<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed><author name="Sameer Ahmad Khan &amp;amp; Furqan Qamar"><item><title>Marginalised and Muslims in the manifestos of mainstream political parties</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/marginalised-and-muslims-in-the-manifestos-of-mainstream-political-parties/</link><pubDate>April 24, 2024, 3:57 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc.jpg</image><category>Opinion</category><excerpt>As the nation gears up for the Lok Sabha election in 2024, the pledges and promises of the political parties take centre stage through their manifestos. Amidst the drowning cacophony of the narratives, chest-thumping, and electoral fervour, it is ...</excerpt></item><item><title>Higher education: Microcredentials are a leap or a lapse?</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/marginalised-and-muslims-in-the-manifestos-of-mainstream-political-parties/</link><pubDate>April 24, 2024, 3:57 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc-300x169.jpg</image><category>Opinion</category><excerpt>Encouraging students to acquire knowledge and skills in bits and bytes to accumulate microcredentials is being heralded by the UGC as the dawn of a new era in higher education. The initiative would usher in a new era, but the main question is to w...</excerpt></item></author></feed>