The Latest Breaking News from Ashoka University

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam, Raman Kirpal and Shardool Katyayan are joined by senior journalist and CGNet Swara’s co-founder Shubhranshu Choudhary.We start with a discussion on the killing of 27 suspected Maoists in Chhattisgarh this week and analyse if the Maoist movement in…

With a ceasefire in place between India and Pakistan, our TV news anchors decided to turn their gaze inwards – to look for enemies within the borders and declare war on them instead. Their first stop? Ashoka University, where Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad became the latest target. Arnab Goswami promptly…

Ali Khan Mahmudabad’s arrest sparks condemnation from academic community over ‘attempted censorship’

Only the US, Russia and China have previously docked in space. The expertise is critical for advanced missions.

On July 7, as devastating floods hit Assam, claiming at least eight lives and affecting more than 220,000 people across 3,446 villages, a war of words ensued between state water resource minister Pijush Hazarika and academician Mitul Baruah on X over the effectiveness of embankments in flood control.

The Enforcement Directorate has filed a prosecution complaint against Parabolic Drugs Limited and others.

ED conducts searches at dozen locations in Delhi-NCR & Punjab in money laundering case against Chandigarh-based pharma co. & its promoters.

ED searches 17 locations in multiple cities in ₹1,626.74 crore bank loan fraud case involving Ashoka University founders, Vineet and Pranav Gupta. CBI registered case in Dec 2021 alleging Parabolic Drugs and 11 others cheated consortium of 12 banks. Ashoka University clarifies no past/current relationship with Parabolic Drugs; founders' individual…

Ashoka University is accused of stifling academic freedom after it distances itself from a research paper on 2019 polls.