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On 26 March, Abbas Aragchi, the Foreign Minister of Iran, stated that India will be one of five countries  allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, allowing India to import LPG from the Middle East.  However, issues in dining and food outlets at Ashoka persist.   The Edict has been interviewing owners of food outlets on campus since mid-March to gauge the difficulties that all of them have been facing. On March 11, Mr Himanshu Sachdev, Vice President (Operations), emaile

Abhinaya’s Indian Core took the stage on the Thursday night of 26 March. Presenting Mithyā, their Spring ’26 production, they promised an evening of illusions. The team was prepared: during the wait in the queue, the audience were handed papers containing links to the Amar Chitra Katha stories to be performed for the evening. They promised a ‘layered experience’, and a layered experience it was. 

On 22nd March, 2026, the Black Box was covered— chairs, corners, floors and all— with viewers eager to be transported to sunny Kalokairi, curious to see what flavour the student production at Ashoka University would add to one of the most popular musicals, Mamma Mia.

Ashoka University introduced 500 new scholarships for undergraduate intake in 2026. These scholarships, while crucial for bridging academic access across regions, also shape the kinds of minds most likely to enter Ashoka’s classrooms from the 2027 batch onward. At first glance, the increase in scholarships appears reasonable but there is more to what these scholarships look like. Previously, about 50% of Ashoka  students received need-based financial aid (2021-2024) , making

On 11th March 2026, Ashoka announced the launch of Vachani School of Advanced Computing  (VSAC), under a grant given by Mr. Sunil Vachani, founder and chairman of Dixon Technologies . The move comes a year after the announcement of Ashoka School of Advanced Computing (ASAC). The school seeks to expand the scope of computer science by integrating it with other disciplines to address complex social issues. With its launch, Ashoka will offer more interdisciplinary majors, such a

Nearly a year after the arrest  of Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad over his Facebook post  on Operation Sindoor, the case has now effectively been brought to a close. On Monday, 16th of March 2026, the Haryana government informed the Supreme Court that it would not grant sanction to prosecute the professor, a decision that halts further criminal proceedings. The State’s decision, described in court as a “ one-time magnanimity, ” was noted by a bench led by Chi