Last week, the government proposed to tweak rules regarding Aadhaar to allow entities other than the government for identity verification, a report in this newspaper noted. It also added “ease of living” services as a purpose for which a citizen’s 12-digit unique identification number can be sought. If formalised, the rules will reopen Aadhaar to […]
Tag Archives: Government
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Apr
Apr
The decision of the Supreme Court collegium late on Wednesday to recall the name of justice S Muralidhar after the government sat on the recommendation to appoint him as the chief justice of the Madras high court for nearly seven months underlines a disquieting trend of breakdown of communication between two pillars of India’s democracy. […]
20
Mar
Mar
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud sent a strong signal to both the judiciary and the executive on Monday when he refused to accept a sealed envelope containing a note from the central government on its views about the payment of One Rank One Pension (OROP) arrears to ex-service personnel. A bench of […]
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Mar
Mar
During the ongoing budget session of the Uttar Pradesh assembly, higher education minister Yogendra Upadhyaya informed the UP Vidhan Sabha that Government Women’s College in Paraswan village of Ayodhya, a constituent college of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, is running with only three contractual teachers. A total of 59 students are enrolled, spread across […]
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Feb
Feb
British Council, the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural exchange, and the Karnataka State Higher Education Council (KSHEC), the apex body for promoting academic excellence, policy formulation and perspective planning for the growth of higher education in the State, launched the ‘Furthering Higher Education Partnerships – UK and Karnataka’ programme to further bilateral […]
10
Feb
Feb
If the University Grants Commission (UGC) has its way, foreign universities may soon enter Indian shores. It has released the draft University Grants Commission (Setting up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India) Regulations, 2023, to facilitate this. Defending the rationale of the regulations the UGC Chairperson said that it was […]
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Feb
Feb
The government has decided to set up the Indian Institute of Heritage in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida which will provide higher education and research on the country’s heritage and conservation, the government said on Thursday. Union Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy was asked in Rajya Sabha whether the government is establishing new central universities of culture […]
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Oct
Oct
The Allahabad High Court has sought a reply from the Uttar Pradesh government in a plea filed by an employee of the Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur against the Chancellor’s order mandating the use of biometrics for recording attendance of teaching and non-teaching staff. The plea alleged that taking bio-metrics to the extent of […]
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Aug
Aug
Punjab Government Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said his government is giving top priority to the education sector, asserting that it is the bedrock for building a progressive society. Mann visited a local government senior secondary school and interacted with the students and teachers
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Aug
Aug
The Odisha government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Institute of Ocean Technology for the protection of its coasts. The MoU was signed between Water Resources Department Engineer in Chief B K Mishra and Dr. G A Ramdass, Director, NIOT, Chennai, on Wednesday. The Odisha government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Institute of Ocean Technology for the protection of its coasts.