First Indian PM visit to West Africa in 17 years seeks to boost security, investment tiesPrime Minister Narendra Modi is embarking on a historic visit to Nigeria, marking the first such trip in 17 years. The visit aims to unlock...
16 Nov, 2024, 06.59 AM IST
Indian students are turning away from UK universitiesIndian students are losing interest in pursuing undergraduate studies in the United Kingdom. Official statistics show a 4% drop in applicat...
16 Feb, 2024, 02.34 PM IST
Indian professionals, students, and healthcare workers lead UK visa numbersIn the Skilled Worker category, there was a modest 9% increase in visas granted, with Indian nationals leading the pack. Notably, the 'Skil...
23 Nov, 2023, 05.14 PM IST
50 Nigerians leave Gurugram varsity after fight with local studentsAbout 50 Nigerian students of the university have since reportedly left the campus temporarily, alleging harassment by the Indian students....
17 Oct, 2022, 12.26 AM IST
Sewa International evacuates 467 African students from UkraineSewa Europe is continuing its efforts to help stranded people affected by the war in Ukraine and evacuated 467 African students, including ...
10 Mar, 2022, 11.55 AM IST
Nigerian governor says 279 kidnapped schoolgirls are freedGunmen abducted the girls from the Government Girls Junior Secondary School in Jangebe town on Friday, in the latest in a series of mass ki...
02 Mar, 2021, 01.23 PM IST
Gunmen storm Nigerian school, kidnap studentsMilitant Islamist group Boko Haram and a branch of Islamic State are active in northern Nigeria, but kidnappings by other armed groups - mo...
17 Feb, 2021, 04.52 PM IST
Nigerian students build Covid-19 care robot to treat patientsMAIROBOT, which took about three months to build, is still in its early days.
17 Feb, 2021, 03.12 PM IST
Nigerian High Commission seeks release of 12 nationals from Meghalaya prisonsThe arrested Nigerians are languishing in prisons in Meghalaya even after completing their six-month jail terms, Betrand Tochukwu Ikwuka, w...
18 Nov, 2020, 11.18 AM IST
Attacks on Africans 'xenophobic, racial': African envoysLast week’s xenophobic and racial attacks were “not sufficiently condemned” by Indian officials, the envoys said in a letter to the governm...
04 Apr, 2017, 12.33 PM IST
India refuses to categorise attacks on Africans as racialAsked if these were racial attacks, Baglay said, "Pending the investigation it is not correct to go into the nature and the reason for thes...
30 Mar, 2017, 07.42 PM IST
Nigeria demands 'diligent prosecution' after students attackedThe Nigerian students were allegedly attacked by people during a candle-light march for a 17-year-old Indian boy, who died of suspected dru...
30 Mar, 2017, 04.55 PM IST
Government assures impartial probe into attack on African studentsSushma Swaraj said the state administration was taking steps to maintain law and order and the Nigerian student is being treated in a hospi...
30 Mar, 2017, 01.59 PM IST
Attack on Nigerian student: DGP refutes racial angle"Anything that is democratic is welcome...but, persons who do not believe in democracy and democratic ways we also cannot tolerate that," h...
31 May, 2016, 05.40 PM IST
Minor scuffle blown up by media: VK Singh on attack on Africans"Why is media doing this? As responsible citizens let us question them and their motives," VK Singhsaid in a series of tweets.
29 May, 2016, 06.26 PM IST
Sushma Swaraj seeks urgent report over attack on Nigerian student in HyderabadExternal Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said Swaraj has urgently sought a report from the Telangana government on the incident.
27 May, 2016, 10.35 PM IST
- Indian students in UK up by a third
The number of Indian students enrolling on courses in British universities rose by almost a third in the past academic year, according to o...
02 Apr, 2010, 02.42 PM IST