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  Columbia University reaches $220 million deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding

  World | July 24, 2025 8:07 IST

  The deal comes after months of uncertainty and fraught negotiations at Columbia University. It was among the first targets of President Donald Trump's crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus protests and on colleges that he asserts have allowed Jewish students be threatened and harassed.

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  Columbia student Ranjani Srinivasan flees US: How she managed to escape amid immigration crackdown

  World | March 16, 2025 17:11 IST

  Ranjani Srinivasan, Indian student who was pursuing doctoral degree at the Columbia University, had to flee the United States after her student visa was revoked by the Department of State.

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  Indian student Ranjani Srinivasan self-deports after US revokes visa, here is why

  World | March 15, 2025 7:32 IST

  Trump administration has intensified its campaign against foreign students for participating in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University last year. While the Indian national self deports herself, another woman was arrested in Newark after she failed to leave despite her visa expired.

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  Columbia University cancels graduation ceremony as pro-Palestinian protests roiled campuses

  World | May 06, 2024 18:55 IST

  Columbia University is cancelling its large university-wide commencement ceremony amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests but will hold smaller school-based ceremonies this week and next, the university announced Monday.

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  US: New York police enter Columbia University to arrest pro-Palestinian protesters | VIDEO

  World | May 01, 2024 7:59 IST

  The Columbia University, the flashpoint of pro-Palestinian protests across US schools, has threatened to expel students after a two-week standoff with administrators escalated. The protesters have occupied the Hamilton Hall and have refused to abandon a tent encampment in support of Palestinians.

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  US: Columbia University begins suspending pro-Palestinian protesters as encampment talks stall

  World | April 30, 2024 8:17 IST

  Columbia warned that students who refused to vacate tent encampments would be suspended and be ineligible to complete the semester in good standing. The students have demanded divestment from Israel and amnesty for students and faculty involved in the protests.

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  US students seek full refund of tuition fees as protests against Israel intensify at varsities

  World | April 24, 2024 10:34 IST

  With tensions at Columbia continuing to run high and some students afraid to set foot on the campus, officials said the Ivy League school will switch to hybrid learning for the rest of the semester.

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  Coronavirus: Columbia University, New York schools suspend classes as cases cross 100 in state

  India | March 09, 2020 11:09 IST

  Schools and colleges in the New York state have announced that they are suspending classes, as the number of coronavirus cases jumped to more than 100 and a state of emergency has been declared over the novel Coronavirus outbreak.

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  China's richest man Jack Ma teams up with Columbia University to find cure for Coronavirus

  World | February 21, 2020 19:54 IST

  China's tech billionaire Jack Ma has pledged over USD 2 million to support the development of antiviral drugs to combat the new coronavirus which has killed 2,236 people in the country and infected more than 75,000 others. 

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  China slowdown won't impact India: Arun Jaitley

  October 07, 2015 6:51 IST

  New York : India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the slowdown in the Chinese economy is not going to impact his country andIndia could become the "additional shoulder" the global economy needs to stand on."We

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  96% villages electrified but only 69% of homes have power connections

  India | October 01, 2015 15:56 IST

  Nearly 96% villages in India are electrified but only 69% of homes have electricity connections, according to a new report that draws on data from six states.The data imply that a large part of India's electrification and

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  Colliding black holes send funky light signal from space

  World | September 17, 2015 11:14 IST

  Washington: Using data from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) and Hubble Space Telescope, researchers have confirmed for the first time the existence of two merging black holes that are sending an odd light signal.Entangled by

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  Afghanistan will be self-reliant within this decade: President Ghani

  World | March 26, 2015 8:22 IST

  Washington: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani thanked Congress on Wednesday for billions of American tax dollars and vowed his war-wracked country will be self-reliant within this decade."We're not going to be the lazy Uncle Joe," he

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  Honoured to be appointed by PM Modi to NITI Aayog: Panagariya

  India | January 06, 2015 10:54 IST

  New York: Indian-American economist Arvind Panagariya has said that he is "honoured" to be appointed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the first Vice Chairman of the newly created NITI Aayog, which replaces the 65-year-old

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  Arvind Kejriwal to address students at Columbia University

  Politics | December 05, 2014 9:06 IST

  Washington: The Aam Admi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal will address the students of the prestigious Columbia University in New York on Sunday, his supporters in US said Thursday.Kejriwal is scheduled to stay in the

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  Modi has a practical approach to trade, investment: Bhagwati

  October 09, 2014 7:53 IST

  Washington: Endorsing the steps initiated by Narendra Modi-government to boost India's economy, noted economist Jagdish Bhagwati has said the Indian Prime Minister has a “practical approach” to trade and investment.  Highly appreciative of the administrative

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  Why a student in Columbia is dragging mattress around the campus on which she was raped ?

  World | September 04, 2014 10:25 IST

  Columbia: Emma Sulkowicz was raped by a classmate on her mattress. "Rape can happen anywhere," she explains. "For me, I was raped in my own dorm bed. Since then, it has basically become fraught for