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What's On Vaani's Mind?

What's On Vaani's Mind?

Rediff.com28 Feb 2024

Laxmi enjoys the sunset... Sanjana attends a wedding... Erica's beach time...

Harvard University probes mass exam 'cheating'

Harvard University probes mass exam 'cheating'

Rediff.com31 Aug 2012

About 125 Harvard University undergraduates are being investigated for cheating in a final exam last year, the largest academic misconduct scandal in the prestigious institution's history.

Ready For Action This Weekend?

Ready For Action This Weekend?

Rediff.com5 Jul 2024

From wannabe astronauts to visually disabled heroes, be sure to make some time for all the OTT action Sukanya Verma recommends this week.

How Harvard's investing superstars crashed

How Harvard's investing superstars crashed

Rediff.com24 Feb 2009

When stocks were tumbling last fall as the new school year began, at Harvard University, it was as if the boom had never ended. But behind the scene it was a different story.

'Pakistan Intelligence Have Killed Hundreds Of Baloch'

'Pakistan Intelligence Have Killed Hundreds Of Baloch'

Rediff.com4 Sep 2024

'If the government sincerely addressed the issue of missing persons, it would alleviate 80% of the grievances in Balochistan.' 'No matter how many development projects Islamabad announces for the region, the people will remain upset as long as their loved ones are missing.'

'Dear prime minister: Harvard is not just Amartya Sen'

'Dear prime minister: Harvard is not just Amartya Sen'

Rediff.com9 Mar 2017

'Amartya Sen is a citizen of the country who has every right to criticise or give his opinion on a policy decision.' 'Get back at him! Why get back at Harvard?'

'We need India-centric solutions, not Harvard-centric'

'We need India-centric solutions, not Harvard-centric'

Rediff.com29 Aug 2019

'The government is sincerely working on employment generation. Unfortunately, they are depending on these people from Harvard. Their wrong policies are killing jobs. The government has to come out of the Western framework on which they depend upon a lot.'

Courses annually amended, voted upon: Harvard

Courses annually amended, voted upon: Harvard

Rediff.com9 Dec 2011

Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences had voted earlier this week to remove two economics courses that Swamy taught at the university's annual Summer School programme citing a controversial op-ed on Islamic terrorism in India that he had written for an Indian publication.

SC judges to get Harvard schooling

SC judges to get Harvard schooling

Rediff.com9 Apr 2007

A programme to train the judges has been proposed where they would be attending a two-week advanced executive programme in management of cases, at the Harvard Business School.

Taxing ultra-wealthy can boost GDP by 2.73%: Piketty-backed Study

Taxing ultra-wealthy can boost GDP by 2.73%: Piketty-backed Study

Rediff.com24 May 2024

The paper said that the taxation proposal needs to be accompanied by explicit redistributive policies to support the poor, lower castes, and middle classes.

Harvard cheating scandal: 60 students forced to withdraw

Harvard cheating scandal: 60 students forced to withdraw

Rediff.com2 Feb 2013

Over 60 students at the Harvard University have been forced to withdraw and several others disciplined after being implicated in one of the largest cheating scandals that shook the Ivy League institution last year.

Oprah Winfrey receives honourary degree from Harvard

Oprah Winfrey receives honourary degree from Harvard

Rediff.com31 May 2013

Here's what Hollywood has been up to lately.

Who needs Harvard or Yale?

Who needs Harvard or Yale?

Rediff.com21 Sep 2006

Harvard bestows rare honour on Indian economist

Harvard bestows rare honour on Indian economist

Rediff.com27 May 2010

Gopinath's research is in the area of international macroeconomics.

IIM-A joins Harvard forum

IIM-A joins Harvard forum

Rediff.com18 Aug 2004

Harvard okays student sex magazine

Harvard okays student sex magazine

Rediff.com12 Feb 2004

Insider trading: Harvard had earlier expelled Martoma for fraud

Insider trading: Harvard had earlier expelled Martoma for fraud

Rediff.com7 Feb 2014

Years before he was accused of insider trading, former SAC Capital Advisors portfolio manager Mathew Martoma forged a Harvard transcript, falsified an email, and created a dummy forensic computing company to try to cover his tracks.

Indian student alleges bias at Harvard, Princeton

Indian student alleges bias at Harvard, Princeton

Rediff.com3 Feb 2012

The unnamed Indian-American student has levelled allegations of racial discrimination during admissions against the Harvard and Princeton University in the US.

Markets crash: Pollster Pradeep Gupta 'open to probe'

Markets crash: Pollster Pradeep Gupta 'open to probe'

Rediff.com22 Jun 2024

Facing opposition fire for exit polls allegedly being used for stock market manipulation, Axis My India's chief Pradeep Gupta has said he is open to facing all kinds of investigations and it would help do business in a much better way if the government frames specific regulations for pollsters.

India's New Trilemma

India's New Trilemma

Rediff.com9 Jul 2024

...Kids, jobs, emigration, notes Ajit Balakrishnan.

Ratan Tata gifts a classroom to Harvard

Ratan Tata gifts a classroom to Harvard

Rediff.com2 Mar 2012

The classroom at the Taj Lands End hotel, Mumbai, will be an amphitheatre-style classroom, fashioned after the one at Harvard Business School in Boston. It will have a seating capacity of 82.

From Oxford to Harvard, voices of support for Jamia, AMU

From Oxford to Harvard, voices of support for Jamia, AMU

Rediff.com17 Dec 2019

Over 400 students from different US universities have expressed solidarity with Jamia and AMU students. The students and scholars at Oxford University staged a protest march against the CAA.

Zuckerberg can still finish his degree at Harvard

Zuckerberg can still finish his degree at Harvard

Rediff.com20 Jul 2011

Zuckerberg is considered to be on leave from the University, which he had left in 2004 to work on his social networking site.

