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The three-year academic partnership between the two varsities was signed in February this year that is now cut short. New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), aligning itself with national interests, has officially terminated its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Inonu University of Turkey. Announcing the decision on X, the central university stated the cancellation was carried out “due to national security considerations”. The varsity reinforced its stance with a firm declaration – “JNU stands with the nation”. The MoU was signed on February 3, 2025. It was originally intended to remain in effect until February 2, 2028 – a three-year academic partnership now cut short. Due to National Security considerations, the MoU between JNU and Inonu University, Türkiye stands suspended until further notice. JNU stands with the Nation. #NationFirst @rashtrapatibhvn @VPIndia @narendramodi @PMOIndia @AmitShah @DrSJaishankar @MEAIndia @EduMinOfIndia — Jawaharlal Nehru University (...

In the year 1999, there was a severe earthquake in Turkey, in which more than 17000 people died. It was not easy for Turkey to recover from this earthquake. The country had also suffered economic losses on a large scale. In such a situation, the then government had started collecting earthquake tax from people to deal with natural calamities like earthquake and to carry out relief works. Turkey, a Muslim country situated on the border of Asia and Europe, was hit by such a calamity in the early hours of Monday, which took away the lives of thousands of people. The tremors of these earthquakes that came one after the other changed the face of Turkey. For those who survived the devastation of the earthquake that killed thousands of people, the problems increased further. People who have lost everything are forced to spend cold nights either on the streets or in relief camps. In such a situation, the government of President Erdogan is surrounded by 'earthquake tax'. Along with the ...