General category or upper caste students believe that the rules introduced mainly to address caste discrimination on campuses, will create a divide and villainise them; they worry about several of its ...

UGC New Equity Rules 2026: The protestors at the UGC headquarters have alleged that General category students or others, ...

The Court’s intervention in the UGC’s equity regulations reveals how caste redress is diluted by administrative control, political signalling, and judicial caution.

The plea agreement, while under seal, requires Elder to repay roughly $66 million in restitution to defrauded investors.

Caste and caste-based discrimination is a persisting reality and addressing it should be a political, social and educational priority ...

A PhD student present at the protest, Aman Sharma, said that the regulations will “aggravate the existing differences instead ...

The apex court has paused UGC’s new equity regulations, citing lack of clarity and potential misuse, while keeping 2012 rules ...

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

The new equity regulations notified by the University Grants Commission on this week signal a significant attempt to recast how discrimination, particularly cas ...

India, Jan. 28 -- The University Grants Commission's Equity Regulations 2026 have triggered protests, political debates, and ...

UGC 2026 anti-discrimination rules face criticism as student groups protest potential harassment of general category students. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan assures fair grievance handling ami ...

UGC's 2026 equity regulations aim to tackle discrimination across caste, gender, disability and institutional power. Yet ...