Indian professionals in China ask EAM Jaishanker to help them reunite with their families
2 years, 8 months ago

Indian professionals in China ask EAM Jaishanker to help them reunite with their families

Hindustan Times  

A group of Beijing-based Indian professionals have petitioned the Indian government to help them reunite with their families, including children who have not been able to return after leaving China because of the spread of Covid since early 2020. Last week’s decision by China to allow selected Indian students to return to their Chinese universities, however, has offered a ray of hope. “We humbly request you to use this opportunity to forward a list of our separated family members alongside the list of students to the Chinese authorities for their consideration on humanitarian grounds,” the plea said. They gave the example of Indian diplomats as well as employees of the Beijing-based Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank and their families, who, besides citizens of the US, Canada, many EU members, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, have been granted permission to enter China, and asked that the Chinese government should permit their families to return as well.

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China to issue visas to stranded Indian students after over 2 years
2 years, 4 months ago

China to issue visas to stranded Indian students after over 2 years

India Today  

On Monday, China revealed plans to grant visas to hundreds of Indian students who have been stuck at home for more than two years as a result of Beijing's stringent Covid regulations. "All intl #students may return tostudy should they so wish,outbound comm&trade activities&crossborder travel for labor services will be advanced,"he said,adding this will promote personnel interflow&exchanges&coop btw&world pic.twitter.com/Dq6mDwKrH6 — …

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang promises to relax COVID travel curbs, facilitate return of foreign students
2 years, 5 months ago

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang promises to relax COVID travel curbs, facilitate return of foreign students

Firstpost  

Li’s comments to permit the return of the students are regarded as significant as around five lakh foreign students studying at Chinese universities, including over 23,000 Indians, were stranded in their respective countries in the last two years due to China’s COVID visa bans Beijing: As the strictly implemented Zero COVID policy began to bite China’s economy, Premier Li Keqiang …

China opens up air travel after 2-year Covid ban, flight services to India still in limbo
2 years, 6 months ago

China opens up air travel after 2-year Covid ban, flight services to India still in limbo

India Today  

China has started permitting international flights after a two-year ban due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but there is no word yet on the resumption of air services to India, even after Beijing lifted a visa ban for Indian professionals and their families last month. China has made one of its most substantial adjustments since the COVID-19 pandemic, as its embassies …

China lifts two-year Covid visa ban on Indians; to allow return of stranded professionals, families
2 years, 6 months ago

China lifts two-year Covid visa ban on Indians; to allow return of stranded professionals, families

India TV News  

Highlights China is also processing requests of thousands of Indian students studying in Chinese universities On Monday, the Chinese Embassy in India updated its COVID-19 visa policy It is a big relief for hundreds of Indian professionals and their families who are stuck back home China lifts Covid visa ban: China has announced plans to provide visas to Indian professionals …

Indian professionals in China urge Jaishankar to press Chinese govt to permit return of their families
2 years, 8 months ago

Indian professionals in China urge Jaishankar to press Chinese govt to permit return of their families

Firstpost  

The petition followed China’s last week decision to permit some Indian students studying in Chinese universities to return as part of a limited opening up for foreign students Beijing: As China finally consented to permit some Indian students to return to re-join studies after over two years of delay, a number of Indian professionals whose families are stuck back home …

China to Allow Indian Students to Return, Indian Embassy to Form List
2 years, 8 months ago

China to Allow Indian Students to Return, Indian Embassy to Form List

News 18  

Indian students pursuing medical science in Wuhan and other places of China will now be able to join the colleges and complete the remaining part of the course, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lijian Zhaw said while addressing a press conference in Beijing. The Indian students pursuing medicine in China were taken back home two years back when China was badly …

China to permit Indian students to return: Chinese foreign ministry
2 years, 8 months ago

China to permit Indian students to return: Chinese foreign ministry

Firstpost  

The Indian Embassy has directed eligible Indian students to provide the necessary information by filling up a Google Form by 8 May, 2022 The Chinese side has expressed its willingness to consider facilitating the return of Indian students to China on a need-assessed basis, said the Indian Embassy in China on Friday. Notably, the Indian students pursuing medicine from Chinese …

NCP MP Sule Seeks Health Minister Mandaviya's Help for Indian Students Studying in China
2 years, 8 months ago

NCP MP Sule Seeks Health Minister Mandaviya's Help for Indian Students Studying in China

News 18  

NCP MP Supriya Sule has sought Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya’s help for Indian students studying medicine in China, who have demanded that their return to the neighbouring country be facilitated to resume offline courses and arrangements for practical classes be made in India till then. In a letter to Mandaviya, Sule said the students are attending their lectures online …

AICTE, UGC Warn Students Against Studying in China Amidst COVID-19 Travel Restrictions
2 years, 9 months ago

AICTE, UGC Warn Students Against Studying in China Amidst COVID-19 Travel Restrictions

News 18  

In a joint notice issued on March 25th, the All-India Council for Technical Education and University Grants Commission asked Indian students to “exercise due diligence” with respect to universities in China in the wake of COVID19 imposed travel restrictions by China government. In this context, any prospective student needs to be aware that the Government of People’s Republic of China …

