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Why Indian student numbers in UK have skyrocketed — graduate visa, pandemic backlog

The British High Commission granted 1.27 lakh student visas to Indians in the year ending September 2022, an increase of 273 per cent over the same period in 2019.

Not the right time to talk about tourist visas to Chinese amid Covid surge there, says MEA

Ministry of External Affairs spokesman Arindam Bagchi response comes after global airlines body IATA told on 20 April that India has suspended tourist visas for Chinese nationals.

India’s NY consulate official tells woman ‘take your money & go’ in viral video, disciplined

In 24 November incident, official behaved ‘rudely’ with a woman & refused visa. Later, Consulate General issued visa ‘expeditiously’ and initiated disciplinary proceedings.

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Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.