New Delhi, May 28 -- In a build-up of the Donald Trump vs Harvard University battle, students of the Ivy League school on May 27 protested the government's decision to cancel all remaining financial contracts, worth $100 million, with the university.

The institution drew Donald Trump's ire for refusing to submit to unprecedented oversight, including control of curriculum, admissions and research.

- In January Donald Trump began his term by cracking down on diversity, equity and inclusion programmes (DEI) on college campuses, businesses and government departments, through a series of executive orders.

- In February, a task force of the US Department of Justice (DoJ) said it would visit 10 schools, including Harvard, to "root out antisem...