As per the media reports, those voting were asked to answer yes or no to the referendum question, “Should Indian-governed Punjab be an independent country?”
"Embassy of India in Beijing has been receiving several queries from prospective Indian students and their parents with respect to seeking admission for undergraduate clinical medicine programme in China," the embassy said in a statement on Sept 8.
The mobility program offered by Ukraine has been considered in the Commission in consultation with the Ministry of External Affairs, a public notice issued by NMC stated.
The statement came in response to queries by reporters on the fate of the over 20,000 students who fled Ukraine after Russia invaded that country in February this year.
The embassy, however, said certain disruptions in Russian banking services, as well as direct flight connectivity to India, have been reported and Indian students may consider returning home if they have concerns over these aspects.
For the last 13 days, these Indian students were huddled inside bunkers with missiles and bombs exploding outside, and firing going on. They had no electricity and water, and most of them were without food. Several students were eating biscuits dipped in water, melted from snow falling outside. All of them were living in a state of terror.
The Embassy of India, Kyiv has requested all Indian citizens stranded in Ukraine, and are yet to depart from their respective addresses and want to be evacuated urgently to fill up an online form.
At the same time, he said India can take advantage of the situation to bolster economic ties with Russia as Moscow's Western partners have refused to cooperate with it.
Amit Lath, vice-president of the Indo-Polish Chamber of Commerce, claimed that even women have been beaten up, either held up for days or not permitted to leave Ukraine at the border posts.
The 15-nation Council held an emergency session on Friday, called by Albania, France, Ireland, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States, following Russia's attack on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, the biggest in Europe.
A couple of Indian students who were stranded in Ukraine had declared that they will not leave Ukraine without their pets. A number of pictures are being circulated over social media of the students returning with their furry friends. Twitter has been showering them with praises for all these people who did not forget their cats and dogs in the war zone.
Atul revealed that many students studying in Ternopil had accompanied him to the border of Poland. It was only after they left Ternopil that there were explosions. Thankfully, he reached the border of Poland where he was rescued.
Weekend curfew lifted in Kyiv. All students are advised to make their way to the railway station for onward journey to western parts, Indian Embassy in Kyiv said in a new advisory.
Taking a sigh of relief, a student after she was evacuated from Ukraine said that the Indian embassy has remained in constant touch with the students and assisted with all immigration, official work. They were evacuated amid full security, food and water were also provided, she said.
In the wake of the conflict, around 242 Indian students returned to India and reached the Indira Gandhi International airport late on Tuesday night.
The three students are Lokesh Meena, Rajkumar Meena and Lakshya Rajawat, all from Jhalawad district in Rajasthan. Their parents were in tears on seeing their kids return home.
The 2021 Fall Snapshot of the Open Doors report, which looks forward to the 2021-2022 academic year, shows a substantial increase in student numbers this year.
From November 8, an estimated three million visa holders from India, with proof of vaccination, will be able to travel to the United States under the new international air travel policy, the embassy said.
A recent batch of students for the Perm State Medical University (2020-21) departed from New Delhi on August 29.
Students who have pursued medical education in China feel and alleged that they are being snubbed by the Medical Council of India after many of them held a silent protest on September 3 against the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE), — a mandatory exam to apply for clinical internship in the Indian Medical institutes — claiming it was extremely tough and more advanced than a postgraduate level.
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