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  • Neha Bora was subsequently released and Dipke is to appear before a magistrate today at noon
  • Delhi Police detained Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke, Neha Bora of AISA, student leaders and supporters ahead of a rally in Connaught Place demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation. The protest followed the detention and jailing of two CJP leaders earlier in the week over demonstrations at Jantar Mantar
  • The Reserve Bank of India is considering further monetary tightening to counter capital outflows and increase the cost of betting against the rupee, according to bankers and analysts cited by Reuters. The measures follow recent rate increases and steps to drain liquidity as pressure on the currency and inflation concerns persist
  • India directed oil marketing companies to stop diverting sugar-based feedstocks for ethanol production in the 2026–27 supply year, according to a new tender issued on Friday. The companies have invited bids for 11 billion litres of ethanol made from alternatives including corn and broken rice, amid concerns about domestic sugar supplies and prices
  • Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India's trade imbalance with China was growing sharply and attributed the problem partly to restrictions on Indian goods and services entering the Chinese market. China subsequently said it was ready to work with India to address mutual economic and trade concerns; India's trade deficit with China reached $69 billion in the first half of FY2026–27, up 27% year-on-year
  • Indian equity benchmarks extended their recovery on Friday, with the Sensex rising 413.66 points to close at 74,729.27 and the Nifty 50 gaining 148.80 points to settle at 23,146.15. Information technology shares, including Tech Mahindra, Infosys and TCS, helped lift the indices
  • India defeated Zimbabwe by four wickets in the opening women's T20 International in Raipur, taking a 1–0 lead in the three-match series. Deepti Sharma and Niki Prasad combined in an 82-run stand after India's top order collapsed, helping the hosts chase down Zimbabwe's total of 114 for five
  • Indian wrestler Komal won bronze in the women's 59 kg category at the Under-23 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, defeating Kazakhstan's Viktoriia Khusainova 7–2. Fellow Indian Amruta Pujari advanced to the women's 72 kg final after recording two pinfall victories
  • Indian shuttler Jagsher Singh Khangurra secured a bronze medal at the BWF World Junior Badminton Championships in Cairo
  • The Supreme Court of India upheld the Bombay High Court's decision quashing the 2020 write-off of ₹8,415 crore in additional tier-1 bonds issued by Yes Bank (Yes Bank). The court ruled that the bank's administrator lacked the authority to extinguish the bonds under the final reconstruction scheme, strengthening bondholders' claims
  • The Supreme Court issued notices to the Election Commission of India, Delhi Police and opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav, in separate petitions concerning electoral-roll revision and protests held in Delhi on October 10–12. The court also directed the preservation of CCTV footage linked to allegations of police excesses
  • The Supreme Court ruled that a person converting from Hinduism to Islam cannot automatically claim backward-class reservation benefits in the new religious community solely on the basis of their previous caste status. The judgment upheld the Madras High Court's decision striking down a 2024 Tamil Nadu government order that permitted such certification for specified communities
  • The Election Commission of India ordered a Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls in 14 states and three Union Territories, using January 1, 2027, as the qualifying date for voter eligibility. The draft rolls are scheduled for publication on November 12, claims and objections will be accepted until December 11, and the final rolls are due on January 4, 2027
Delhi HC refuses to ban CJP's Tiranga rally at Central Park in Connaught Place today /////// Police says will control and regulate it /////// NDMC closes the park for the public on Friday and Saturday
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UGC Move Is Welcome

By Our Editorial Team
First publised on 2023-01-09 06:35:04

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Sunil Garodia The India Commentary view

India is the world's second largest education market and with the aspirations of the younger generation skyrocketing, is growing at a fast rate. There is a huge gap between the demand for quality higher education and its supply. Hence, just a few world class Indian institutions have to cater to an ever growing demand for admission from meritorious students but they are not able to fulfil the same. Every year, thousands of Indian students go abroad for higher studies, sometimes in foreign institutions of questionable repute.

Hence, the draft rules that the Universities Grants Commission (UGC) has issued for allowing reputed foreign universities - ones that are either in the list of top 500 in the world or are highly reputed in their country) to set up satellite campuses in India is welcome. While it is true that just the setting up of campuses by these universities will not guarantee quality education or admission for all aspirants, if they can employ the same high standards they do in their home countries and are able to bring top notch faculty members as visiting lecturers for decent periods of time (while simultaneously training local educators), they will transform higher education in India and will usher in competition that will force all higher educational institutions in India to spruce up the courses they offer and employ better teaching methods . The UGC has done well to allow a good degree of autonomy to these foreign institutions and a long period of 10 years with the usual conditions that the courses should not be against India's interests and students must not suffer if a course is discontinued.

The criticism that these institutions will be elitist falls flat because in any case, a huge number of Indian students (over 4.5 lakh every year) go abroad for higher education. If there are students in India who desire foreign education and who have the funds to finance it (or obtain education loans or part or full merit scholarships), there is no harm in allowing such students to pursue these courses in foreign universities in India. But the fact remains that the heavy lifting in higher education will still be done by Indian institutions and the UGC will do well to keep on supporting them. In fact, after foreign institutions set up campuses in India, the UGC will have to support Indian institutions more to ensure that they do not fall short and continuously update their curriculum and teaching methods to remain relevant. 

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