Elon Musk tears into Oscars 2025 authority with 'messed up' remark. Here's whyOscars 2025 didn't have major controversy but Elon Musk has criticized the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
03 Mar, 2025, 07.53 PM IST
US changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity. It's the first revision in 27 yearsThe U.S. government's revised race and ethnicity categorization allows for more accurate self-identification, including a Middle Eastern an...
29 Mar, 2024, 07.17 AM IST
Census shows US is diversifying, white population shrinkingThe numbers could help determine control of the House in the 2022 elections and provide an electoral edge for years to come. The data will ...
13 Aug, 2021, 08.43 AM IST
WEF Davos 2021: Infosys, TCS join coalition to tackle workplace racismAnnouncing the international coalition during its week-long online Davos Agenda Summit 2021, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said it would w...
25 Jan, 2021, 02.06 PM IST
Huawei's role in developing surveillance products including 'Uyghur alarm', sparks international outcryThe revelation this week of Huawei's role in testing artificial intelligence surveillance technology, which includes a face-scanning camera...
13 Dec, 2020, 10.36 AM IST
Goldman escalates diversity push at portfolio companies; activists want moreThe move also shows the tension between the growing importance of racial justice to investors and the difficulty of effecting social change...
10 Dec, 2020, 11.22 AM IST
Covid toll turns spotlight on Europe's taboo of data by raceThere is no easy fix. Even in Britain, where more detailed data on race and ethnicity is available, there is debate over the root causes of...
19 Nov, 2020, 11.59 AM IST
United Kingdom COVID-19 report says 'structural racism' killing minoritiesThe report was commissioned by the main opposition Labour party and is likely to feed into political criticism of the Conservative governme...
27 Oct, 2020, 06.04 PM IST
Diversity wins! In a first, Academy Awards set inclusion standards for best picture categoryAll other categories will be held to their current eligibility requirements.
09 Sep, 2020, 06.41 PM IST
Harvard University accused of racially discriminating against Asian-American studentsThe 388-year-old institution is being sued by Students for Fair Admissions, an action group, for discriminating against Asian applicants, t...
17 Jun, 2018, 02.20 PM IST
Asian-Americans fared better during recession: StudyThis study also states that for the most part, as a group, AAPI workers have had more favourable economic outcomes than workers in any othe...
07 Sep, 2014, 03.12 PM IST
SABA voices concern over racial profiling of Asian-AmericansThe move follows after news reports that NSA and FBI officials may have used the ethnic slur "raghead" in surveillance programs targeting A...
18 Jul, 2014, 03.40 PM IST
- Indians and Chinese get better jobs than white British men
Indian and Chinese men are nearly twice as likely as white British men to find professional and middle-class jobs, a report claimed on Mond...
11 Oct, 2010, 05.17 PM IST
- Malaysia to monitor Internet for 'harmful' blogs
Malaysia has formed a task force to scour the Internet for blog postings deemed harmful to national unity
03 Sep, 2010, 02.53 PM IST
- Oxford and Cambridge failing to recruit enough Indian, non-white students: Study
British universities such as Oxford and Cambridge are failing to recruit enough students of Indian, African, Pakistani and Bangladeshi heri...
03 Feb, 2010, 03.08 PM IST
Oz councillor describes Australian police as 'naive'A local councillor described Australian police as "naive" after it denied racial motive behind a string of violent attacks on Indian studen...
09 Jun, 2009, 12.24 PM IST
- Caste system is racial discrimination: UN rights panel
UN Human Rights Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has controverted India’s stand at its recent Geneva hearings ...
30 Mar, 2007, 12.15 AM IST