Across the landscape of American higher education, a quiet erosion is underway—one that threatens to reverse decades of progress toward inclusivity. Programs once designed to welcome, support, and empower students of color are now being stripped away, one initiative at a time. From mentorship networks and scholarship funds to cultural orientation events and diversity offices,…
NEW DELHI: Essar group venture GreenLine Mobility Solutions Ltd, India’s sole operator of LNG- and electric-powered heavy commercial trucks, has announced a $275 million equity investment, to accelerate the decarbonisation of heavy trucking in India.The invesetment includes $20 million from Nikhil Kamath, marking a significant boost to transformation of India’s logistics, the company said on…
Education Secretary Linda McMahon under scrutiny over Trump administration’s diversity crackdown in schools. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) The Trump administration has escalated its efforts to reshape US public education by threatening to withhold federal funding from schools that continue to support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. On Thursday, March 31, 2025, the Education Department warned…
Private equity likes the long ball The San Francisco Giants, one of Major League Baseball’s most successful franchises, have sold about 10 percent of the team to the private equity group Sixth Street, Ken Belson and Lauren Hirsch are first to report. The team will use the cash to help pay for upgrades to the…
Elon Musk says he wants to replace DEI with MEI — “merit, excellence and intelligence” rather than “diversity, equity and inclusion” The Trump administration’s aggressive rollback of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs has ignited a legal and ideological battle over the future of academic freedom in the United States. In a sweeping move to…
NEW DELHI: Smriti Irani, Chairperson of the Alliance for Global Good: Gender Equity and Equality on Saturday took center stage at the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2025 in Davos, Switzerland, advocating for gender equity as a vital driver of global economic growth.Irani, a former Union minister, highlighted the importance of gender parity not just as…
In his poignant farewell speech, President Joe Biden issued a dire warning: “Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power, and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead.” Aimed squarely at figures like President-elect Donald Trump and…
Foreign investors have scaled back their investments in Indian equities significantly amid global and domestic headwinds. NEW DELHI: Foreign investors have withdrawn Rs 22,194 crore from Indian equities this month, driven by expectations of a weak earnings season, a steady rise in the US dollar, and concerns over tariff war during Donald Trump’s presidency.This came…
MUMBAI: Despite volatile stock market conditions last month, retail investors put their money in equities through the mutual fund route, with total inflows at Rs 41,156 crore. Dec also recorded the highest-ever gross monthly flows through the systematic investment plan route, at almost Rs 26,460 crore, data released by MF industry trade body Amfi showed….
On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court made a landmark decision, ruling against race-based affirmative action policies in college admissions. The 6-3 decision concluded that using race as a factor in admissions violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This ruling, which…