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  • Three master plans, no clear choice

    We saw three models being proposed for redevelopment of Osmania University campus. We ask which is the best model — for biodiversity, heritage, and sports.

  • Students strategise around 75% rule

    As the University tightens the attendance leash with regular tracking and rigid enforcement, a new subculture of “calculated compliance” is emerging on campus.

  • AI integration can lead to a quiet crisis, say faculty

    “There is a significant risk that over-reliance on machines may lead to erosion of original thinking and critical analysis,” say CSE faculty.

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  • ^ College Corridors ^

    Several students union representatives of the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) were detained by the Osmania University police on Wednesday as they protested a talk by Telangana Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Lingam Sridhar on the university campus. The protest was organised ahead of Sridhar’s talk, which was held under the banner of the Bhagath Singh Youth Club. Student…

  • $ Business & the State $

    Yet another Reliance executive will be entering the Rajya Sabha soon, if things go as planned. Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party has fielded Dhanraj Nathwani, son of another Reliance executive and four-time Parliamentarian Parimal Nathwani, as one of its two Rajya Sabha candidates from Uttar Pradesh. Polling will be held on 9th October, and based on the party’s strength in the…

  • // Policy & Governance //

    The State government is partially relaxing building rules by introducing third-party inspections in place of scrutiny by regulatory authorities for issuing building permissions and occupancy certificates. Officials said the move is part of the Centre’s deregulation policy, which seeks to remove government control, wherever feasible, across various sectors. A government order has been issued amending building rules to allow third-party…

  • ~ Creators | Critics ~

    Designers put up a fight at Paris fashion week At Paris Fashion Week, which runs from 28 September to 6 October, the challenge is to make people spend on luxury goods they no longer aspire to. So how did the designers respond? Some kept their cli­ents fully front of mind, the way Daniel Roseberry put together a ready-to-wear show based…

  • ?olitical Fi!e

    Opposition leaders, civil society activists, and youth organisations continued their protests in the national capital on 3rd October, seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and suspension of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls. The Delhi Police reportedly detained around 150 protesters, including All India Students’ Association (AISA) leader Neha Bora, activists Yogendra Yadav and Anjali…

  • ** Media Buzz **

    OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has reportedly entered into content partnerships with two major news publishers, while deals with two more are said to be in the pipeline. According to a report on Exchange4Media, OpenAI has publicly announced partnerships with Bennett Coleman & Co, publisher of The Times of India and the Economic Times, and with the Indian Express group.…