China’s economic forays into resource rich Central Asia, a region which shares deep historical, political and economic ties with Moscow, has created certain discomfiture in the Russian establishment. In a recent trade meet in Uzbekistan a Russian trade official emphasised that Russia and China were “equal partners with an equal share in trade turnover” in … Read more
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said evidence is starting to emerge that Federal Reserve actions are having an impact on the US economy, with some indications of a turn in labor demand and increased stockpiles of unsold items. “We’re seeing a little bit of indications that some firms are no longer reporting the kind of … Read more
The study, published in the journal Science on Thursday, shows that not only is a vaccinated parent less likely to experience a documented infection, they are also less likely to transmit the infection to other household members if infected. Parental vaccination against COVID-19 confers substantial protection to children residing in the same household, according to … Read more
Gita Gopinath, chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Synopsis India’s new farm and labour laws are a step in the right direction and have the potential to strengthen the supply side and also help boost demand, along with some level of direct support, she told ET in an exclusive interview. NEW DELHI: More … Read more
The New Education Policy (NEP) has some good suggestions, but is marred by serious defects: homogenisation, centralisation outside political influence, enmity towards private enterprise in education, self-propagation of governing body ideology across generations of a higher education institution and refusal to recognise caste as a disabling factor that calls for explicit remedial measures. Together, these … Read more
Even with a fresh victory on behalf of international students, U.S. universities fear they’re losing a broader fight over the nation’s reputation as a place that embraces and fosters the world’s best scholars. University leaders see it as a steady erosion. They say the Trump administration’s repeated attempts to curb immigration have sent students a … Read more
Sending back foreign students is bad for everyone. Especially USAccording to the US National Science Foundation, in 2018, over 50% of doctoral students at US universities in computer science, engineering and mathematics were foreign students. Source link