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Harvard alumni backed by billionaires fail to make cut for board ballot

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman, who led a campaign criticizing Harvard University as it has been rocked by turmoil over practices related to antisemitism, plagiarism and financial management, on Friday failed in a bid to get four candidates on the ballot for a governing board of the Ivy League school. One other candidate backed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg also failed to win a place on the ballot for Harvard’s board of overseers. The two men, who acted independently, threw support behind the candidates after Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned last month amid criticism of her handling of antisemitism on campus

Senior citizens must not suffer due to stalled redevelopment of residential buildings: Bombay High Court

Mumbai, Feb 2 (PTI) Senior citizens in their “twilight years” can not be made to suffer because of delayed or stalled redevelopment of residential buildings, the Bombay High Court has said. A bench of Justices G S Kulkarni and Firdosh Pooniwalla in an order on January 25 sought replies from authorities on a plea filed by a 65-year-old woman who said she has become “homeless” because of the stalled redevelopment of her building in suburban Mulund. “The court would not be powerless to issue appropriate directions to ensure that the fundamental rights guaranteed to senior citizens in respect of their

“30 lakh govt posts vacant, but Modi government ignoring them”: Mallikarjun Kharge

New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday accused the Modi-led government of neglecting the issue of unemployment and said that it is the “biggest issue” in the country. Speaking during the motion of thanks on the President’s address, Kharge said that the BJP doesn’t understand anything as more than 30 lakh government posts are vacant in the country. “You are finishing the public sectors. The public sector is the most important for the reserved class whether it is SC, ST, OBC or it is Economical Weaker Section. The way

Centre likely to hike dearness allowance to 50% for over 1 crore employees and pensioners

New Delhi, February 2, 2024: The Central government is likely to increase the dearness allowance (DA) for its over one crore employees and pensioners by 4 percentage from the existing 46 per cent to 50 per cent before implementation of the Model Code of Conduct for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections likely to be conducted in April/May. The dearness allowance for employees and pensioners is worked out on the basis of the latest Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) brought out by the Labour Bureau for December 2023. The DA hike will be effective from from January 1, 2024.

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