Cut-offs gone, competition remains in DU’s popular courses and colleges

Cut-offs gone, competition remains in DU’s popular courses and colleges

797.82/800 for BA (Hons) Political Science at Hindu College, 795.086/800 for BA (Hons) Psychology at Lady Shri Ram College for Women – sky-high cut-offs might have come to an end with the adoption of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) and a new admission process at Delhi University, but the marks-based competition for seats in […]

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Govt floats draft regulations for deemed varsities, proposes waiving 20-year condition to apply for tag

Govt floats draft regulations for deemed varsities, proposes waiving 20-year condition to apply for tag

The government Friday floated draft amendment regulations for ‘deemed-to-be’ universities, proposing to do away with the condition that an institute needs to be in existence for at least 20 years before it can apply for the tag. The draft UGC (Institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2022 also recommend making multi-disciplinary institutions, or a cluster […]

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For day 1 of college, Delhi University rolls out the red carpet

For day 1 of college, Delhi University rolls out the red carpet

On Wednesday, orientations and freshers’ programmes returned to Delhi University’s campuses after more than two years with the start of the academic year for the newly admitted first-year students. “Our journey to be here has been a roller coaster ride,” said Anamika, who was excited to begin at Miranda House in its BA (Hons) English […]

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Siddharth Vishwakarma beats sixth seed Boris Butulija

Siddharth Vishwakarma beats sixth seed Boris Butulija

Olympian Vishnu Vardhan razor sharp in out-gunning Adil Kalyanpur at the ITF men’s tennis tournament Olympian Vishnu Vardhan razor sharp in out-gunning Adil Kalyanpur at the ITF men’s tennis tournament Former national champion Siddharth Vishwakarma played a robust game to beat the sixth seed Boris Butulija of Serbia 6-3, 7-6(4) in the first round of […]

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Delhi University admission round 1 ends, 72k candidates accept allotted seat

Delhi University admission round 1 ends, 72k candidates accept allotted seat

With 72,865 candidates accepting their allotted seats, the window for acceptance for the first round of admissions at Delhi University came to a close Saturday. There are a total of around 70,000 seats open for admissions across colleges and courses in DU. In its first round, the administration made 80,164 allotments. Colleges will have till […]

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Small Indian lenders said to be in talks with Russia to finalise trade mechanism

Small Indian lenders said to be in talks with Russia to finalise trade mechanism

Banks are discussing the currency pair for the payment mechanism and the options include the Indian rupee paired with the Russian rouble or Saudi Arabia’s riyal Banks are discussing the currency pair for the payment mechanism and the options include the Indian rupee paired with the Russian rouble or Saudi Arabia’s riyal Lenders UCO Bank […]

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DU hopes to fill all seats in first round

DU hopes to fill all seats in first round

The Delhi University administration is hoping to fill all its undergraduate seats in the first round of seat allocations itself. The university has 70,000 undergraduate seats on offer across all courses and colleges and in the first round, it has made 20% extra allocations for each programme in each college for unreserved, OBC and EWS […]

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Over 60,000 students say yes to DU’s offer

Over 60,000 students say yes to DU’s offer

More than two-third of seats allocated by Delhi University for its undergraduate admissions have been accepted by candidates, as of Thursday evening. While there are around 70,000 undergraduate seats on offer, the varsity has made 80,164 allocations in the first round, the results of which were shared with candidates Wednesday evening. As of 7 pm […]

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DU doubles down on appointment of Stephen’s principal

DU doubles down on appointment of Stephen’s principal

The University of Delhi has written to the governing body of St Stephen’s College once again on the matter of appointment of the principal, stating that the university is “constrained not to recognise professor John Varghese as principal of the college ever since his five-year term ended”, and asking the college to follow UGC regulations. […]

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