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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Madras univ student finds pre-historic sites with rock arts, stone tools near Kovai | Chennai News

Chennai: An archaeology student from University of Madras has found two pre-historic sites at Chinnamalai in Malaipalayam village and Senjerimalai in Sulur near Coimbatore. A rock shelter with red ochre geometric paintings, microlithic tools such as borer, thumbnail scrapers and hammer stones were found in Chinnamalai, while the nearby Senjerimalai yielded stone tools and debitage.“It…

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Counselling for admission to government Arts and Science colleges begins across Tamil Nadu

Counselling for admission to government Arts and Science colleges begins across Tamil Nadu Chennai (Tamil Nadu), June 8 (ANI): Counselling for admission to undergraduate degree programmes in Government Arts and Science Colleges and Government-aided Colleges across Tamil Nadu for the academic year 2026-27 commenced on Monday, drawing enthusiastic participation from students seeking higher education opportunities…

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Two Chennai students top Samsung Innovation Campus 2025, get ₹1 lakh each | Chennai News

Chennai: Sivani K, a second-year BSc student of Queen Mary’s College, and Santhosh Kumar S, a first-year MSc student from the University of Madras have been recognised among the top performers from more than 20,000 participants in Samsung Innovation Campus (SIC) 2025, a technology skilling programme focused on emerging fields such as artificial intelligence (AI),…

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