Washington, June 17 (IANS) A federal judge in US city of Boston ruled that the Trump’s administration’s decision to terminate funding for diversity-related research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was illegal, accusing the administration of discriminating against minority groups. A dramatic federal courtroom scene has reignited a national reckoning over science, equity, and…
हार्वर्ड यूनिवर्सिटी (harvard.edu) Harvard University is actively engaging with prominent domestic and international institutions, such as the University of Chicago and the London Business School, to find alternative arrangements for its international students who may soon face legal barriers to remaining in the United States, according to media reports. This urgent initiative arises amid intensifying…
Germany’s Max Planck Society has recorded a dramatic threefold increase in applications from the United States, reflecting growing unease among American scientists over the future of research under President Donald Trump’s administration. The spring 2025 recruitment round saw 81 applications from early-career women scientists in the US, compared to just 25 in the previous year…
What began as a promise of equal opportunity for America’s poorest children is now teetering on the edge of crisis. The federally funded Head Start preschool program, once hailed as a cornerstone of early childhood education for low-income families, is grappling with severe funding disruptions, bureaucratic inertia, and policy rollbacks driven by a cost-cutting push…
US universities brace for losses as Europe attracts global talent and Trump policies deter students. (AI Image) For decades, international studentshave been a vital part of the US higher education system, contributing not only to academic diversity but also to the country’s economy. In the 2023–24 academic year alone, foreign students brought in over $43…
Trump-era deportations rattle US campuses, foreign talent at risk, over 4,000 foreign students face deportation As a wave of deportation threats sweeps across US campuses, over 4,000 foreign students—many of them from India—are facing potential removal under the Trump administration’s renewed immigration crackdown. University officials, legal experts, and students themselves are scrambling to respond, with…
On Friday, a federal judge ruled that immigration authorities are not required to reinstate a Biden-era policy limiting arrests at schools, following a legal challenge from Denver officials against new Trump administration policies, as reported by the Associated Press.US District Judge Daniel Domenico stated that Denver Public Schools failed to demonstrate that a decline in…
European leaders find themselves plunged into a hostile new era of less cooperation from the United States, a greater threat from Russia and an increasingly uncertain outlook for Ukraine. On Thursday, they are gathering in Brussels to try to figure out what to do about that. They are walking a fine line: They need to…
WASHINGTON: A senior federal prosecutor in Washington resigned on Tuesday, citing what she called an improper demand by appointees of President Donald Trump’s administration to launch a criminal probe of a government contract awarded under former President Joe Biden. Denise Cheung, who supervised criminal cases at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, said she had…