Tripura university to set up Bangladesh Study Centre
January 25th, 2012 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 25 (IANS) Tripura Central University will set up a Bangladesh Study Centre soon to teach Indian students more about the neighbouring nation, a top university official told ... Read more...
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Kolkata celebrates Chinese New Year
January 21st, 2012 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) Students from China hummed a Hindi movie song while Indian students returned the compliment by rendering a popular Chinese number as expatriates from that country welcomed ... Read more...
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Anuj’s parents plead for justice, to return with body Saturday
January 6th, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 6 (IANS) The distraught parents of murdered Indian student Anuj Bidve have met with the authorities here and pleaded for justice for their son who was shot dead ... Read more...
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US Exim Bank considering $2bn proposals from Indian corporates
January 5th, 2012 - 12:44 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 4 (IANS) The US Export Import Bank has funding proposals of $2 billion from Indian companies and is willing to extend education loans to Indian students to pursue ... Read more...
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Racism not ruled out in Indian student’s killing
December 30th, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 30 (IANS) The killing of 23-year-old Indian student Anuj Bidve in Britain is being treated by police as a "hate crime", after a woman who reportedly held the ... Read more...
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One held as Indian’s killing sparks outrage on Facebook (Second Lead)
December 27th, 2011 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 27 (IANS) A 17-year-old British youth has been arrested over the fatal shooting of Indian student Anuj Bidve in Manchester. The killing triggered condemnation on social networking ... Read more...
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One held as Indian’s killing sparks outrage on Facebook (Lead)
December 27th, 2011 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 27 (IANS) A 17-year-old British youth has been arrested over the fatal shooting of Indian student Anuj Bidve in Manchester, triggering condemnation on social networking website Facebook.Bidve, ... Read more...
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British teen held over Indian student’s killing
December 27th, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 27 (IANS) A British teenager has been arrested over the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Indian student Anuj Bidve in Manchester Monday, a media report said Tuesday.Bidve was ... Read more...
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Facebook flooded with condemnation for Indian’s killing
December 27th, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 27 (IANS) Social networking website Facebook has been flooded with comments condemning the killing of Indian student Anuj Bidve in Manchester with one terming the killers "vermin".The ... Read more...
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Now, pursue a foreign degree from home
December 20th, 2011 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Indian students desiring foreign education can fulfil their dreams right from the comfort of their homes, courtesy online courses launched here Tuesday by Laureate International ... Read more...
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Making India-US ties a ‘cornerstone of Asia-Pacific century’ (2011 in Retrospect)
December 20th, 2011 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 20 (IANS) Amid turmoil from Afghanistan to Iraq to Libya, it was a year of consolidation of a strategic partnership between India and the US as they ... Read more...
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Australian ex-PM supports move for uranium sale to India
December 3rd, 2011 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Former Australian prime minister John Howard Saturday supported the move by his country's governent to lift ban on sale of uranium to India, and ... Read more...
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Oz film legend apologises for attacks on Indian students
November 27th, 2011 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 27 (IANS) Australian film legend Phil Noyce Sunday apologised on behalf of Australians for the spate of attacks on Indian students studying in his country.
Noyce, several ... Read more...
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PM and Gillard meet, discuss sale of uranium (Lead)
November 19th, 2011 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Nusa Dua (Bali), Nov 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Australian counterpart Julia Gillard met here Saturday for a brief interaction to take forward discussions on selling ... Read more...
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Britain offers 100 scholarships to Indian students
November 16th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 16 (IANS) Britain will grant 100 scholarships to bright Indian students enrolling in post-graduate engineering, science and technology programmes in the Queen's University in Northern Ireland from September ... Read more...
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US varsities fair in Mumbai
November 10th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 10 (IANS) As many as 32 leading varsities will take part in the US Universities Fair here Sunday in a bid to attract more Indian students, an official ... Read more...
