Mystery deepens as FBI investigates missing US scientists; House Oversight Committee launches parallel probeA series of unexplained deaths and disappearances involving US scientists and government personnel, including a retired Air Force general, ...
21 Apr, 2026, 09.48 AM IST
Without affirmative action, elite colleges are prioritising economic diversity in admissionsPrestigious colleges are enrolling record numbers of low-income students as a priority in the absence of affirmative action. Universities a...
11 Dec, 2025, 11.49 AM IST
Groww raises Rs 2,985 crore from investors ahead of IPO, sovereign funds, SBI MF join anchor bookGroww’s Rs 6,632-crore initial public offering comprises a fresh issue of Rs 1,060 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of 557 million shares ...
04 Nov, 2025, 08.58 AM IST
No cash bonuses. Chandigarh company's Diwali gifts for ‘rockstar' employees go viral: 51 carsChandigarh businessman MK Bhatia, founder of Mits Healthcare, celebrated Diwali by gifting 51 brand-new cars to his top-performing employee...
20 Oct, 2025, 03.25 PM IST
MIT rejects Trump memo linking federal funding to campus policiesMIT's President Sally Kornbluth rejected a White House memo on federal funding policies, citing concerns over institutional independence an...
11 Oct, 2025, 08.50 AM IST
Who is Joe Gebbia? Airbnb co-founder becomes first Chief Design Officer, plans to make government services as seamless as the Apple App StoreJo Gebbia, Airbnb co-founder, is now the United States' first Chief Design Officer. President Trump created this role through an executive ...
24 Aug, 2025, 08.42 AM IST
In new attack, Trump spending bill would hike taxes on elite collegesA U.S. House-passed spending bill proposes increasing the tax on investment gains for wealthy private universities, potentially reaching 21...
23 May, 2025, 02.56 PM IST
Funding freeze pushes Harvard to the brink: Job cuts and euthanizing research animals now on the table, say shocked scientistsHarvard University faces a severe crisis as the Trump administration froze over $2.2 billion in federal funding, forcing research suspensio...
17 Apr, 2025, 07.50 PM IST
Police arrest dozens as they break up pro-Palestinian protests at several US universitiesPro-Palestinian protest encampments were dismantled at the University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Unive...
11 May, 2024, 07.19 AM IST
Biden appoints two Indian-Americans to Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and NegotiationsOn Friday, Biden announced his intent to appoint 14 people to the Advisory Committee, which provides overall policy advice to the United St...
11 Mar, 2023, 08.35 AM IST
Joe Biden elevates science post to cabinet levelThe former vice-president will have to grapple with a nation hard-hit by Covid-19: known infections have surpassed 23 million with almost 4...
16 Jan, 2021, 10.13 AM IST
Tech companies like Nokia, Wikipedia crowd at Kumbh Mela to test real-time innovationsAround three crore pilgrims are expected to gather at the Kumbh Mela in Nashik this year, but sadhus and spectators aren't the only expecte...
24 Aug, 2015, 11.34 AM IST
Obama's top science official Subra Suresh resigns to join as CMU presidentAs Director of National Science Foundation (NSF) since 2010, Suresh was responsible for driving scientific research of the country.
06 Feb, 2013, 06.58 AM IST
Four Indian Americans selected to prestigious Marshal ScholarshipFour Indian Americans have been selected to the prestigious Marshal Scholarship that will give them an opportunity to pursue higher studies...
06 Dec, 2012, 11.08 PM IST
- There's a good reason why IIT is not MIT
The mandate of the IITs and IIMs for the first 50 years was to provide the sinews and muscles in terms of leaders for developing India.
29 May, 2011, 01.46 PM IST
- IIM-B hires 23 PhDs from foreign varsities as faculty
In its quest to give research a fillip ahead of the entry of foreign universities, the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) is ...
08 Nov, 2010, 02.20 PM IST
- US employers dropping employee health insurance?
A Democratic governor laid out a scheme for employers to get out of health care by shifting workers into taxpayer-subsidized insurance mark...
26 Oct, 2010, 01.06 AM IST