Ritika Chopra

The proposal has been made in wake of an inadequate number of candidates qualifying the entrance test this year.

In the case of IITs, both fee and course duration are areas on which only the IIT-Council can make decisions.

OP Rawat’s statement is significant against the backdrop that elections in Haryana, Maharashtra and Jharkhand are due in the latter half of 2019.

The introduction of the paper trail system is crucial for the EC to maintain public faith in EVMs, whose accuracy has been questioned by Opposition parties, especially after the Uttar Pradesh assembly poll results last year.

The HRD Ministry will issue a notification announcing “regularisation” of the two off-campus centres next week, which would then make BITS eligible for the Institute of Eminence (IoE) status.

The NEET, which is the gateway for admissions to medical institutions across the country, will continue as an annual pen-and-paper test, at least till 2019.

Currently, IIMC offers eight one-year postgraduate diploma programmes at six of its campuses across the country. The deemed university status will allow the institution to award degrees instead of diplomas.

According to sources, the higher education regulator has been advised by its lawyers that no institution affiliated to Delhi University (DU) can be granted autonomy unless the university Act is amended.

Assam NRC: According to O P Rawat, the Election Commission is prepared to face three scenarios while drafting the final electoral roll for Assam before the Lok Sabha elections next year.

The rules, under the Act, define finer details such as the procedure for appointment and removal of an institute’s chairperson and director, their powers, and the functions of the BoG.

Out of the 11.51 lakh students who finished their B.Sc. and B.Sc. (Honours) degree last year, 5.97 lakh or 52 per cent were women.

Nominated Rajya Sabha MP Narendra Jadhav tells The Indian Express why he drew the House’s attention to Chinese firm Alibaba’s stake in Paytm during Zero Hour on Wednesday.

The EC is now expecting deliveries of all paper trail machines before November, which is almost two months after the deadline the Commission had set for itself.

On April 24, 2017, the EC filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court, promising to introduce VVPATs in all polling stations for the 2019 general elections.

On November 9, 2015, the higher education regulator issued notices to 10 deemed universities, including BITS, directing them to shut down their off-campus centres on the ground that they were set up without the UGC’s permission.

According to the financial plan accessed by The Indian Express, Jio Institute will waive Rs 38 crore as scholarships in the first year, which, on an average, works out to an income of Rs 6.2 lakh from each student.

The incentives include a fixed stipend for the 12-month training and making N-YES an “essential qualification” for jobs in Defence, paramilitary forces and police.

The controversy over the university’s minority status was revived after the Uttar Pradesh SC/ST Commission sent AMU a notice, asking why it has not provided quotas for SC and STs despite receiving grants from the Union government and making faculty appointments as a national university.

R A Mashelkar and Dipak C Jain are members of the board at Reliance Industries.