It is 2025, with embellished women’s empowerment ideals in the boardrooms. The slogans of women being on par with men are showered like confetti in a parade. However, their pay cheques reveal a contrary and grim picture. Did we hear that in the meeting? Well, conversations about gender equality in boardrooms are punctured by the…
Why Nvidia’s Huang and OpenAI’s Altman back $100K while Indians struggle Indian STEM graduates and early-career tech professionals in the U.S. are facing one of the most significant disruptions in decades. President Donald Trump’s decision to raise the H-1B visa sponsorship fee to $100,000 has sent shockwaves across the tech landscape. While global giants like…
For much of the modern era, the United States has stood as the undisputed citadel of higher education. Its universities, fortified by world-class faculty, unrivalled research output, and a promise of upward mobility, have lured generations of ambitious minds across borders. To study in the US has not merely been an academic decision; it has…
Harvard University has denied tenure to Durba Mitra, a prominent associate professor in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGS). Mitra, whose scholarship includes two major books and leadership at the Schlesinger Library, had cleared Harvard’s departmental and Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) tenure review. Her denial, communicated in June 2025, left colleagues “flabbergasted” and…
Classrooms have long relied on a fragile compact between students and teachers, built on honesty, curiosity, and the belief that learning is more than the pursuit of grades. That compact is now under strain. With generative AI entering the mainstream, assignments can be completed in seconds, and the relationship between effort and reward is rapidly…
After US, Canada sees teachers at risk over online comments about Charlie Kirk In the wake of the September 10 assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, educators across North America are encountering professional repercussions for their social media commentary. While the majority of these incidents have occurred in the United States, a notable case in…
For young Americans entering the workforce, the job hunt is becoming tougher than ever. Rising tariffs, tech layoffs, and cautious corporate spending are creating a perfect storm for recent graduates. Gary Cohn, former director of the National Economic Council under President Donald Trump, says these pressures are making companies tighten their belts—and that often means…
The United States has stood as the preeminent global epicenter for higher education, a magnet to pull ambitious minds seeking intellectual rigour, innovation, and opportunity. That status is now imperiled. According to the International Trade Administration, student visa arrivals have collapsed to their lowest levels since the COVID-battered year of 2021, signaling structural challenges that…
The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has announced the DRDO Apprentice Recruitment 2025, offering a total of 195 vacancies for various apprentice positions under the Apprentices Act, 1961. These positions are available at the Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad, for a one-year training period. This recruitment drive presents an excellent opportunity for fresh graduates…
Burnout is no longer an occasional inconvenience—it has become a quiet epidemic, gnawing at the core of America’s workforce. Employees are running on empty, juggling relentless demands while their personal lives quietly unravel. The MyPerfectResume survey reveals that nearly two-thirds of workers feel burned out multiple times per week. Behind this number is a workforce…