SBI takes Harvard lessons for staff appraisal

SBI takes Harvard lessons for staff appraisal

Rediff.com24 Aug 2015

Apart from 40 modules of Harvard, SBI has internally developed 500 e-modules for employees.

RSS-linked outfit wants Harvard mindset out of government

RSS-linked outfit wants "Harvard" mindset out of government

Rediff.com8 Oct 2017

'These Harvard University-educated people, with knowledge limited to the small states there, apply it in a huge country like India, which is not practical at all.'

Harvard forced 'playboyish' Obama's dad to leave?

Harvard forced 'playboyish' Obama's dad to leave?

Rediff.com29 Apr 2011

Even before the dust could settle on the controversy over United States President Barack Obama's birth certificate, new documents about his father have emerged claiming that Obama senior was forced to leave Harvard university amid concerns about his playboy ways.

Banned tennis star Sharapova is off to Harvard Business School

Banned tennis star Sharapova is off to Harvard Business School

Rediff.com27 Jun 2016

Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova is putting her time away from tennis to good use.

Boost Consumption Of The Poorest 80 Crores And Not The Richest Eight Crores

Boost Consumption Of The Poorest 80 Crores And Not The Richest Eight Crores

Rediff.com15 Jul 2024

There are reports that the government will soon cut income taxes by about Rs 50,000 crore to boost consumption.
Prime Minister Modi, I suggest that, instead, you distribute about one lakh crore rupees per year to the 80 crore poor, which will boost both consumption and economic growth, suggests Kalyan Singhal, McCurdy Professor of Business at the University of Baltimore.

'Grave concerns' about Trump's mental stability: Harvard doctors

'Grave concerns' about Trump's mental stability: Harvard doctors

Rediff.com20 Dec 2016

In the letter addressed to the US president, the doctors -- one from the Harvard Medical School and two others who have been associated with top US varsities over the years - have urged him to order a "full medical and neuropsychiatric evaluation" before the President-elect takes office on January 20.

Harvard invites Akhilesh to share Maha Kumbh management

Harvard invites Akhilesh to share Maha Kumbh management

Rediff.com24 Mar 2013

After Uttar Pradesh played host to world's largest religious congregation during Mahakumbh in Allahabad, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Minister Mohammad Azam Khan have been invited by the HarvardUniversity to share the story of organising the 55-day event.

Harvard tops Forbes' list of Billionaire varsities

Harvard tops Forbes' list of Billionaire varsities

Rediff.com13 Aug 2010

The number of Harvard alumni who are billionaires swelled to 62, up from 54 in 2009, 'more than any other American university by a long shot,' Forbes said.

PM mocking credible varsities will only isolate India: Harvard student's letter to Modi

PM mocking credible varsities will only isolate India: Harvard student's letter to Modi

Rediff.com7 Mar 2017

Armed with the latest GDP figures, Modi had last week mocked economists and made a veiled attack on his predecessor Manmohan Singh who had said the Centre's demonetisation decision would lead to a low growth rate.

Indian professor, Oprah honoured at Harvard

Indian professor, Oprah honoured at Harvard

Rediff.com31 May 2013

Partha Dasgupta, an Indian-origin economics professor at Cambridge, and famed talk show queen Oprah Winfrey were among nine people conferred with honorary degrees at the annual convocation of Harvard University.

Indian IT firms to be Harvard case studies

Indian IT firms to be Harvard case studies

Rediff.com11 Nov 2009

The Harvard Business School students will soon learn case studies based on success stories from India Inc.

Harvard snubs Subramanian Swamy, drops courses taught by him

Harvard snubs Subramanian Swamy, drops courses taught by him

Rediff.com8 Dec 2011

A meeting of the faculty of arts and sciences at Harvard University in the United States has voted to remove the summer economic courses taught by Janata Party leader Dr Subramanian Swamy. The decision was taken after a heated debate, according to The Harvard Crimson, the campus newspaper.

Hackers denied entry to Harvard, MIT

Hackers denied entry to Harvard, MIT

Rediff.com10 Mar 2005

A large number of applicants to Harvard, MIT and other top US schools are being denied admission because they tried 'hacking' the institutions' websites to know if they were accepted, before official confirmation.

India's richest 1% holds 40% wealth, says study

India's richest 1% holds 40% wealth, says study

Rediff.com20 Mar 2024

Inequality in India has skyrocketed since early 2000s, with the income and wealth share of top 1 per cent population rising to 22.6 per cent and 40.1 per cent, respectively, in 2022-23, according to a working paper. The paper titled 'Income and Wealth Inequality in India, 1922-2023: The Rise of the Billionaire Raj' said between 2014-15 and 2022-23, the rise of top-end inequality has been particularly pronounced in terms of wealth concentration.

West Asia tensions stall India's plans to import crude oil from Iran

West Asia tensions stall India's plans to import crude oil from Iran

Rediff.com18 Apr 2024

The latest flashpoint in West Asia has derailed India's preliminary plans to resume crude oil imports from Iran, officials said. In January, officials of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas had told Business Standard that the government had been studying proposals for the same, given that India was trying to expand sources of imports. "We are always monitoring the situation when it comes to crude flows.

Harvard wants my bio-data: Lalu

Harvard wants my bio-data: Lalu

Rediff.com15 Sep 2004

'I have come to know that the sociology department of Harvard University is doing a research on me,' he said.

Oprah at Harvard: 'There is no such thing as failure'

Oprah at Harvard: 'There is no such thing as failure'

Rediff.com5 Jun 2013

In her commencement address at the Harvard University, the talk show host appealed to graduates to be kind and give back to society