Did Columbia’s deal with Trump save its stature or sacrifice it?Columbia University settled with the Trump administration, agreeing to a $200 million fine and other demands to restore federal research fu...
25 Jul, 2025, 01.31 PM IST
Indian student facing deportation over minor offence receives two degrees in USPriya Saxena, an Indian doctoral student, faces deportation from the US despite holding two advanced degrees and a valid visa. The DHS cite...
13 May, 2025, 11.14 AM IST
Governor gives assent to Odisha University (Amendment) BillGovernor Hari Babu Kambhampati approved the Odisha University (Amendment) Act, 2024, effective Sunday, initiating significant higher educat...
13 Apr, 2025, 02.34 PM IST
Texas A&M University president Katherine Banks resigns amid hiring controversy; Here’s what happenedFollowing a hiring controversy, Dean Mark Welsh has been appointed as the acting president of Texas A&M University.
21 Jul, 2023, 10.46 PM IST
Indian-Americans slam University of Pennsylvania professor for her disparaging comments against Asian-AmericansIn a recent interview to Fox News, Prof Amy Wax from the University of Pennsylvania alleged that "Blacks" and "non-Western" groups have "a ...
17 Apr, 2022, 02.13 PM IST
Indian Americans Vivek Murthy, Arun Majumdar among likely in Biden administration's Cabinet: reportsAfter leaving Washington, DC and before joining Stanford, Majumdar was the Vice President for Energy at Google, where he created several en...
18 Nov, 2020, 10.14 AM IST
Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett signed second anti-abortion adTrump nominated Barrett, a conservative judge on the 7th Circuit US Court of Appeals, to fill the seat made vacant by the death of Justice ...
10 Oct, 2020, 11.00 AM IST
India-born eminent mathematician VS Varadarajan, wife Veda give $1 mn to UCLAThe couple want to establish a professorship honouring Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.
07 Mar, 2019, 03.04 PM IST
Manmohan Singh can take up teaching without fearing disqualificationThe Joint Committee on Office of Profit has made it clear that if the former PM chooses to accept the offer, it "may not attract the angle ...
22 Nov, 2016, 05.44 PM IST
25 Indian students asked to leave US varsity: ReportThe move will force the students to return to India or find placement in another university or programme in the US.
07 Jun, 2016, 04.00 PM IST
Cambridge University to stop tradition of putting exam results on displayThe university is preparing to end the practice of posting students' results on boards on the wall of the Senate House in the town centre.
03 Apr, 2016, 08.26 PM IST
Will Delhi University’s 4-year BTech make an engineer? IITs not sureDU has converted a batch of six courses - including computer science, electronics, instrumentation - that were earlier BSc or BA to BTech.
04 Jul, 2013, 12.20 PM IST
- Kapil Sibal trying to persuade deemed universities to adopt the new common entrance examination
Protests by the IIT faculty and alumni notwithstanding, the human resource development is reaching out to states and deemed to be universit...
14 Jun, 2012, 08.30 AM IST
Kapil Sibal rules out rollback of common exam, no intent to impact IIT system’s autonomyEven as members of the IIT faculty and alumni continue to protest over the common entrance exam, Sibal virtually ruled out a rollback.
13 Jun, 2012, 08.42 AM IST
- IIT Faculty Federation & Senates of IIT K and Delhi question HRD move to replace IIT-JEE
They have decided to ask the human resources development ministry to hold on and further debate the issue of examination reforms.
26 Mar, 2012, 02.11 AM IST
- Sibal-Burns talks focus on India-US education council
US under secretary of state William Burns on Thursday called on minister for human resource development Kapil Sibal to firm up the proposal...
16 Oct, 2009, 04.03 AM IST
- Mumbai varsity plans tapping capital markets for funds
The Senate of Mumbai University has sanctioned Rs 2,00,000 to conduct a study on the feasibility of listing the varsity on the stock market...
07 May, 2007, 07.55 PM IST