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.
The number of international applicants through Nov 1st fell 9% from a year earlier. India, the largest source of international students to US, saw a 14% decline.
After a judge blocked Trump's move to ban foreign students at Harvard, Marco Rubio's diplomatic cable to embassies comes as the latest shocker for Indians set for studies in the US.
Harvard University sued the Trump administration for imposing the ban Friday morning, and later in the day, a federal judge reportedly blocked the move for now.
There has also been a decline in the number of Indians studying in the US, UK, while more students are opting to pursue their education in France, Germany.
Most poor countries that experimented with democracy failed to sustain it. While some collapsed into military rule, others slid into one-party states or ethnic autocracies.
Proposal to restart licensing is welcome, but Rs 300-crore minimum capital requirement could mean only handful of credit societies qualify, say sector executives
Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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