Foxconn sends 97% of India iPhone exports to US as Apple tackles Trump’s tariffs

Foxconn sends 97% of India iPhone exports to US as Apple tackles Trump’s tariffs

Nearly all the iPhones exported by Foxconn from India went to the United States between March and May, customs data showed, far above the 2024 average of 50% and a clear sign of Apple’s efforts to bypass high U.S. tariffs imposed on China. The numbers, being reported by Reuters for the first time, show Apple […]

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ICAI urges its 14 lakh members and students to stand with armed forces, nation

ICAI urges its 14 lakh members and students to stand with armed forces, nation

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has urged its 14 lakh members and students to extend support to the Armed Forces and the Nation amid the confrontation with Pakistan. With a widespread presence across nearly 17,000 pin codes in India and 13 branches near the India-Pakistan border, ICAI has called for volunteers among […]

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14% of premier centrally-run institutions, including IITs, IIMs and Central Universities, running without permanent heads

14% of premier centrally-run institutions, including IITs, IIMs and Central Universities, running without permanent heads

Fourteen per cent of India’s 130 premier higher education institutions under the Ministry of Education (MoE) — spanning central universities (CUs), IITs, IIMs, NITs, and IISERs — lack permanent heads and are being run by Vice-Chancellors (V-Cs) and directors who are either serving in an interim capacity or on extended tenures, according to an analysis […]

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Campus suicides: IIT-D panel flags toxic competition, caste bias, burnout

Campus suicides: IIT-D panel flags toxic competition, caste bias, burnout

FROM post-coaching burnout to a grading system that reinforces “toxic competitiveness”, relentless academic demands and a culture marked by caste and gender-based discrimination: these are among key triggers flagged by a committee set up by IIT Delhi last year to “study the institutional processes and environment” in the context of student suicides, The Sunday Express […]

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Morning Digest: May 14, 2023

Morning Digest: May 14, 2023

AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, with Congress leaders Siddaramaiah, D K Shivakumar, Randeep Singh Surjewala, and K. C. Venugopal, during a press conference after the Karnataka assembly elections 2023 results, in Bengaluru on May 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Karnataka Congress Legislature Party meeting set for Sunday Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC […]

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Morning Digest – March 25, 2023

Morning Digest – March 25, 2023

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrives at Parliament House complex during Budget Session, in New Delhi, Friday, March 24, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI All eyes on Election Commission over potential bypoll in Wayanad; experts raise doubt over legality With the Lok Sabha Secretariat on March 24 disqualifying Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as an MP, all eyes are […]

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Morning Digest – March 24, 2023

Morning Digest – March 24, 2023

Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi arrives at a court in Surat, India, Thursday, March 23, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Does Rahul Gandhi stand disqualified as an MP following his conviction? Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s conviction and sentencing in a 2019 defamation case by a court in Gujarat has put a question mark over his continuation as a Lok […]

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