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The vanishing lifeline: How shrinking international enrollment is reshaping American higher education – The Times of India

FILE – (Matt Hamilton//Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File) For decades, international students formed the unspoken foundation of American higher education, their presence quietly underwriting the ambitions of institutions that could not otherwise afford them. Far from being transient guests, they were the lifeline for universities perched on narrow financial margins. Their full, unsubsidized…

ISL gets lifeline as AIFF, FSDL file joint resolution in Supreme Court: Explained

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The long-running standoff between the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL) over the Master Rights Agreement (MRA) appears to have taken a constructive turn, with both parties presenting a joint proposal before the Supreme Court. The move is being seen as a significant step towards restoring stability in Indian football…

No degree, no barrier: NYC’s unseen hiring surge is a lifeline for the working class – Times of India

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In the city that never sleeps, opportunity doesn’t knock; it gets posted on JobsNYC. And right now, the City of New York is opening doors that have long been shut to those without a college degree.From housing dispatch offices to justice corridors and underground transit systems, hundreds of entry-level jobs are being offered to everyday…

8 ways prompt engineering can be your career lifeline in the age of AI – Times of India

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While Artificial Intelligence (AI) may have sounded the death knell for a number of jobs, it has also introduced new jobs, doing what technology often does – disrupting but also, building. The latest career in town, which is a result of the advent of AI, is Prompt engineering. A prompt engineer is basically responsible for…

UnitedHealth’s Move to End Cyberattack Loan Lifeline Upsets Medical Providers

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Two independent medical practices in Minnesota once hoped to expand operations but have spent the past year struggling to recover from the cyberattack on a vast UnitedHealth Group payment system. Odom Health & Wellness, a sports medicine and rehabilitation outfit, and the Dillman Clinic & Lab, a family medicine practice, are among the thousands of…

70% of job skills will be rewritten by 2030: 7 core competencies that will be your professional lifeline – The Times of India

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“Change is the only constant.” The age-old adage has found new significance in the modern workforce. Since artificial intelligence first knocked on the corporate doors, it has successfully altered the very face of the workplace. The changes, once a perennial truth, have transformed into a “new norm.” According to LinkedIn, a staggering 70% of the…

Dolphin Hunting Is Their Tradition. Rising Seas Have Made It a Lifeline.

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The call of a conch shell roused the dolphin hunters from their beds. Under moonlight, the six men shuffled to the village church. There a priest led them in a whispered prayer, his voice barely audible over the sound of crashing waves; the tide was high that day. Saltwater pooled in parts of the village,…

Reddit Becomes a Lifeline for Federal Workers Scared of Losing Their Jobs

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On March 4, a Trump appointee at the Department of Veterans Affairs circulated a memo to senior leadership. The agency, it said, would “move out aggressively” to improve efficiency, with an “initial objective” of cutting the work force to 2019 levels. The next morning, someone posted a copy of this “reduction in force” memo to…

A lifeline for Vizag Steel

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Visakhapatnam, or as the Telugu biddas like to call it, ‘Vizag’, is Andhra Pradesh’s biggest metro city and lays claim to such honorifics as the ‘shipbuilding capital of India’ and the ‘jewel of the East coast’. And among the jewels the city boasts of is the government-owned Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) or the Vizag…

How GoFundMe Became a 0 Million Lifeline After the L.A. Fires

How GoFundMe Became a $250 Million Lifeline After the L.A. Fires

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During a news conference four day after the fires began, Kathryn Barger, the chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, said she had been forced to pay a $95 fee to the company to make a $500 donation to a friend whose home had been lost in the fire. “I was shocked,” she…