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The article reports on exposure of urban development in the era of globalization with the floods affecting Chennai, India and nearby areas and decline in the peak flow capacity Adyar river due to encroachment and dumping of waste by local bodies and dumping of debris by local civil contractor.

The article describes the fate of the members of the Students Federation of India (SFI) from the policemen attackers during their rally in India. It states that members of SFI gathered together to express their yearnings for common education system and to protest against the extortions in private schools. During the activity, the schools administration used the police to attack the students, which some of the students were heavily injured and all of them were arrested.

The article focuses on the issue of granting the Deemed University status to the government institutions by the University Grants Commission (UGC). A brief historical overview on who introduced the idea of deemed university and how it increased was presented. It states that Kapil Sibal, the new Human Resources Development (HRD) minister, wants to review the granting of status to resolve the problems and create a wider vision and direction for the education of India.

The article focuses on the assurances made by United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government on the education sector in India. It notes that the government failed to allocate six percent of gross domestic product (GDP) for educational spending. It adds on the failure of the government to meet its promise of setting up the National Commission in Education to apportion resources and monitor programme. It states that with these broken promises, Indian people need to cast their votes wisely.

The article focuses on the inability of the government to provide public education in India. The country was unable to fulfill its dream of becoming a knowledge super power country because of the feudal capitalist character of the State. However, the central government was forced to implement a bill which promotes the right to free and compulsory education as a result of the effort the people's movement.