Harvard, Stanford, Yale under scanner: Trump expands fight against elite colleges with focus on 'the diversity problem'The Trump administration is widening its campaign against US universities, shifting from antisemitism investigations towards diversity prog...
16 Sep, 2026, 05.18 PM IST
BRICS adopts New Delhi Declaration: Inside the 140-point document on Global South's ambitionsBRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration at the 18th summit, reaffirming their commitment to cooperation, multilateralism and a more...
14 Sep, 2026, 01.31 PM IST
Google settles racial discrimination lawsuit for $50 millionGoogle has reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit brought forth by Black employees, who claimed they experienced inequitable treatm...
09 May, 2026, 12.13 AM IST
Donald Trump expands DEI crackdown on law firms with order against Perkins CoieUS President Donald Trump signed an executive order against law firm Perkins Coie, revoking its security clearance and examining its govern...
07 Mar, 2025, 09.21 PM IST
'You are not above the law': Trump administration warns of strict action against companies favoring foreign workers over AmericansThe EEOC is intensifying enforcement against companies that prioritize H-1B visa holders over American workers, as such practices violate f...
04 Mar, 2025, 01.12 PM IST
Trump fires two Democratic commissioners of agency that enforces civil rights laws in the workplacePresident Donald Trump has fired two Democratic commissioners from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a National Labor Relatio...
29 Jan, 2025, 07.26 AM IST
American college admissions rule: Affirmative action, it’s not a binaryThe US Supreme Court's recent decision against affirmative action dealt a final blow to race-conscious admissions. Though the case was brou...
08 Jul, 2023, 12.21 AM IST
Boss tells black nurse to ‘bleach her skin’ for patients to be nice to herSouth African black nurse was advised to bleach her black skin so that her patients could be nice to her. At the same time, the employment ...
28 Oct, 2022, 12.23 AM IST
California accuses Tesla Inc of racial discrimination in lawsuitTesla is appealing that verdict and has denied any knowledge of racist conduct that Diaz said took place at the plant, which has about 10,0...
10 Feb, 2022, 01.10 PM IST
Former India employee Nandini Mehta sues Netflix over wrongful terminationIn a 47-page complaint, Mehta’s counsels from law firm McLaughlin & Stern alleged that the termination was in retaliation to her “valid com...
18 Jul, 2021, 08.52 AM IST
US agency probes Facebook for 'systemic' racial bias in hiring, promotionsA 'systemic' probe means the agency, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, suspects company policies may be contributing to widespre...
06 Mar, 2021, 03.48 PM IST
Infosys faces fresh race discrimination suit in USA former employee has sought a jury trial in a Texas court and compensatory damages from the company.
12 Jun, 2020, 11.45 PM IST
Former Infosys immigration head seeks arbitrationThe judge said he could only arbitrate his claims, considering that such a process was mandated by his employment contract.
05 Apr, 2018, 11.20 AM IST
Racial violence against NE people: SC gives slew of directionsSC was of the view that involvement of the law enforcement machinery is alone not sufficient to resolve the problem.
14 Dec, 2016, 11.28 PM IST
- 50 lakh people likely to migrate from NE in 5 years: Report
According to the research findings, exodus from the region has increased 12 times in the last five years with 414,850 people migrating in 2...
26 Dec, 2011, 02.55 PM IST
- French cosmetics giant L'Oreal accused of racism
Just days after French President Nicholas Sarkozy raised a furore with his statements against the burqa, the country is at the centre of an...
25 Jun, 2009, 10.05 PM IST
- Asian Muslim woman wins race case against British Army
An Asian woman working as a lawyer in British Army has won a racial discrimination case against the force after she claimed that she was vi...
10 Jun, 2008, 05.56 PM IST