes for stray dogs rather than removing them from public spaces. The issue of street dog management stems from administrative failures and inadequate implementation of the existing laws, they argued.At a press conference organised by Conference for…

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