New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), under the Ministry of Education, has awarded a research project on digital grievance redressal to Pooja Paswan, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), an official said on Monday.Paswan’s project is titled “Evaluating and Improving India’s Digital Grievance Redress Architecture: A Nyaya-Theory-Driven Mixed-Methods Policy Experimentation…
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New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday granted the National Investigation Agency (NIA) an additional 45 days to complete its probe in the Red Fort blast case that claimed 11 lives and left several others injured. The Patiala House Court allowed the anti-terror agency’s plea seeking more time to conclude the investigation. This marks the second instance when the Central agency has approached the court for an extension in the case.According to sources, the NIA submitted that crucial …
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) As many as 38 candidates from the Residential Coaching Academy (RCA), Centre for Coaching and Career Planning, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) have achieved notable success in the UPSC Civil Services Examination, 2025, said an official on Friday.Four candidates have secured positions within the top 50 ranks, securing ranks 7, 14, 24, and 29, said Saima Saeed, Chief Public Relations Officer, JMI, in a statement.More than 38 candidates from the academy have successfully qualif…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) and Argentina’s Universidad Nacional De San Antonio De Areco (UNSAdA) signed an online Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote cooperation and academic collaborations, an official said on Thursday. “Vice-Chancellor Mazhar Asif presided over the signing of the MoU on February 18 between Mahtab Alam Rizvi, JMI Registrar, and Jeronimo E. Ainchil, UNSAdA Rector,” Saima Saeed, JMI Chief Public Relations Officer, said.UNSAdA Rector Ainchil said …
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The role of women in shaping contemporary literary discourse came into focus as eminent writers, reviewers, and translators converged at the Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women’s Studies (SNCWS), Jamia Millia Islamia, for a national symposium, an official said on Monday.The symposium reaffirmed Jamia Millia Islamia’s (JMI) commitment to fostering inclusive and critical academic spaces that foreground women’s voices in literature, scholarship, and translation, and to pr…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) A group of academics has condemned the recent shirtless protest by the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) at the AI Summit, describing it as “ill-timed” and “disgraceful” conduct.Led by Binay Kumar Singh, Director, Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation, the academics issued a joint statement on Monday saying that the actions of leaders of the Congress cannot be defended as “democratic dissent”.“A broad cross-section of India’s academic and intellectual com…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) on Friday launched the prospectus for the Academic Session 2026–27, announcing 30 new programmes with no fee hike for any courses, an official said. The 150-page prospectus, launched by the Vice Chancellor Mazhar Asif, outlines comprehensive guidelines for admissions across undergraduate, postgraduate, advanced diploma, PG Diploma, Certificate and Diploma programmes.It also provides detailed information on eligibility criteria, application li…
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) With the evening glow in full view at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, tension was palpable in the UAE dugout – 85 runs needed off 45 balls and Canada’s spinners tightening the noose in a chase of 151. Wicketkeeper-batter Aryansh Sharma, born in Noida but raised in Dubai, was leading the UAE’s charge, but was running out of partners from the other end.When a little-known Sohaib Khan joined him, many felt the native of Kothi village in Bihar’s Naxal-affected Imamganj region wo…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday paid floral tributes to former President Dr Zakir Husain on his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan, an official said.Dr Zakir Husain served as the third President of India, holding office from May 13, 1967, until his demise on May 3, 1969. He was the first Muslim to serve as President of the country.Born on February 8, 1897, in Hyderabad, Dr Husain was not only an eminent Indian politician but also a distinguished educationist and i…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, Mazhar Asif, emphasised the role of Hindi and Indian languages in decolonising minds from colonial past, an official said on Thursday. Speaking on Wednesday at a five-day workshop on developing a ‘Learner’s Glossary of Social Sciences’ from English to Hindi, Asif has emphasised the need to break free from a colonial mindset.”A false sense of modernity has a toxic effect on the minds of people. We need to rectify this immediately b…