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Now get confirmed admission for Oz student visa
November 9th, 2011 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Getting an Australian student's visa will now require a confirmed admission in a course there, the Australian high commission here said Wednesday.Changes in students' visa ... Read more...
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India undertapped as US student destination: Study
November 4th, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Doha (Qatar), Nov 4 (IANS) In the last two decades, an estimated one million Indian students have been educated in the United States. But only a miniscule number of ... Read more...
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California varsity woos Indian students
November 4th, 2011 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) The University of California - Irvine (UCI) has launched courses in engineering and biology in a bid to attract Indian students, a statement said Thursday.The ... Read more...
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US students visa for Indians go up
October 28th, 2011 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) The US still remains the top education destination for Indians, with US visa applications by Indian students increasing by 18 per cent over the last ... Read more...
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Indian students continue to shun Australia
October 27th, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Oct 27 (IANS) Even while the number of international students coming to Australia continues to fall, Malaysia has replaced India as the second largest source of students in the ... Read more...
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US, India facing same challenge: Envoy
October 27th, 2011 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Oct 27 (IANS) The US and India are facing the "same challenge" of providing for the energy needs of their people while ensuring that environment is not harmed, US ... Read more...
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US working on plight of Tri-valley students
October 27th, 2011 - 11:30 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 27 (IANS) The United States has assured India that it was "continuing to work" on the issue of hundreds of Indian students affected by the "horrible visa scam" ... Read more...
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Indians hit as Australia axes 15,000 student visas
October 25th, 2011 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 25 (IANS) Immigration authorities in Australia have cancelled 15,066 foreign student visas in the last one year, and the worst hit are Indians.Of the total, 3,624 students lost ... Read more...
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India seeks fair treatment of Tri-valley students
October 25th, 2011 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 25 (IANS) Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao has asked US authorities to view the cases of hundreds of Indian students affected by the closure of "sham" Tri-Valley University ... Read more...
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435 Indian students of Tri-valley get transfers to other schools
October 22nd, 2011 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 22 (IANS) US authorities have approved the transfer of 435 Indian students of the Tri-Valley University to other institutions, indicating some progress in addressing the plight of nearly ... Read more...
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Oz varsity launches Harivansh Rai Bachchan scholarship
October 21st, 2011 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia, which has awarded Amitabh Bachchan an honorary doctorate, will launch a Students Exchange Programme in the ... Read more...
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India issues advisory for students bound for Eurasia
October 19th, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) India Wednesday issued an advisory asking Indian students already pursuing or planning to study in the Eurasian region to cross-check facts about the security situation ... Read more...
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India, US education partnership to meet challenges ahead
October 13th, 2011 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 13 (IANS) India and the United States Thursday set out to forge a new collaborative relationship in education with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling it a "driving ... Read more...
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US assures Indian students all help to sort out sham varsities
October 13th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 13 (IANS) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday assured potential Indian students that the United States would to do everything possible to help them sort out real and ... Read more...
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Australia wants more Indian tourists
October 13th, 2011 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Oct 13 (IANS) Tourism Australia has become the latest Australian organization to express interest in milking the burgeoning, and cash rich, Indian middle class.The Australian government owned tourism promotion ... Read more...
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India makes major pitch for tie-ups with US varsities
October 12th, 2011 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 12 (IANS) India is making a major pitch for top US educational institutions to collaborate with educational institutions in India, saying such tie-up would help solve not ... Read more...
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Indian students hit as college campus shuts in London
October 11th, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) The London campus of Pune-based Tasmac Group's business school was ordered to shut down by British authorities, affecting around 200 Indian students studying there.But all ... Read more...
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Sibal to attend first India-US higher education summit
October 11th, 2011 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Monday left here to attend the first India-US Higher Education Summit in Washington Oct 13, said a statement.The summit, ... Read more...
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India-born official leads US educational mission to India
October 8th, 2011 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 8 (IANS) The US is sending an education-focused trade mission to India with representatives from 21 US institutions of higher education to explore opportunities for partnership ... Read more...
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