Harvard University
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Is Xi Jinping's daughter Xi Mingze living in US? Demands for her deportation gain momentum
World | May 30, 2025, 06:56 PM ISTAccording to media reports, Jinping's daughter Xi Minge studied under a pseudonym at Harvard University from 2010 to 2014, where she got a degree in psychology.
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'Don't want to see shopping centres explode': Trump suggests Harvard to cap foreign admissions
World | May 29, 2025, 08:00 AM ISTAmidst the Trump administration's continuous demand to Harvard University to hand over foreign students' entire conduct records, Trump emphasised that the US govt wants to know if the students coming to the US are troublemakers, assuring that the administration doesn't want them making trouble.
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Trump on Harvard University row: 'No foreign government contributes money to Harvard, we do'
World | May 26, 2025, 08:04 AM ISTDonald Trump said part of the problem with Harvard is that there are about 31 per cent of foreigners coming to Harvard and the US gives them billions of dollars, which is ridiculous.
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Federal judge blocks Trump admin's order that stopped Harvard from enrolling foreign students
World | May 23, 2025, 10:01 PM ISTHarvard said the government’s action violates the First Amendment and will have an "immediate and devastating effect for Harvard and more than 7,000 visa holders."
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Harvard University sues Trump administration over ban on enrolling foreign students
World | May 23, 2025, 09:54 PM ISTIn a lawsuit filed on Friday in federal court in Boston, Harvard said the government’s action violates the First Amendment and will have an “immediate and devastating effect for Harvard and more than 7,000 visa holders.”
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Did Trump ban Harvard from enrolling international students due to concerns emerging from China?
World | May 23, 2025, 10:00 PM ISTNotably, Chinese students make up a large part of Harvard University's international student population. The university enrolled 6,703 international students across all of its schools in 2024, according to the school's data, with 1,203 of those coming from China.
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Why did Trump administration bar Harvard University from enrolling foreign students? Explained
World | May 23, 2025, 06:38 AM ISTThe Department of Homeland Security made the announcement, saying Harvard has created an unsafe campus environment by allowing “anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators” to assault Jewish students on campus.
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Harvard Vs Trump: University Takes Legal Action Over Funding Freeze And Threats To Independence
News | Apr 22, 2025, 06:54 PM ISTHarvard University sued to prevent President Donald Trump from freezing billions in federal funding, claiming his demands threaten its independence and accusing him of targeting research universities over alleged antisemitism and ideological bias.
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Harvard sues Trump admin over federal funding cuts of more than USD 2 billion | What we know so far
World | Apr 22, 2025, 07:14 AM ISTThe development comes days after US President Donald Trump announced to freeze the federal funding of more than USD 2.2 billion in grants to Harvard University. The lawsuit called the funding freeze “arbitrary and capricious,” saying it violated its First Amendment rights.
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Trump Administration Freezes Harvard Funds Amid Protest Backlash
Originals | Apr 15, 2025, 10:35 PM ISTThe Trump administration has frozen more than $2.2 billion in federal grants and contracts to Harvard University after the school declined to comply with directives intended to curb campus activism. Watch the video to know more.
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Obama lauds Harvard University for 'setting an example' as it rejects Trump's 'unlawful attempt'
World | Apr 15, 2025, 01:45 PM ISTFormer US President Barack Obama has lauded Harvard University's stand against the Trump administration's demands, which included limiting activism on campus. Earlier, Harvard University, in a statement, said, "No government should dictate what private universities can teach."
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Why Trump froze over USD 2.2 billion funding to Harvard - The Palestine factor
World | Apr 15, 2025, 09:49 AM ISTThe decision comes after Harvard University said it will not comply with the Trump administration's demands to limit activism on campus. The demands were said to be a revision of an earlier communication to the university.
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Harvard President Claudine Gay resigns over plagiarism allegations, antisemitism backlash
World | Jan 03, 2024, 06:49 AM ISTGay's academic career came under intense scrutiny after her controversial congressional testimony on calls on campus for the genocide of Jews. She became the first Black president of Harvard, making her tenure the shortest in the university's 388-year-old history.
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India's economy growing but wealth getting concentrated in a few hands: Rahul tells Harvard students
India | Dec 23, 2023, 05:40 PM ISTRahul Gandhi interacted with the students of Harvard University on December 15. He put out a video of the same today in which he said that India's economy is growing but wealth is getting concentrated into a few hands an is not distributed among people.
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'Rise & fall of India's Congress': PM Modi cites Harvard's research to mock Gandhi's allegations
India | Feb 08, 2023, 08:20 PM ISTThe statement from the Prime Minister came a day after Gandhi, during his speech in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, linked the massive rise in the business fortunes and personal wealth of businessman Adani to the Modi government coming to power in 2014.
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Harvard University and MIT sue Donald Trump over student visa issue
Education | Jul 08, 2020, 07:33 PM ISTHarvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have sued US President Donald Trump over his administration's position on student visas that requires international students to return to their home countries if in-person classes are not held.
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COVID-19: Harvard, MIT announce salary, hiring freeze and leadership pay cuts
Business | Apr 14, 2020, 10:10 AM ISTPrestigious US educational institutions Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology are implementing salary and hiring freeze and their top leadership will take pay cuts as part of "hard choices" to control costs in a tough economic environment resulting from the global coronavirus pandemic, according to a report.
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Coronavirus more challenging than Ebola, MERS: Harvard's Marc Lipsitch tells India TV
World | Mar 12, 2020, 09:46 PM ISTThe deadly novel coronavirus is more challenging than global health epidemics Ebola and MERS, Harvard Epidemiology professor Marc Lipsitch told India TV Digital. Marc Lipsitch is Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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Tiny prehistoric lizard sheds light on reptile evolution: Study
Science | Feb 21, 2020, 02:16 PM ISTResearchers have unearthed a new prehistoric reptile species which they claim to be an ancestor to modern-day lizards and snakes, a finding that sheds more light on the early evolution of four-legged creatures.
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Harvard University announces India Conference on Feb 15 and 16
Education | Jan 25, 2020, 12:10 PM ISTImplications of the National Register of Citizens, future of digital business in India, the youth's political re-alignment would be among the topics in focus during the 17th edition of the Harvard University's annual India Conference next month.