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Foreign students prefer Karnataka for education: HRD

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September 25, 2019

New Delhi/Bengaluru, Sept 25: Karnataka continued to remain the sought-after destination for higher education among foreign students, leading the list of states in India by a long distance, a survey from the HRD ministry said.

India gets the maximum number of foreign students from Nepal followed by Afghanistan. The All India Survey of Higher Education (AISHE) for 2018-19 says the total number of foreign students enrolled in higher education is 47,427. Karnataka has the highest number of foreign students at 10,023.

The Karnataka figure for 2018-19 is significantly lower than 14,500 the state had attracted in the year 2015-16.

Foreign students come from 164 countries

Every year since 2012-13 from when the HRD ministry data is available, Karnataka’s share of foreign students in India is between 20% and nearly 35%.

For the survey, the higher education institutions were bracketed under three categories — university, college and standalone institutions. Some 962 universities, 38,179 colleges and 9,190 standalone institutions participated in the survey for 2018-19. “Foreign students come from 164 countries. The top 10 countries constitute 63.7% of the total foreign students enrolled. The highest share of foreign students come from neighbouring countries — Nepal accounts for 26.9%, Afghanistan 9.8%, Bangladesh 4.4%, Sudan 4%, Bhutan 3.8%, and Nigeria 3.4%.”

The highest number of foreign students are enrolled in undergraduate courses — 73.4% of all foreign students —followed by PG with 16.1% enrolment. Among top courses is BTech with 8,861 students. The second popular course is BBA (3,354), BSc (3,320) and BA (2,226). BPharma, BCA, MBBS, nursing and BDS are among the popular undergraduate courses,” the survey report said.

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July 21,2020

Udupi, Jul 21: Udupi Court complex has been sealed down for two days for sanitisation after a judge tested positive for Covid-19, a source said on Tuesday.

The Covid cases in Udupi district which had reduced recently are once again seeing a spurt. On Monday, as many as 98 have tested positive taking the total cases in the district to 2,321.

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January 19,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 19: The Karnataka government has given its nod to teach 'Vivekadeepini' slokhas, authored by Adi Shankaracharya, in schools across the state, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said on Saturday.

At an event called 'Vivekadeepini Mahasamarpane,' organised by Vedanta Bharati, Yediyurappa said, "It has been noticed that Vivekadeepini, which evolves the mind and illumines a person, has a great effect on students.

Parents and teachers have found a positive change among children who were inspired by Vivekadeepini." "Hence, the government has given its nod to allow teaching Vivekadeepini in the schools in Karnataka," he added.

According to the organisers of the event, around two lakh children from 50 schools participated in the event where they were taught to chant Vivekadeepini, comprising verses for the seekers in the spiritual journey.

Yediyurappa reminded the audience that the Indian culture and civilisation is the oldest and the best, which they should feel proud of. Likening Amit Shah to the first union home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, he said, "After Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel if we have seen a union home minister, it is Amit Shah, who has successfully resolved many burning issues of the countries within a few months.

"Shah succeeded in finding a permanent solution to Kashmir issue," Yediyurappa said.

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February 23,2020

Chmarajanagara, Feb 23: In order to control and keep a tab on the activities within the forest area and after the bitter experiences with frequent forest fires, like the one in Bandipur Tiger Reserve last year Karnataka Forest Department officials have decided to use drones to prevent the occurrences of such wildfires, and to use drones to nab trouble makers and take timely action to put out or prevent forest fires, especially during the summer season.

The department of forest has been working on using drones and setting up a centre in Mysuru or Chamarajanagar to monitor three crucial tiger reserves — Bandipur, Nagarhole, and BRT.

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