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Kota: A memorandum of agreement (MoA) has been signed between Rajasthan's only Open Varsity-Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, Kota-(Rajasthan INDIA) and Terbuka University, INDONESIA for "Co-operation in the Development of Education."

Amid the prevailing tension in Ukraine, the large number of Indian medical students in that far-off country, now seeking evacuation, has come as a surprise, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said here on Thursday

Congress MP Manish Tewari on Wednesday criticised the move of the government where ministers are receiving students at airports who have been evacuated from the war zone of Ukraine.

As many as 600 Indian students are currently stranded in a university located in Sumy, a city in north-eastern Ukraine, hoping that they will soon be evacuated as "continuous firing and bombing" by the Russian forces has left them completely terrified, one of the students said.

6.000 of the 20,000 Indians who were stranded in war-torn Ukraine, have been evacuated and brought back to the country so far and the Centre is making all efforts for the safe return of the remaining ones, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said on Wednesday.

Parental consent to attend classes or exams for classes 10 and 12 is not mandatory anymore, according to a circular by Directorate of Education, Delhi.

After China and the Philippines, Ukraine is the third most popular educational destination for Indian students pursuing medical studies. Every year, thousands of Indian students choose Ukraine for many reasons.

S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister on Monday said that the sixth flight from Budapest has departed for New Delhi with 240 Indian passengers, including students onboard under 'Operation Ganga'.

On Tuesday, a bench led by Justice AM Khanwilkar directed that the standing counsel for the CBSE and other respondents be provided with an advance copy of the petition. The counsel for petitioner Anubha Shrivastava Sahai raised the issue and asked the panel to schedule an urgent hearing seeking cancellation of offline board exams for class 10 & 12.

With the ongoing Hijab row case, schools for classes up tp 10th standard have reopened on Monday in Karnataka.