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• CEAT pushes for gender diversity in manufacturing

  At present, the company’s overall gender diversity is 17%, while it’s around 9% in senior leadership roles.

  

• Who is Neela Rajendra? Indian-origin DEI chief official fired by NASA following Donald Trump’s executive order

  At President Trump's behest, NASA shut down its diversity office, a major regression from efforts to create a diverse and inclusive workplace. Neela Rajendra, who is Indian born, was tasked with running these initiatives. She was in charge of NASA's efforts to create a more diverse workplace for minorities and women for several years.

  

• PepsiCo agrees to meet with Al Sharpton over DEI cuts, potential boycott

  In an April 4 letter to PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta, Sharpton threatened to lead a boycott against the company. PepsiCo - one of the largest food and beverage companies in North America whose brands include Gatorade, Lay's potato chips, Doritos, Mountain Dew as well as Pepsi - told employees in February that the company will no longer set goals for minority representation in its managerial roles or supplier base.

  

• Women lending a bigger hand to Gujarat’s workforce: GoI report

  It also underscores the urban-rural divide, where women's participation in rural areas was double compared to their urban counterparts.

  

• PM Internship scheme: Men dominate with 72% share, women's participation expected to rise

  About 72% of interns reporting for work as of February were men with 61% of the total candidates being plain graduates, showed data from the corporate affairs ministry. Only 28% of the interns were women.

  

• Costco had 'productive' talks on Republican push to end diversity policies, Iowa AG says

  ​Costco has had productive discussions with Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird over the retailer's diversity policies amid a legal onslaught against those programs launched by President Donald Trump, according to Bird's office and another person familiar with the talks.

  

• Barclays scraps diversity targets in US following Trump's stance

  ​Barclays is scrapping its diversity and inclusivity targets across the United States, the bank said on Tuesday, becoming the latest British company to abandon its inclusivity goals following the U.S. President's opposition to them.

  

• From Intention to Impact: Creating equitable and inclusive workplaces

  Diversity should not remain a mere aspiration; it must transition into a reality. Imagine boardrooms where women, racial minorities, individuals with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ professionals aren't exceptions but the norm. The reality, however, is stark: only 28.2% of leadership roles are held by women, with even lower representation for other marginalized groups. While awareness has grown, the gap between intent and action persists. The issue is no longer the acknowledgement of the importance of diversity, but how to catalyse genuine, lasting change.

  

• Al Sharpton calls on PepsiCo to restore DEI initiatives, threatens boycott

  ​The Rev. Al Sharpton is giving PepsiCo three weeks to meet with him - or suffer a boycott - to discuss reversing the company's recent move to do away with its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, according to a letter shared with The Associated Press.

  

• EEOC chief shifts focus to investigating DEI but the methods provoke an outcry

  ​The initial steps taken by Andrea Lucas, acting chief of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, have earned her strong backing from the Trump administration, which has moved against DEI through embattled executive orders that dismantled programs at federal agencies and threatened investigations and stiff financial penalties for federal contractors that engage in "illegal" diversity-related practices. Trump recently nominated Lucas, who has long been an outspoken critic DEI practices she argues result in discriminatory employment preferences, to a new five-year term as commissioner.

  

• Germany's BDI lobby urges firms in Germany to stick to diversity principles

  ​Germany's BDI industry lobby group urged firms to stick to their principles at their German operations after the U.S. said its embassies were trying to ensure contractors comply with U.S. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programmes.