Last month, four Republicans from the House and Senate sent letters to the presidents of Ivy League schools demanding years of data about how they decide what to charge. These institutions, the letters said, “establish the industry standard for tuition pricing, creating an umbrella effect for all colleges and universities to justify higher tuition costs…
Today’s top stories cover major developments in politics, defence, sports, and international relations. The government cleared the inclusion of caste enumeration in the next census, a move hailed as historic by some and controversial by others. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose to skip Russia’s Victory Day Parade amid tensions back home after the Pahalgam…
Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw (File photo) NEW DELHI: In a Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the government has decided to include a caste survey in the main census. “Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs has decided today that Caste enumeration should be included in the forthcoming census,” said Ashiwini Vaishnaw.This…
The Ivy League’s Hidden Inequality: How Privilege Drives Admissions and Harms Mental Health The Ivy League, once seen as the pinnacle of academic achievement, has become a high-stakes competition where the odds are stacked against most applicants. With acceptance rates plummeting to single digits, gaining admission to these elite institutions has turned into a near-impossible…
In a victory for patients’ rights, the National Medical Commission has decided that it will take up appeals of patients in cases against doctors. For almost five years, since the NMC was constituted in September 2020, it has been rejecting patients’ appeals stating that only doctors have the right to appeal against decisions of state…
ROSEVILLE, Minn: Republicans will start the year with at least a temporary majority in the Minnesota House after a Democrat decided not to appeal a judge’s decision that he failed to establish residency in the suburban district he was elected to represent. That means Republicans will have a slim 67-66 majority in the House when…
NEW DELHI: A panel with representatives from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), central and state governments, and academia has been formed to update the base year for calculating Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to 2022-23 from 2011-12, the government informed Parliament on Monday. Minister of state for statistics & programme implementation, Rao Inderjit Singh, said…