-NDTV Gwalior: Articles and blogs that are critical of self-styled management guru Arindham Chaudhari and his chain of business schools will be accessible online once again, a court in Gwalior ruled. A fortnight ago, the same court had ordered the government to block 70 web pages or URLs for hosting allegedly defamatory content about Mr Chaudhari and the Indian Institute of Premier Management. The court's decision to impose a temporary ban on those...

-The Indian Express Amidst a growing concern about educated youth indulging in anti-national and anti-social activities, the apex higher education regulator has asked universities to take steps to check "radicalisation of youth". Following recommendations made by the National Integration Council, the University Grants Commission has written to all universities and recognised institutes asking them to ensure that students enrolled even in science and technology courses study humanities and social sciences alongside, so...

-The Times of India The government has asked internet service providers to block 55 Facebook pages related to Afzal Guru. The notice by the Department of Telecom was issued a day before internet services were restored in Kashmir Valley after remaining suspended for a week following Afzal's hanging. It was on the same day, February 14, that the notice ordering ISPs to block 73 web pages with content relating to a...

-Medianama.com Note: Following this report, other publications and civil society organizations are providing more context on this development. We’ve curating read-worthy updates here as a followup to this post. Important: CERT-IN’s Gulshan Rai has said that blocks have been implemented on the basis of an order issued by a Court in Gwalior, according to a report from Livemint. Hence, DoT is only implementing the Court’s instructions. Earlier today: India’s Department of Telecommunications yesterday...

-The Hindu Effective spending, reworking the affiliation system and breaking academic bureaucracy are key to better universities Although Indian higher education suffers from many dysfunctionalities and the system overall is characterised by “pinnacles of excellence in a sea of mediocrity”, it does reasonably well by some international comparisons. Here are a few examples: — India is a global leader in terms of GDP spent by public and private sources on higher education. India...