Heads of universities and colleges are no longer just administrators; they are now the first line of accountability in preventing and responding to discrimination. New structures, new reporting ...

Disha Wadekar attributes this backlash to misinformation. “These are civil regulations,” she said. “No equity committee has ...

UGC’s new anti-discrimination framework has divided campuses and political circles. The regulations, originally announced ...

The UGC’s 2026 anti-discrimination guidelines mandate Equal Opportunity Centres, set timelines for complaints, and expand ...

These regulations — a fresh version of the “equity” regulations the UGC first issued in 2012 — are now in the eye of a storm, ...

How is caste discrimination observed and documented on campus? How much can the new UGC rules, now at the centre of a row, ...

The Supreme Court stays the UGC Regulations, 2026, citing ambiguity and possible misuse, and keeps the 2012 regulations in force.

Donald Trump was re-elected president on a wave of attacks against women and transgender people. Anti-transgender politicians spent more than $215 million on ads scapegoating trans people and ...

The UGC guidelines to tackle caste-based discrimination at universities have resulted in widespread backlash from general ...

The new regulations supersede the existing anti-discrimination guidelines notified in 2012 and are now mandatory for all higher education institutions, including central, state, and private ...

In the medical profession, there is the admonition primum non nocere, the Latin expression for "first, do no harm." To not do harm, at the minimum, requires accurate diagnostics. The decency of ...