US shutdown can cost taxpayers $400 million daily. Here's the drama behind the deadlock, who keeps working, and what happens nowA federal shutdown commenced after lawmakers failed to agree on funding, with Democrats blocking a measure over healthcare demands. This fu...
01 Oct, 2025, 08.27 PM IST
Government shutdown: Will air travel be affected? Will Social Security checks still go out? Check detailsThe US government has shut down after a funding bill failed, leading to air traffic controllers working unpaid while aviation hiring and tr...
01 Oct, 2025, 09.56 AM IST
Trump’s NASA budget cuts could compromise human safety, warn hundreds of agency employees in open letterWith looming budget cuts at NASA, scientists are voicing their fears about the safety of ongoing missions. Echoing the tragic Challenger in...
26 Jul, 2025, 02.22 PM IST
EPA puts on leave 139 employees who spoke out against policies under TrumpThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has put 139 employees on leave. These employees dissented against the agency's policies. They acc...
04 Jul, 2025, 06.08 AM IST
Trump freezes Nobel-winning scientist’s U.S. grant, China jumps in with open arms and unlimited funding offersNobel laureate Ardem Patapoutian, who found refuge in America, faced a dilemma when NIH funding cuts threatened his research. China offered...
06 Jun, 2025, 12.56 AM IST
Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in US cuts. Foreign universities want to hire themFacing significant funding cuts and academic uncertainty in the U.S., international institutions are launching initiatives to attract Ameri...
25 May, 2025, 06.27 PM IST
Trump admin plans $40 bn in health budget cuts: ReportThe Trump administration plans to slash annual discretionary spending at the US federal health department by around one-third, or $40 billi...
17 Apr, 2025, 07.02 AM IST
Australia's top universities say U.S. funding at risk due to Trump crackdownAustralia's top universities revealed that the Trump administration had cut U.S. funding to some researchers and requested others to align ...
13 Mar, 2025, 02.32 PM IST
Who is Jay Bhattacharya, US' new National Institutes of Health directorDr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford professor against Covid lockdowns, is set for a Senate confirmation hearing to lead NIH. His nomination is...
10 Mar, 2025, 12.56 PM IST
Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employeesMost of the 80,000 federal workers in the Health and Human Services Department have been offered up to $25,000 to leave their jobs as part ...
09 Mar, 2025, 08.01 PM IST
DOGE slashes research funds to private medical sector, scientists warn China could snatch America’s brightest mindsThe policy has faced legal challenges, with a federal judge temporarily blocking it, as reported by news agencies, leaving some universitie...
22 Feb, 2025, 10.36 PM IST
2024 was the year India became the talk of AmericaDonald Trump's 2024 presidential victory saw a surge in Indian-American support for the Republican party. Prominent Indian-Americans, inclu...
19 Dec, 2024, 07.58 PM IST
Trump 2.0: Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy point at DOGE targets- Is it going to put jobs at risk? Check detailsDonald Trump has picked Elon Musk for a role in government cost-cutting, as part of his drive to "dismantle" bureaucracy when he returns to...
16 Dec, 2024, 12.55 PM IST
These universities in the U.S may be in the line of fire as Trump may withhold massive research grants; here's the listThe Trump administration is reportedly planning to withhold significant NIH research grants from universities accused of lacking "academic ...
09 Dec, 2024, 10.03 PM IST
US Shutdown: What to expect if Congress fails to reach consensus, what closes, what stays openUS Shutdown: US government services face disruption and federal workers may be furloughed if Congress fails to extend funding past Oct. 1. ...
11 Sep, 2024, 04.06 PM IST
Canadian scientists lead Nobel Prize medicine race for developing mRNA vaccineResearch has estimated that 19.8 million lives were saved by the vaccines in 2021.
22 Sep, 2022, 07.00 PM IST
- Moving Indian product story into next orbit
The defence ministry should not only protect public sector navratna companies, but also ensure that private SMEs can benefit.
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