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SECTOR | 17 Apr 2025

Shooting at Florida State University leaves several injured, FBI responds

Business Standard

A shooting Thursday on the Florida State University campus sent an unknown number of people to a nearby hospital, a medical centre spokesperson said. Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare was receiving and treating people affected by the shooting, said Sarah Cannon, a hospital spokesperson. She said the hospital cannot yet confirm the number of people in care, and said the details are still unfolding. Ambulances, fire trucks and patrol vehicles from multiple law enforcement agencies raced toward the campus midday Thursday after the university issued an active shooter alert near the student union. Hundreds of students streamed away from the direction of the student union. Students were glued to their phones, some visibly emotional. Junior Joshua Sirmans, 20, was in the university's main library when he said alarms began going off warning of an active shooter. Sirmans said law enforcement officers escorted him and other students out of the library with their hands over their heads. FBI ..

JNU professor terminated on charges of molesting foreign researcher

Business Standard | 17 Apr 2025 2 more

Education

SECTOR | 17 Apr 2025

IIT Delhi UG students get 850 unique job offers in 2025, highest in 3 years

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Recruiters making double-digit offers to undergraduate students on campus this year include several large firms across sectors

Education

SECTOR | 17 Apr 2025

Consumer protection watchdog warns coaching centres against misleading ads ahead of IIT-JEE results

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According to an official statement, coaching centres must ensure their representations are accurate, clear, and free from misleading claims'

Education

SECTOR | 17 Apr 2025

Indian student's US deportation blocked: Wider visa implications decoded

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A US federal judge temporarily blocked the deportation of Krish Lal Isserdasani, an Indian student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, whose student visa was suddenly revoked.

Who is Chinmay Deore, Indian student challenging his US visa termination?

Business Standard | 17 Apr 2025

Education

SECTOR | 16 Apr 2025

IIT Madras launches new PG Diploma in Emerging Tech domains

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The program allows learners to access high-quality education while maintaining flexibility to pursue employment or internships simultaneously, a release from IIT-Madras said

Education

SECTOR | 16 Apr 2025

Explainer: Trump-Harvard controversy and its impact on students, immigrants

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The Trump administration has escalated its conflict with Harvard University by threatening to revoke its tax-exempt status after freezing over $2 billion in federal funding

Trump threatens Harvard's tax-exempt status over campus protests

Business Line | 16 Apr 2025 8 more

Education

SECTOR | 15 Apr 2025

Harvard's decision to resist Trump is of 'momentous significance'

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University's $2.2 bn funding frozen for defying Prez's campus demands

Education

SECTOR | 15 Apr 2025

Is your pet dog leaving a bigger carbon pawprint than you know?

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From predators to polluters: A study by researchers at Curtin University, Australia argues that pet dogs might be a greater threat to the wildlife and environment, and they're getting a free pass

Education

SECTOR | 14 Apr 2025

Deep tech not just for startups; govt, industry must step up: Bikhchandani

Business Standard

Joining the debate on Indian startups' focus on online deliveries and betting apps instead of deep tech, tech founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani on Monday said building deep tech isn't the responsibility of startups because funds required for it are too large, and the government as well as deep-pocketed groups such as Reliance and Adani will need to step in. In a longish post on X, Bikhchandani, a serial entrepreneur whose ventures include job portal Naukri.com, and matrimony site Jeevansathi.com and co-founding Ashoka University, said unlike startup funding, deep tech investing needs funds with a longer time horizon of more than 20-25 years. Investors such as venture firms and individual entrepreneurs will do what according to them makes commercial sense and "sometimes out of passion, romance and foolishness". "But even so if you can't make commercial sense out of it, they can't carry on indefinitely without financial support," he said. "And therefore, there is this gap between it being

Education

SECTOR | 14 Apr 2025

Tribhuvan Sahkari University to train talent for entire co-op sector

Business Line

The existing IRMA campus at Anand will form hub for the new university; Centre to pump in 500 crore for infrastructure