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Unrest at NIT Silchar as students clash with police after suicide in hostel

IANS | September 16, 2023 11:45 AM

Guwahati, Sep 16 (IANS) After one of their fellow students died in the college hostel on Friday night, students at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) at Silchar in Assam's Cachar district got into a physical altercation with the police. Later, the police used force to disperse the students; however, the situation remained tense on Saturday as well.

Ashoka University's students' newspaper sheds light on TCPD's 'slow death'

IANS | September 15, 2023 7:56 PM

New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Even as the scientific board of the Trivedi Centre for Political Data (TCPD) at the Ashoka University decided to dissolve itself on September 12 alleging that it was kept in the dark about major structural changes affecting the centre’s leadership and functioning, 'The Edict', an independent newspaper brought out by the students since 2014, has learnt that it was a 'slow, months long draining of the centre’s resources that left the institution as a shell of what it once was'.

Ashoka University forced Verniers out, kept scientific board in the dark: TCPD members say in open letter

IANS | September 14, 2023 9:50 PM

New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The members of the scientific board of Trivedi Centre for Political Data (TCPD) have alleged that Ashoka University forced psephologist and professor Gilles Verniers out, and that the university did not inform the scientific board about the decisions that affect not only the leadership of TCPD, but also its future as an institution.

Govt building DPI to skill young Indians for jobs of the future: MoS IT

IANS | September 13, 2023 8:57 PM

New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on Wednesday said that digital skilling is the key and the government is building Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) towards that goal to prepare millions of young Indians for the tech-driven jobs of the future.

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