The Trump administration threatened on Thursday to withhold federal funding from public schools unless state education officials verified the elimination of all programs that it said unfairly promoted diversity, equity and inclusion. In a memo sent to top public education officials across the country, the Education Department said that funding for schools with high percentages…
In the past few months, some of the largest banks and asset managers in the United States have quit net zero networks, the climate groups that encourage their members to set ambitious carbon reduction targets and collaborate internationally on sustainability efforts. But the week after Donald J. Trump won re-election in November, NYCERS, a pension…
The Trump administration intends to terminate the United States’ financial support for Gavi, the organization that has helped purchase critical vaccines for children in developing countries, saving millions of lives over the past quarter century, and to significantly scale back support for efforts to combat malaria, one of the biggest killers globally. The administration has…
File photo: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, also the party’s general secretary said here on Monday that the “depriving West Bengal of central funds” that are legitimate dues for the state by the Narendra Modi government is likely to be the main political campaign theme…
Columbia University agreed on Friday to overhaul its protest policies, security practices and Middle Eastern studies department in a remarkable concession to the Trump administration, which has refused to consider restoring $400 million in federal funds without major changes. The agreement, which stunned and dismayed many members of the faculty, could signal a new stage…
NEW DELHI: NSE MD & CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan has said with 11 crore registered investors and 21 crore accounts, India is poised to fund entrepreneurial dreams and MSMEs must leverage capital markets to secure funding and scale businesses.“The world is moving from a unipolar system (dominated by the US) to a multipolar system, where India…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee and members of the treasury benches had a heated exchange in Lok Sabha on Tuesday over the stoppage of MNREGA funds for West Bengal.During Question Hour, Banerjee said that the benefits of the MNREGA scheme were not reaching the state.“The constant stand by the ministry is 25…
NEW YORK: The Trump administration said Friday that it’s pulling $400 million from Columbia University, canceling grants and contracts because of what the government describes as the Ivy League school’s failure to squelch antisemitism on campus. The notice came five days after federal agencies announced they were considering orders to stop work on $51 million…
MUMBAI: Amid a Trump administration-led funding freeze on international scholarships, recently opened Nehru-Fulbright Master’s Fellowship, a funding programme to study in the US, has decided to close gates on Indian govt officials for the two-year scholarship for the 2026-2027 cohort. Policy administration as a field of study, a popular choice picked by those from various…
BJP Tamil Nadu President K Annamalai NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday took a swipe at Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin over asking more fund for Tamil than “dead language like Sanskrit.”In a post on X, BJP Tamil Nadu President K Annamalai questioned Stalin’s efforts to spread Tamil beyond the state and claimed…