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    International students are worth £25bn to UK economy

    2018-08-06T13:37:43+00:00April 11th, 2017|2017/2018, April 2017, UK/Europe, Year|

    As the number of Indian students coming to study at UK universities continues to register a drop, a new report reveals just what Britain stands to lose. International students coming to study at UK universities are worth over 25 billion pounds to the British economy, found new research released today. The latest analysis titled ‘The Economic Impact of International Students’, conducted for representative organisation Universities UK by Oxford Economics, shows that in 2014-15 spending by international students supported 206,600 jobs [...]

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      India is a major Brexit trade priority

      2018-06-11T09:33:24+00:00April 11th, 2017|2017/2018, April 2017, COMMONWEALTH, December 2017, INDIA-UK, Special Edition – May 2017, UK/Europe, Year|

      A London-based policy expert weighs up the challenges and opportunities thrown up by Brexit to strike a stronger India-UK dynamic. Talk of Brexit is never far from the headlines in the UK press. Theresa May triggering Article 50 signaled the start of the process. This presents significant challenges and opportunities for Commonwealth countries, with India being a prime example. New research from my organisation, the Royal Commonwealth Society, reveals an overwhelming majority of British businesses want to see the Government [...]

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        Indian fever catches on in Britain

        2018-08-02T12:44:17+00:00April 10th, 2017|2017/2018, April 2017, OTHER HIGHLIGHTS, Special Edition – May 2017, UK/Europe, Year|

        From a silent film set to the tunes of the sitar at the Taj Mahal to a travelling exhibition celebrating Indian achievements in science, this year promises to take India-UK cultural collaboration to a whole new level. The Taj Mahal will form the backdrop of a rare screening of a silent film set to live music by sitar maestro Anoushka Shankar as part of a wide range of celebrations to mark UK India Year of Culture 2017. ‘Shiraz’ is a [...]

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          India has become a pivotal power of the 21st century

          2018-08-02T12:44:13+00:00April 10th, 2017|2017/2018, April 2017, INDIA-UK, Special Edition – May 2017, UK/Europe, Year|

          ‘India Global Business’ caught up with India’s minister of state for External Affairs, M.J. Akbar, during a recent London visit to attend the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) meeting. The Commonwealth must become more people-centric and find ways of creating meaning for the citizens of the 52 member countries, India’s minister of state for external affairs M.J. Akbar believes. In his message at the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG), the minister also highlighted India's hope that the organisation will work towards increasing [...]

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