India, Oct. 25 -- Respected authorities,

These are difficult times and in the ongoing pandemic, the UGC (University Grants Commission) is determined to conduct final year examinations with the logic that a new session cannot begin without the final exams of the previous session or by giving the excuse of the academic rules.

But what needs a mention is that the UGC, which is so determined to follow the rules, has ignored its own guidelines which were issued way back in 2017 which instructed all the higher academic institutions across the country install pad vending machines and incinerators in the campus.

If the status of the same rules is enquired, we would get the expected result; i.e. the rules exist only on papers. Punjab University a...