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What happens when UK study visa expires for Indians? Options explained

Updated On: 26 Nov 2024 | 6:06 PM IST

India is the United States' number one priority, US Visa officials said while adding that after the COVID pandemic, there has been a rise of around 36 per cent in visa processing across the country

Updated On: 22 Feb 2023 | 9:58 PM IST

Educational emigration will remain high unless India strengthens the skill development ecosystem in higher education, say students and teachers

Updated On: 17 Feb 2023 | 10:54 PM IST

From Yoga sessions and Zumba classes to 24X7 helpline, and mental wellness workshops to a dedicated team of counsellors on campus -- coaching institutes in Kota say they take multiple measures to help students get through the stress and anxiety of preparing for competitive exams. The coaching hub of Kota is back in focus after three students died allegedly by suicide last week. Prominent coaching institute Allen, which currently has over 1.5 lakh students in its various medical (NEET) and engineering (JEE) entrance preparatory courses, runs special programmes such as "Tum Hoge Kamyab" (you will succeed) and "Wings of Wisdom", besides regular yoga sessions and zumba classes, for the mental wellbeing of its students. "We have a dedicated helpline which works round the clock and over 50 concerned calls from students or parents are addressed daily through it," said Dr Harish Sharma, Principal Counsellor and Student-Behaviour Expert at Allen. "For every 10 students we have a supervising

Updated On: 22 Dec 2022 | 1:43 PM IST

Universities in the UK are paying education agents that recruit Indian students to lure them with an offer, which allows them to bring along their families to the country, a media report said

Updated On: 08 Dec 2022 | 2:56 PM IST

The embassy made it clear that the relaxations do not apply to applications for national visa (D-visa category) such as student, employment or family reunion visas

Updated On: 28 Nov 2022 | 9:46 PM IST

An Indian diaspora-led students' organisation on Friday urged the UK government to remove international students from the country's overall immigration statistics amid unconfirmed reports that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak may be considering a crackdown on foreigners granted study visas. According to some UK media reports, Sunak is mulling a crackdown on foreign students bringing dependents and studying so-called low-quality degrees at mediocre UK universities after the country's net migration figures hit record levels. Downing Street has indicated that all options to bring overall migrant numbers down are on the table. The National Indian Students and Alumni Union (NISAU) UK, which campaigns for streamlined provisions for Indian students studying in the UK, said any move to arbitrarily rank universities would prove counterproductive in the long run. Students who are in the UK temporarily, should not be counted as migrants, said NISAU UK Chair Sanam Arora. International students, of .

Updated On: 25 Nov 2022 | 10:52 PM IST

The rise in Indian students moving to the US is likely to overtake China in 2022-23, with 82,000 visas issued between June and August - the highest number among all countries.

Updated On: 15 Nov 2022 | 11:41 AM IST

More than 2 lakh Indian students chose the United States as their higher education destination in the 2021-22 academic year, a 19 per cent increase over the previous year, according to a report released on Monday. Nearly 21 per cent of the over one million foreign students studying in the United States are Indian, according to the Open Doors report published by the Institute of International Education (IIE). For the second consecutive year, a record number of Indian students went to the United States to pursue higher education, it said. "Congratulations to India on leading the globe in the number of students choosing the United States," Gloria Berbena, minister counselor for public diplomacy at the US embassy here, said. "It's clear Indian students and their parents recognise the value of a US education, one that prepares them to leverage their newly gained know-how to tackle the world's challenges and readies them for future opportunities, whether that's in artificial intelligence

Updated On: 14 Nov 2022 | 9:28 PM IST

From PM Modi's visit to southern states to Congress releasing its second list of candidates ahead of Gujarat polls, catch all the live updates here

Updated On: 11 Nov 2022 | 9:52 PM IST

The socially and economically disadvantaged groups and children with disabilities were worst impacted as compared to more advantaged counterparts: Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy's report

Updated On: 11 Nov 2022 | 11:12 AM IST

Thousands of Indian medical students were left stranded with their future hanging on the cliff when Russia attacked Ukraine at the end of February 2022 and several were evacuated from Ukraine to India

Updated On: 11 Nov 2022 | 7:16 AM IST

The ICAI CA November Exam 2022 will be conducted in offline mode

Updated On: 25 Oct 2022 | 10:38 PM IST

Three more students of a coaching institute in the Jawahar Nagar area here tested positive for hepatitis A, taking the number of those affected by the disease to 44. Meanwhile, the Kota district administration submitted a report regarding such cases to the Chief Minister's Office, three days after a NEET aspirants died from the infection during treatment. Kota District Collector O P Bunker has asked the management of the coaching institute and hostels where contaminated water was detected to use RO water. During a survey, students of only one coaching institute in Jawahar Nagar were found to be affected. During inquiry, it came to the fore that water was being supplied through tankers, said Deputy CMHO Ghanshyam Meena. He said the stored water was found contaminated. Students reported that they used to drink the same water in the coaching centre and also took bottles of water to hostel, the official said. According to a preliminary report by the CMHO, contaminated water was possib

Updated On: 16 Oct 2022 | 10:11 PM IST

Candidates can check and download the merit list on the official website- llb5cap22.mahacet.org

Updated On: 13 Oct 2022 | 10:13 PM IST

The candidates can get the result on the official website- secondary.biharboardonline.com

Updated On: 12 Oct 2022 | 10:45 PM IST

The candidates who had appeared in the round 5 seat allotment can check and download result on the official website- josaa.nic.in

Updated On: 12 Oct 2022 | 9:04 PM IST

As many as 2,15,486 candidates registered themselves at the CSAS portal till Monday at 8 pm

Updated On: 10 Oct 2022 | 11:12 PM IST

Candidates can check the MHT CET law 5-year merit list 2022 online on the official website-- llb5cap22.mahacet.org

Updated On: 10 Oct 2022 | 8:24 PM IST

Candidates who are to appear for the term-end examination can check the full schedule at the official IGNOU website - ignou.ac.in

Updated On: 07 Oct 2022 | 10:25 PM IST