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Claire Shipman, acting president, Columbia University in the City of New York. (Getty Images) Columbia University defies Trump administration, vows to protect academic independence Claire Shipman, acting president, Columbia University in the City of New York. (Getty Images) Columbia University defies Trump administration, vows to protect academic independence Claire Shipman, acting president, Columbia University in…

KOCHI: Kerala HC issued Wednesday notices to chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter T Veena, and others in a PIL seeking a CBI inquiry into alleged financial dealings between Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd and Veena’s firm Exalogic Solutions Pvt Ltd. The next hearing is scheduled for May 27. Before admitting the petition, the HC…

How Trump’s visa and funding decisions are straining US higher education institutions. (AP photo) The US higher education system is facing a looming financial crisis, and experts are pointing directly to President Donald Trump’s aggressive policy changes as the cause. From sweeping visa restrictions to funding freezes, Trump’s approach is squeezing nearly every revenue stream…

NEW DELHI: SG said there was no basis for the apprehension of fresh scrutiny of ‘waqf by user’ properties. It was meant to enable only those Muslims who had already created a trust for charity, by assuring that their properties would not be treated as waqf property, he said. CJI said, “Before the British came…

Trump’s standoff with Harvard intensifies amid funding cuts and tax exemption threats President Donald Trump has threatened to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status after the Ivy League school rejected a list of political and institutional demands from his administration. The threat follows the government’s decision to cut $2.2 billion in federal funding previously earmarked for…

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court directed Tihar Jail authorities on Wednesday to appear in person to explain how “such a desperate accused person”, an undertrial named Shahnawaz, was kept together in isolation in prison with Christian Michel James, one of the alleged middlemen in the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter case. The court of special judge Sanjeev…