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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicIndian students

Topic: Indian students

Indian students waiting at a food bank in Ireland aren’t ‘freeloading’, it’s ‘jugaad’

It is assumed that any one able to fund an international education must be superbly wealthy.

‘Brain drain’ is real: For every 1 foreign student, 25 Indians go abroad for studies, says NITI Aayog

Outmigration of skilled students hampers innovation & knowledge creation as well as increases dependency on foreign tech, it asserts, calling for 'internationalisation at home'.

UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus programme in 2027. Why it matters, who can apply

Erasmus+ is the EU’s main programme for education that supports studying abroad, internships, staff exchanges, and cooperation across higher education.

17% drop in new international students in US in fall 2025, Indians remain largest cohort: Open Doors

Institute of International Education's report shows 3,63,019 Indians enrolled in 2024-25, up from 3,31,602 in previous year. Indians accounted for 30.8% of international students.

US clarifies who is exempt from $100,000 H1-B visa fee. There’s good news for Indian students & techies

For new H-1B visa petitions filed 21 September onwards, as well as applicants without a valid visa and outside the US currently, the $100,000 fee is must.

Amid US H-1B visa furore, Germany promises ‘liberal & stable’ migration policies for Indians

In conversation with ThePrint, Ambassador Philipp Ackermann says skilled Indian workers are welcome in Germany. ‘Indians are considered diligent, industrious people’.

Over 33 lakh Indian students enrolled in schools with just one teacher; issue most stark in UP, Jharkhand

UDISE+ data for 2024–25 reveals a stark reality. Schools with low enrolments are now being merged to ensure optimal utilisation of educational infrastructure, say officials.

Indian students among worst hit as US may see international enrolment dip 30% this Fall amid visa crisis

The US, on its end, faces a $7 billion revenue loss & 60,000 fewer jobs, reports the NAFSA: Association of International Educators.

Amid visa uncertainty, Ashoka launches UG admissions drive for students with offers from US institutions

The special drive by the university in Sonepat is exclusively for students who either hold admission offers from US-based educational institutions or are currently enrolled in one.

Indian students in Tehran ‘shaken’ by blast 5km away, urge Delhi to evacuate them before ‘it’s too late’

As tensions between Israel and Iran enter the fourth day, with strikes in Tehran risking the lives of civilians, Indian students say relocation is not enough, want to return home.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.