China Assures to Consider Return of Indian Medical Students, Two Years After Online Education
2 years, 9 months ago

China Assures to Consider Return of Indian Medical Students, Two Years After Online Education

News 18  

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has assured his Indian counterpart Dr. S Jaishankar that he will “speak to the relevant authorities” regarding the return of Indian medical students. He also recognized the particular concerns that medical students have in this difficult situation” These students cannot practice medicine in India after having online degrees as in the field of medicine the …

Medical students from Telangana, AP wait for return to China
2 years, 9 months ago

Medical students from Telangana, AP wait for return to China

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Hundreds of medical students hailing from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh who returned to India from Chinese universities after the Covid-19 pandemic broke out two years ago are desperately seeking immediate government action for their return to China. After 25 months of imposing Covid-19 restrictions, the Chinese government is yet to open the border to Indian students, at a time …

China's reluctance to allow stranded Indians to return due to COVID-19 unscientific, says Indian envoy
3 years, 3 months ago

China's reluctance to allow stranded Indians to return due to COVID-19 unscientific, says Indian envoy

Firstpost  

China has suspended the visa process as well as flights from India for over a year citing the COVID-19 situation Beijing: India has expressed disappointment over China’s reluctance to permit the return of thousands of stranded Indian students, employees and their families due to the COVID-19 pandemic, describing it as an “unscientific approach” to a purely humanitarian issue. Over 23,000 …

Over 300 Stranded Indians Take Chinese Covid Vaccines Abroad, Urge Beijing to Permit Their Return
3 years, 7 months ago

Over 300 Stranded Indians Take Chinese Covid Vaccines Abroad, Urge Beijing to Permit Their Return

News 18  

Over 300 Indians, who have managed to take Chinese COVID-19 vaccines to comply with China's stipulation for travellers from India to be inoculated with its jabs, have urged Beijing to lift travel restrictions and permit them to return to join their jobs and businesses. The announcement put hundreds of Indians, who are working and doing business in China but stuck …

Coronavirus | China, Australia, France offer help to India
3 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | China, Australia, France offer help to India

The Hindu  

China is in contact with Indian officials and will assist India in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Spokesman of Beijing’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zhao Lijian said China “firmly” supported the Indian people in the ongoing fight against the deadly pandemic. President Emmanuel Macron of France also extended his “solidarity” with India and said, “We stand ready to provide our support.” …

COVID-19 surge: In communication with India help in combating rising cases, says China
3 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19 surge: In communication with India help in combating rising cases, says China

Firstpost  

Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a media briefing in Beijing that China expresses ‘sincere sympathies’ to India over the deteriorating COVID-19 situation recently Beijing: China on Friday said it firmly supports the Indian government and the people in their fight against the coronavirus pandemic and is in communication with New Delhi on its offer to provide support and help …

Indian expats in Shanghai hail China's epidemic response
4 years, 9 months ago

Indian expats in Shanghai hail China's epidemic response

China Daily  

Ananya Vasishtha, a 13-year-old from Rajasthan, India, lives with her family in Shanghai. The Indian community in Shanghai has hailed China's fighting spirit in tackling the challenges brought about by the novel coronavirus outbreak. According to the Indian Association in Shanghai, the collective efforts undertaken by the government and the public to fight the epidemic is a demonstration of the …

Coronavirus | 1142 Indians brought back from Iran, Centre tells Supreme Court
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | 1142 Indians brought back from Iran, Centre tells Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Centre informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it has already facilitated the return of 1142 Indians — 787 pilgrims, 219 students and 136 others — from Iran and they are quarantined in various locations in the country in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 | Interactive map of confirmed coronavirus cases in India A status report filed …

Coronavirus | Indian mission offers help in arranging accommodation for stranded Indians in U.K.
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | Indian mission offers help in arranging accommodation for stranded Indians in U.K.

The Hindu  

The Indian High Commission in London is offering assistance with organising accommodation for Indian nationals stranded in the U.K. in light of India’s ban on travellers from the U.K. and Europe over coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, student groups have continued to rally around to help Indian nationals through the crisis and called on the U.K. Home Office to help those stranded …

Coronavirus: Panic-stricken Indian students in UK desperate to get back home
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Panic-stricken Indian students in UK desperate to get back home

India Today  

Indian students in the UK are desperate to return to India and have flooded the Indian High Commission here with queries about when they are likely to get back home and be with their families, as New Delhi bans travellers from Britain starting on Wednesday due to the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic. "High Commission is working with both the Indian and …

India’s poor testing rate may have masked coronavirus cases
4 years, 9 months ago

India’s poor testing rate may have masked coronavirus cases

Al Jazeera  

The WHO urges countries to test more people to curb the pandemic, but India has not expanded testing so far. Indian authorities have said they will not expand coronavirus testing, as most affected nations are doing, despite criticism that limited testing could leave COVID-19 cases undetected in the world’s second-most populous country. Balaram Bharghava, who heads the Indian Council of …

