World

13 Jun

EU regulators may demand Google sell part of Ad-tech Business

Priyanka BhowmickworldWorld

European Union antitrust regulators may order Alphabet Inc Google to sell part of its ad-tech business, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday. The European Union's top antitrust watchdog, the European Commission, is expected to issue a formal complaint against Google as early as Wednesday, the source said, intensifying trans-Atlantic efforts to reduce the tech giant's dominance in digital advertising. In 2022, the Commission opened an investigation into Google's pervasive presence at nearly all levels of the supply chain for online display advertising, raising concerns about its dominant position. Break-up orders from EU competition enforcers…

12 Oct

Most of the IITs boycott Times Higher Education ranking

Priyanka BhowmickEducation, India, worldeducation, india, Rank, Universities, World

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has ranked the highest position within all Indian institutes in the latest round of Times Higher Education (THE) rankings. Most Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) boycotted the decision for the third consecutive year over transparency concerns. Second place is taken by Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences (351-400 overall), which made its debut in the ranking. In the university category, The Himachal Pradesh-based private university is ranked 96th in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022. Last year, the second position in the Indian category went to IIT Roper, which is ranked sixth…