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India expresses concern over US decision on foreign students' visas

Spokesperson of MEA Anurag Srivastava said Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla raised the issue with US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale during an online meeting

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According to a recent report, around 194,000 Indian students were enrolled in various academic institutions of the US in January this year. Photo: Shutterstock

Press Trust of India New Delhi
India on Thursday said it was concerned over the decision of the US to withdraw visas from foreign students whose courses moved fully online as it may lead to return of a large number of Indian students studying in that country.

Spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Anurag Srivastava said Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla raised the issue with US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale during an online meeting on Tuesday.

In a move that is expected to adversely impact hundreds of thousands of Indian students, the US immigration authority has announced that foreign students