Young workers in the US, in particular, have borne the brunt of the slowdown in white-collar hiring. Unemployment rate for people between the ages of 20 to 24 was 9.2% in September.
The number of international applicants through Nov 1st fell 9% from a year earlier. India, the largest source of international students to US, saw a 14% decline.
To understand the depth of bias against India or the lack of understanding of ground reality in India, one only needs to examine the headlines from Western media covering the protests in colleges of both countries.
US campuses are not just seeing a rise in anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. They're in the middle of a cultural war, where a broader political attack is aimed at ‘woke’ ideology.
Court ruled that considering race as factor in admissions violates Equal Protection Clause of Constitution. Dissenting judges argued that race matters in reality & not just in law.
US Secretary of State Pompeo said the Chinese communist party is 'poisoning the well' of US higher education and called for 'rigorous' oversight of students & scholars from China.
Boris Johnson's brother Jo took to Twitter to suggest that foreign students, who are being asked to leave the US, could transfer to UK universities under an emergency scheme.
The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'
Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.
French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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