The female Delhi University teachers find their male colleagues and bosses, pushy, bossy, insensitive and manipulative.
In a Gender Audit Report released lately, over 88.4 per cent teachers admitted that they faced harassment from male colleagues in the beginning of their career. They had to bear disobedience from juniors. Some male students were arrogant and it was difficult to cope with their behaviour. During classroom discussions, boys give e

A well-known academician and professor Radha Kumar has quit Jamia Millia Islamia alleging that the “new administration” was not working towards creating a conducive atmosphere for academics. Earlier two other teachers have left the university on similar grounds.

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations is organising a unique dance festival for the first time that will witness the performances by renowned foreign artistes who have mastered various Indian danc

Government hospitals like Safdarjung and Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital offering cancer treatment do not have linear accelerators, which are used in radiation therapy for treating cancer patients. Instead, they use Cobalt 60 machines that lack in precision and have side effects. Safdarjung Hospital has over 30-year-old department of oncology that offers cancer treatment.

The All-India Institute of Medical Sciences will be laying astro-turf for beautification of the campus costing a staggering Rs 14 crores. The faculty has raised objection, saying that this extravagance is least expected where basic amenities are lacking. Astro turf is laid on hockey grounds and is mostly imported.

Delhi University vice-chancellor Deepak Pental may get a six month extension. The news is doing the rounds in the human resource development ministry circles that the ministry decided to extend Prof. Pental’s tenure in the wake of the Commonwealth Games.

A unique gift — a short biography written on rice, sesame and mustard seeds — awaits US President Barack Obama on his visit to India this November.
President Pratibha Patil has asked Gajendra S. Wadhonkar, an artist from Aurangabad who specialises in writing on tiny grains, to prepare a souvenir for President O

The Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official residence of the President of India, will get an ISO: 14001 certification as the international auditors from Bureau Veritas (BVQI) have wrapped up their auditing. They will be awarding the certificate by the end of this week. A film on the entire process of implementation of the benchmarks of ISO: 14001 is also underway.

A rare collection of Mahatma Gandhi’s personal letters, notes dictated to his grand niece, Manuben Gan-dhi, who documented them in her personal diaries, will get a new lease of life at the National Archives of India.

The Union health ministry has decided to draft guidelines for gene therapy and xenografting to define the limits of research keeping in view the ethical aspects involved. Infact, in the case of gene therapy, there is a move to limit its unnecessary experimentation on humans.