This is one of the sharpest verbal exchanges between the two sides since Modi and Yunus on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC summit.

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, who is at the centre of the controversy surrounding the book, also skipped the launch.

The irony is that Professor Apoorvanand was to speak at a seminar on the subject ‘The university under a global authoritarian turn’, and Delhi university’s response appears to be a textbook illustration of that theme.

In its latest report, the V-Dem Institute said that electoral success of anti-pluralist parties is “a potential driver of academic freedom decline”.

The court has issued notices to the Union government and the Kerala government on the matter, asking them to file their responses. 

Samar Abu Elouf photographed nine-year-old Mahmoud Ajjour who was injured during an Israeli attack on Gaza City in March 2024, as he found refuge and medical help in Doha, Qatar.

There has been fierce resistance to the Narendra Modi government’s and associated state governments' attempts to present Hindi as the de-facto national language.

A Bloomberg report says that the allegations come from former employees from "non-South Asian ethnic backgrounds over the age of 40, who say the company targeted them for layoffs but spared Indian colleagues, some of whom were working on H-1B skilled worker visas."

The Democratic Teachers' Front called the "use of discretionary powers" in the bypassing of Eric Soreng and Apoorvanand as department heads "discriminatory and humiliating".

His comment came days after Amit Shah announced that the AIADMK and BJP would form a coalition government in the state in 2026.

Within the subcontinent, India is outmatched by Bhutan which is at 140th. 

In the tapes, a voice like that of former CM N. Biren Singh could be heard claiming responsibility for the state's ethnic violence.

“Our embassy and consulates, they are in touch with the students to provide support,” the MEA said.

The leaders of the alliance’s six parties met in Patna on Thursday.

It also said in light of Tahawwur Rana's extradition that Pakistan continues to “shield” perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks.

According to data sourced by the 'Economic Times' from mutual fund analytics platform Valuemetrics Technologies, the mutual fund industry has lost about 8,90,000 accounts per month on average so far in 2025.

CJI Khanna told the solicitor general that while there were some positives to the Waqf (Amendment) Act, the status quo cannot be disturbed.

The apex court said the Delhi high court's direction "to remove all false, misleading and defamatory content" was "very broadly worded" and not capable of being implemented. 

The vigilance department's report has come on the heels of Congress accusing the BJP of a Rs 304 crore scam in Goa.

The US department of homeland security is trying to get the university to turn over records of foreign students’ “illegal and violent activities”.