Here is a list of 72 Covid-19 testing centers in India
4 years, 9 months ago

Here is a list of 72 Covid-19 testing centers in India

India Today  

Indian Council of Medical Research: To curb and control the menace of the on spreading coronavirus, the Indian Council of Medical Research has given a notification. The Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research. Check the complete list released by the Indian Council of Medical Research: …

Growing numbers: The Hindu Editorial on India’s COVID-19 preparedness
4 years, 10 months ago

Growing numbers: The Hindu Editorial on India’s COVID-19 preparedness

The Hindu  

On Monday and Tuesday, India reported three more coronavirus disease cases — one each from Delhi, Hyderabad and Jaipur — bringing the total number to six. On Tuesday, the Health Ministry said that six people in Agra who had come in contact with the COVID-19 index case in Delhi have been “detected with high viral load” and kept in isolation. …

Coronavirus: Govt asks Indians in China to contact Beijing embassy by today to seek evacuation
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus: Govt asks Indians in China to contact Beijing embassy by today to seek evacuation

India Today  

India is flying an aircraft to China's Wuhan later this week with medical supplies and will be bringing back Indians trapped in the coronavirus-hit Chinese province. The Indian embassy in Beijing has said, "GoI will send a consignment of medical supplies on a relief flight to Wuhan later this week to support China to fight the COVID-19 epidemic. @MEAIndia India …

Coronavirus: Pakistani students in China cry for help in videos as Indians get evacuated
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus: Pakistani students in China cry for help in videos as Indians get evacuated

India Today  

As India flew special Air India jets to evacuate the stranded Indians from China amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak, Pakistani students were seen appealing for help and evacuation and slamming the Pakistan government over its refusal to save the lot. India on Saturday evacuated 324 Indians from China's Wuhan city, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak that has already claimed …

Coronavirus outbreak: 58 engineers from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana stranded in China's Wuhan; families request Centre to ensure early repatriation
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak: 58 engineers from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana stranded in China's Wuhan; families request Centre to ensure early repatriation

Firstpost  

Visakhapatnam: Families of 58 engineers from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana stranded in China’s Wuhan city due to coronavirus outbreak has requested the Centre to ensure the repatriation of the youths at the earliest. “It is understood that the employees of Panel Opto-display Technology Private Limited, who have been brought to Wuhan’s, China Star Opto-Electronics Technology for training purpose on 23 …

Coronavirus scare: Fear, uncertainty grip Rajasthan students stranded in China
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus scare: Fear, uncertainty grip Rajasthan students stranded in China

Hindustan Times  

Over 30 students mostly from Rajasthan in China’s Hunan province are anxious that their return to India may be delayed amid a coronavirus outbreak as their passports submitted to local authorities for visa renewal would only be returned by mid-February. Police say we will get our passports by mid-February,” Bansal, who is from Rajasthan’s Alwar district, told HT over the …

Around 100 students from Gujarat stuck in epidemic-hit China
4 years, 11 months ago

Around 100 students from Gujarat stuck in epidemic-hit China

The Hindu  

With around 100 students from Gujarat stuck in epidemic-hit China, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Monday sought the help of the Ministry of External Affairs for safe return of students including those in Wuhan, epicentre of the coronavirus which has gripped the Chinese city, claiming 80 persons and infecting hundreds. Mr. Rupani urged External Affairs Minister Jaishankar to intervene after …

Coronavirus effect: kin of students studying in China a worried lot
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus effect: kin of students studying in China a worried lot

The Hindu  

Relatives of students from Tamil Nadu studying in universities in China are gripped by anxiety and helplessness in the backdrop of the outbreak of coronavirus in China. A student from Tenkasi, who is pursuing medicine in Qingdao, said that since it is vacation time, many students had already left for their home town in Tamil Nadu. Some students who decided …

4,500 return from China, 2,000 stuck
4 years, 11 months ago

4,500 return from China, 2,000 stuck

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: About 4,500 students have returned from China to India, though approximately 2,000 students are continuing to stay there in various medical colleges. Trivedy, Indian consultant for Tianjin Medical University said: “We have been able to get 4,500 students from China after the outbreak of coronavirus was confirmed. Still, there are about 2,000 students stuck in four medical colleges of …

Officials advise students in China to stay put
4 years, 11 months ago

Officials advise students in China to stay put

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Over 1,000 Indian students at the Wuhan College of Medicine must not return home but remain in China in case they are infected with the coronavirus. A new strain raises concern in a populated country like ours.” Incidentally, the state health department has no data on the number of students who opted to study medicine abroad. “Evaluation only happens …

Health ministry seeks info from MEA on Indian visa applicants after outbreak of coronavirus in China
4 years, 11 months ago

Health ministry seeks info from MEA on Indian visa applicants after outbreak of coronavirus in China

Firstpost  

Coronavirus has infected more than 220 people, resulting in the death of three people but WHO says the risk is low. In the wake of the outbreak of an infection in China caused by a new strain of virus, the health ministry has sought from the Ministry of External Affairs details of those who have applied for Indian visa since …

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