As India debates discrimination once again, in courts, campuses, and politics, a large-scale Pew Research survey offers a quieter but crucial perspective: how people across castes and communities ...

Statewide protests against the UGC’s new equity regulations intensified on Wednesday, with students, lawyers and local leade ...

Chief minister MK Stalin said the regulations should be strengthened and revised to address structural gaps and enforced with real accountability| India News ...

In Indian educational institutes, policy rarely stays on paper for long. It steps off the page, enters the classroom, ...

New rules target caste-based and other discrimination in higher education, strengthening enforcement and governance ...

UGC’s new anti-discrimination framework has divided campuses and political circles. The regulations, originally announced with an aim to curb campus discrimination, have drawn criticism for expanding ...

The BJP, which receives solid support from upper caste groups, is facing pushback over the UGC's new equity norms to deal ...

What has changed is that the new regulations are backed by a clear enforcement framework. They have real consequences and, for the first time, make compliance unavoidable.' ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has praised the delayed UGC (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026 as a much-needed reform.

Stalin supports the UGC Regulations 2026, highlighting efforts to end caste discrimination and improve equity in Indian higher education with dedicated committees and helplines.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday said the UGC (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, though delayed, was a welcome step in reforming a higher ...

What these rules attempt to do is not to tilt the playing field but to acknowledge that it has never been level to begin with ...