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Trump’s US funding cuts trigger layoffs and shutdowns at Harvard public health school The Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) is undergoing significant financial strain as it begins laying off employees and downsizing operations in response to deep funding cuts imposed by the Trump administration. These cuts include the withdrawal of more than $2 billion…
The census of central government employees, which was done every two to three years since 1960, has not been done since 2011. In a span of just over 50 years between 1960 and 2011, there were 34 such reports.According to the prefaces to the reports, the census is meant to help in “planning for framing…
India’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $1.567 billion to reach $677.835 billion for the week ending April 11, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday. The reserves have shown continuous growth for sixth consecutive week.The overall forex kitty witnessed an increase of $10.872 billion, reaching $676.268 billion in the previous reporting week ended April…
Abhishek Nayar (Agency Photo) NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders’ mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy posted a cryptic Instagram story tagging former KKR coach Abhishek Nayar, shortly after the Indian cricket team‘s assistant coach was let go by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).In the Instagram story, Varun posted an image of himself in…
How AICTE, IBM, TCS and NIIT are upskilling students before they graduate India sees over 1 crore students graduating every year. However, employability remains a major concern. According to the 2025 Mercer-Mettl Employability Report, only 42.6% of Indian graduates are deemed employable—a noticeable drop from 44.3% in 2023. This decline reflects a widening gap between…
Harpreet Singh in FBI custody NEW DELHI: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States on Friday flagged Harpreet Singh‘s links to the Pakistani spy body Inter-Serices Intelligence (ISI) and the Khalistani terrorist group Babbar Khalsa International (BKL). The FBI said Singh evaded capture by using “untraceable burner phones and encrypted applications”.Agents from…
MUMBAI: Markets regulator Sebi is looking at ways to sort out issues relating to the initial public offering (IPO) of NSE, the largest stock exchange in India in terms of turnover. Sebi set up a committee to look into various issues related to NSE’s IPO, the regulator’s chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Thursday.The Sebi…
Harvard faces US backlash as Trump escalates war on academic freedom Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher learning in the US, has become the epicenter of a high-stakes conflict with President Donald Trump, igniting national debate over academic freedom, federal authority, and institutional independence. What began as a firm rejection of the White House’s…
Youth Congress supporters stop a train during their protest over the Enforcement Directorate filing a chargesheet against the Party Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Lok Sabha LoP and party MP Rahul Gandhi and others on charges of money laundering in the National Herald case, in Patna on Friday. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: A group of…
India’s growth of becoming a global powerhouse in the automobile industry is being slowed down by a lack of innovation, according to a new report by NITI Aayog.The report further noted that this drawback was mainly due to inadequate infrastructure in research and development as India’s spending on the sector remains among the lowest in…
