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UGC Reiterates Mandatory Reservation in Temporary Appointments Lasting 45 Days or More

To monitor implementation, the UGC has requested universities to submit details of all contractual appointments (teaching, non-teaching, and administrative staff) made during the academic years 2023-2 ...
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Geetha Sunil Pillai
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Institutional Apathy is a pervasive problem in NLUs. There is a lack of any sensitisation to caste, and colour-blindness is the official policy, the institutions lack SC/ST Cells, student run collectives on caste are rare, and if you want to raise issues of caste, then you are sowing divisions.
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Marginality in a Caste Capitalist Public University: A Review of Legal Education at NLUs

The experience of a marginalised student at an NLU
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The Mooknayak English
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Buddhist Monks have been staging sit in dharna since February 2025 at Bodh Gaya temple. (file pic)
Minority News

Supreme Court Sets Final Hearing on Bodh Gaya Temple Act Challenge for April 28

Strict Timeline for Affidavits and Submissions
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Geetha Sunil Pillai
2 min read
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Dalit News

Pandit described the University Grants Commission's (UGC) new Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations as "totally unnecessary" and "irrational".
Bombay High Court has ruled that a child's caste identity must reflect their lived social reality, not just lineage. The bench held that administrative records exist to reflect reality, not to fossilize a false identity.
Shubham Kumar has accused DCDRC President, and a member of subjecting him to caste-based humiliation, public abuse, criminal intimidation including death threats, and deliberately obstructing justice in his pending consumer case.
Representatives of various Dalit organisations met the victim and his family to take details of the incident.
The Allahabad HC said marriage does not change a person’s caste.
Caste discrimination against Dalit women in anganwadi and similar roles of mid day meal maker, is not isolated but a recurring issue across India, often leading to boycotts, harassment, transfers, or closures.
This ruling strengthens the application of the SC/ST (PoA) Act in cases where civil suits based on allegedly forged documents are used to harass Scheduled Caste members.
Set against the backdrop of a Dalit murder in the remote village of Barodia Nonagir in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district, the book spans 16 chapters.
Kanchan Bai, a Dalit Anganwadi worker sacrificed her life to save 20 children. When a swarm of bees attacked, she covered the kids with a tarpaulin and stood as a human shield.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat has issued an official notice to the Secretary, Ministry of Education (Department of Higher Education), and the Director of IIM Bangalore, directing them to submit a factual response to a representation filed by Nagsen Sonare, National President of the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar National Association of Engineers (BANAE), on or before February 16.
From the Shadows to the Stars marked not only a remembrance of Rohith Vemula but also created a historic opening for anti-caste spaces in New York, which will hopefully lead to greater mainstream visibility for the Dalit community in the city and increased awareness around caste, within and beyond South Asian spaces.
A criminal case, FIR No. 0467/2024, registered on December 2024 at the Mico Layout Police Station, Bengaluru, names eight accused including IIM Bangalore Director Dr. Rishikesh T. Krishnan and 7 Professors Dr. Dinesh Kumar, Dr. Sainesh G, Dr. Srinivas Prakhya, Dr. Chetan Subramanian, Dr. Ashish Mishra, Dr. Srilatha Jonnalagedda and Dr. Rahul De.
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