{
  "id": 3335470,
  "title": "Maharashtra Self-Financed Universities Must Set Up Marathi Departments, Directs Minister Chandrakant Patil",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/maharashtra-self-financed-universities-must-set-up-marathi",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T19:24:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/maharashtra-self-financed-universities-must-set-up-marathi-departments-directs-minister-chandrakant-patil"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Mumbai: All self-financed universities in Maharashtra will have to establish dedicated Marathi language departments, Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil directed on Tuesday, while reviewing the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and academic standards across such institutions. Focus on quality education Patil chaired a review meeting with the…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}