Education
Self-Financed Private Universities: Implications on Affordable Quality Higher Education
Private higher education may have gained traction in the country since the mid-nineties, but it is as old as the history of modern higher education itself. ‘Private tendencies’ have also been penetrating deep into the ‘public higher education’. The situation urgently calls for minimally invasive ways and means of ensuring affordable access to quality higher education for all segments of the society
World
Nepal: Politics of American Initiative of MCC
A hoary resistance and a series of protests against the MCC agreement broke out in the capital of Kathmandu and across the country a few days back. The geopolitical showdown is no good when internal architecture is unstable or weak to withstand temperatures of the global political and economic climate. Governmentality and governability have to curb intrinsic unlimited crises and address multiple frontlines of chaos and complexity in political society.
Economy
White Paper on Nepal’s Economy: A Critical Review
Deuba Governments fall replaced by Sharma’s coalition Government has challenges. Here is critical review of White Paper on Nepal’s Economy
Culture
A Gem Shines in the Himalayas post-COVID
A gem shines in the Himalayas of post-COVID era. The town of Dharamsala which was on the verge of getting lost seems regaining its charm.
India
Anniversary of NEP 2020: Education needs intensive care
On the commemoration of the first anniversary of NEP 2020, it will be prudent on the part of the regulators to revisit the progress made in the on-ground implementation of provisions of NEP 2020 and reschedule the milestones laid in it, else the disorderliness created through it may disarray the existing education system as well. The predominant disruptions caused by the pandemic and the pragmatic view on the desired transformations ought to be taken into consideration before a realizable road map is relaid.
Sci-Tech
Technological Transformation in Higher Education: Myths and Realities
Technological transformation in higher education could enhance the quality, but may not replace the brick and mortar universities.
Society
Wildlife Biologists: A Case for Inducting Them for Scientific Management of Forests
Wildlife biologists can save India’s ecology by bringing in scientific know-how to assist the administration in the scientific management of forests. The wildlife biologists can be absorbed by the Forest Departments as biologists, endangered species specialists, and conservation education officers. Inducting new services will not interfere with the power and administration of our current forest management system.
The Union and State Governments should build confidence on this matter in view of the changing roles in present-day science.
Food & Health
THE NOSTALGIC NUTS
The Nostalgic nuts deals with the nutritional superstars, packed with protein and healthy fats that are small parcels of all-round health.
