Five must-read stories—November 28

First Person account of an ad-hoc teacher

As an ad hoc teacher, I have no hope for career advancement as I cannot get promotions or individual research grants. My research work will need the support of a permanent teacher irrespective of my qualification or work experience. I am not afforded the luxury of a study leave. In The Indian Express.

Nabha jail-break an election stunt?

Facebook post by a jail inmate allege the Nabha jail-break to be a political stunt. It read, “The police are enacting a drama on the lines of the Bhopal encounter; these boys had no reason to escape. There was no evidence against them and they would have come out in one or two years. It could be an election stunt as well.”

Declare list of ‘anti-nationals’

“The Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to make public the names of undertrials who have been prosecuted under charges of “sedition” and “anti-national-activities”. In The Tribune.

BSF losing more men due to illness

While men and women of the country's largest border guarding force Border Security Force face enemy bullets and mortars amid recent hostilities with Pakistan, data reveals that only 25 of total 774 deaths in the period between January 2015 and September 2016 were battle casualties. In Greater Kashmir.

Decks being cleared to recognise one year Master’s degree

If the HRD ministry approves the recommendations, the one-year master's degrees awarded by most institutions in the UK and Australia would be recognised in India. Students with foreign degrees would then be eligible to sit the National Eligibility Test (NET), which has to be cleared for appointment to assistant professor posts in colleges and universities. In The Telegraph.