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Indian Anti-Satellite Missile Test Debris Still Orbiting Around Earth, Harvard Astronomer Says

Gaurav Shukla | Thursday June 27, 2019

The debris created by India’s anti-satellite missile when it shot down once of the country’s own satellites in a test earlier this year is still floating around the Earth, a Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics astronomer has claimed.

Harvard Revokes Parkland Shooting Survivor's Acceptance Over Racial Slurs

World News | Reuters | Tuesday June 18, 2019

Harvard University has rescinded its admission offer to a survivor of the 2018 massacre at a Florida high school over his past use of racial slurs in an online document posted on Twitter, the student said on Monday.

Opinion: New Signs That India's Economy - And Credibility - Is In Crisis

Business | Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg | Thursday June 13, 2019

Now, Arvind Subramanian, a well-regarded economist who was till last year one of PM Narendra Modi's most senior advisers, has argued in a Harvard working paper that the country's official figures overestimate growth by several percentage points.

People Who Use Dating Apps More Likely To Have Eating Disorders: Harvard Study

NDTV Food Desk | Friday May 31, 2019

A new study by Harvard researchers, has now pointed at a new culprit that may have a link with eating disorders- dating applications.

Harvard Professor Loses House Dean Role After Joining Weinstein Defense

World News | Reuters | Sunday May 12, 2019

A Harvard law professor who joined the legal team defending Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein against sexual assault charges will not be allowed to continue as dean of a residential house on campus, a university official said on Saturday.

Harvard Bans Ex-Professor Found Guilty Of 40-Year-Long Sexual Misconduct

World News | Nick Anderson, The Washington Post | Friday May 10, 2019

Harvard University revoked the emeritus faculty privileges of a retired professor and barred him from campus Thursday after an internal investigation found that he engaged in "unwelcome sexual conduct" toward several people over a span of nearly 40 years.

Century After Grandfather's School Expulsion, Harvard Teacher Fights Bias

World News | Sebastian Smee, The Washington Post | Saturday May 4, 2019

In 1926, Sarah Lewis's grandfather, Shadrach Emmanuel Lee, was expelled from a Brooklyn public high school for asking why black people were not in his history textbook. His teacher told him African Americans had done nothing worthy of being included.

Harvard Sued By Slave Descendant Over 19th Century Images Of Her Ancestor

World News | Susan Svrluga, Mara Reinstein, The Washington Post | Thursday March 21, 2019

When Tamara Lanier was a little girl, she said, her mother would often tell her stories about her great-great-great-grandfather, whom she called Papa Renty. He was from Congo, enslaved on a plantation in South Carolina, Lanier said, and her mother was especially proud he taught other enslaved people to read with a blue-backed spelling book. He woul...

Facebook Says Media Project in US Hindered by Lack of Local News

Associated Press | Tuesday March 19, 2019

Facebook said it would share its research with academics at Duke, Harvard, Minnesota, and North Carolina who are studying the extent of news deserts created by newspaper closures and staff downsizing.

Box Office To Ballot Box Success Is Mamata Banerjee's Election Mantra

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Wednesday March 13, 2019

The late Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee once represented the Jadavpur constituency in Lok Sabha. Mamata Banerjee shock-defeated him in 1984. The incumbent Trinamool lawmaker, Sugata Bose, is a history professor at Harvard University in the US.

Push-ups May Reduce Risk Of Heart Disease: 5 Foods That Can Help Too!

Food | NDTV Food Desk | Saturday February 16, 2019

According to a study by Harvard University researchers, active middle-aged men who can pull off 40 pushups at a time, have a significantly lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes, as compared to men who could perform less than 10 pushups.

Tanushree Dutta, Who Triggered India's #MeToo Movement, Is 'Excited And Nervous' About Harvard Invitation

Entertainment | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday February 13, 2019

Tanushree Dutta has been invited to the Harvard Business School in Boston, US, as a guest speaker

Facebook Rejects Claims That Half of Its Accounts Are Fake

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday January 28, 2019

Aaron Greenspan, who attended the Harvard University with Zuckerberg, claimed that Facebook has been inflating its global user count since 2004

Scoring 171/170 Is Possible. An IAS Topper Did It In Harvard

Education | Written by Anisha Singh | Wednesday January 2, 2019

Ankur Garg, a pass out of prestigious IIT Delhi, topped IAS exam at the age of 22 making him one of the youngest persons to clear IAS exam.

Taunted Over College Rejections, US Shooting Survivor Gets Into Harvard

World News | Cleve R. Wootson Jr., The Washington Post | Sunday December 23, 2018

In mid-December, Harvard's early-entry candidates began logging onto the application status portal to learn whether they'd been accepted to one of the world's most prestigious universities. But for one particularly famous member of the class of 2023, entry into Harvard brought a bit more than congratulations.