Aranya Shankar

In a notice Tuesday, Registrar Vikas Gupta said, “In view of sudden surge in Covid-19 cases, online teaching shall remain suspended till May 16, 2021 in the Departments and Colleges of the University. This is issued with the approval of the Competent Authority.”

Earlier students of various colleges including St Stephen’s College, Hansraj College, Gargi College among others had written to the Principal demanding that classes be temporarily suspended and the academic calendar be reworked keeping in mind the current crisis.

A majority of IIT Delhi students want the current semester to be halted for now because of the stress they are under because of the Covid situation in the country, according to a survey by the Board of Student Welfare. The students have suggested that the rest of the semester be conducted in July.

IIT-D Director V Ramgopal Rao told The Indian Express around 25 students on campus have tested positive in the last one month, and that the quarantine facility inside the campus was “small” and could accommodate “10 people at best”.

The university had 21 active cases on April 5, which has tripled to 64, according to an advisory issued by Registrar Anirban Chakraborti Friday.

Most students said the repeated postponement of exams was adding to the stress and leading to burnout. Several students said the exams should have been cancelled like in the case of Class X.

Education counsellors say most foreign universities are “adaptable”; DU may consider giving 100% weightage to CUCET scores.

The Governing Body has decided to issue show-cause notices to those indicted in the inquiry report, including Principal Inderjeet Dagar. The principal did not respond to calls and texts.

The Indian Express had reported in September 2020 on how 180 books worth Rs 1 lakh had been bought for the library but never reached it. In March this year, Retd Delhi High Court judge, Justice S N Dhingra, upheld that there had been “irregularities” and indicted the principal for hushing up the matter.

SAU is governed jointly by all SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) countries, and comprises students of all these countries too.

IIT Delhi said the device had been “successfully tested” on clinical blood samples collected from hundreds of people in collaboration with the National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR).

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As part of the curfew, dhabas and canteens will close at 9 PM and library timings will be restricted. JNU is a residential and closed campus.

This comes after 13 students and two officials tested positive following a ‘chapel trip’ to Dalhousie in the last week of March.

Delhi’s Ram Lal Anand College terminated the services of Assistant Professor G N Saibaba who is currently serving a life sentence in Nagpur Jail after being convicted for “Maoist links” in 2017.

Retired Delhi High Court judge Justice S N Dhingra had found alleged irregularities in the purchase of 180 books worth Rs 1 lakh from 2015-18, which never reached the college library.

Delhi’s Ram Lal Anand College terminated services of Assistant Professor G N Saibaba who is currently serving a life sentence in Nagpur Jail after being convicted for “Maoist links” in 2017.

In the evening, St Stephen’s Principal said the “inner perimeter” of the college was “out for bounds for all”.

Rohingya refugees claim police have been patrolling the area at night too.

They also alleged that for the first time in the history of JNU, the Registrar was named as a member of the Executive Council (EC), even though university statutes say the Registrar is the secretary of EC. A meeting of the EC is scheduled on March 26.

The Indian Express had reported last September that the college purchased 180 books worth Rs 1 lakh from 2015-18 that never reached the library.

Earlier in 2009, the Delhi College of Engineering was similarly de-affliated from DU and made a separate university — called the Delhi Technological University.

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