As many as 721,469 appointments were made through the national booking service on Friday -- the day of the announcement -- at an average of more than eight every second. To cope with demand, the NHS said it is using stadiums and football grounds as giant vaccination centres.
An Indian PhD student's daughter who braved odds by doing cleaning jobs in a hospital to finance her studies in the UK has been awarded the prestigious VQ Learner of the Year Award.
The British Council held a pre-departure briefing for students heading to the UK later this year. Here's what they advised.
The Savitribai Phule Graduate Scholarship will cover course fee to study at Somerville College, University of Oxford and a grant for living costs.
In a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, the university heads noted the economic and other contributions made by international students, and said Britain stood to lose out on the highly competitive international student market unless the recent changes were reviewed.
Of the eight RBI governors who have held office since the 1991 economic liberalisation, Bimal Jalan had the longest stint and S Venkitaramanan, the shortest. Current Governor Shaktikanta Das will overtake Bimal Jalan before completing his second term in December, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Chindu Sreedharan, PhD student in the UK, shares his experiences living abroad. He emphasises the beneficial aspects of studying abroad -- new perspectives, new people and new cultures.
From the Cambridge to the London School of Economics, United Kingdom is home to the world's best known universities. Suchitra Surve, counsellor, Growth Centre presents a lowdown on what you need to know before applying to a university in the UK.
British Chevening Scholarships 2008 Programme is open for applications from 18 October 2007 -- 14 December 2007
India on Thursday described the strikes by Hamas on Israeli cities as "terror attacks" but at the same time reaffirmed its long-standing position, advocating negotiations towards establishing a "sovereign, independent and viable" State of Palestine living side-by-side at peace with Israel.
'From the start, we have sought to put in the right measures at the right time. We will not hesitate to go further if that is what the scientific and medical advice tells us we must do'
The vaccine, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 and also known as AZD1222, is considered among the most advanced in the worldwide hunt for a viable vaccine against the novel coronavirus.
The UK has relaxed its immigration rules giving greater flexibility to students and businesses that employ and sponsor international migrants.
A joint research programme between the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and the University of Reading, UK on `Science of Regional Climate Change, Variability and Impacts`, has been selected for a `Major Award` under the UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI).
Travelling to the UK to study for the first time? We take you through a quick orientation process on what you must know about your first foreign trip.
Mayank Singh, who studied in the UK, shares some experiences and gives some helpful advice to students preparing for departure.
EdUK advisors at the British council hosted a chat on studying in the UK with Get Ahead readers on Aug 3. The transcript.
"If you get employment, you will watch Reels for half an hour and work for 12 hours," the Congress leader said.
British politicians must listen harder to the 'calm voice of moderation and reason,' of the majority of the country's Muslims, he said.
'Everybody thought I was crazy to quit my job and jump into entrepreneurship.'
A 23-year-old Indian student enrolled at Lancaster University in the UK was killed after he was shot in an "unprovoked attack" by two white men, police said.
An Indian student has claimed that he was disqualified from the London School of Economics (LSE) Students' Union elections as a result of a deliberately orchestrated smear campaign because of his Indian and Hindu identity.
The attack is likely to be launched by British-born Islamist terrorists travelling back from Syria, Paul Cruickshank, the terrorism analyst for American news channel CNN, has said.
US-based NBC Universal is in talks with NDTV to pick up a stake in the latter's UK-based subsidiary, NDTV Networks. The subsidiary operates NDTV Imagine and NDTV Convergence, among others.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra offers advice on how to pick the right course and college.
Notorious for drugs and crime and afflicted by large-scale poverty, the Khayelitsha township in Cape Town is better known for being one of the biggest slums on the planet. But World Cup-winning coach Gary Kirsten is attempting to change the image for good through cricket.
British writer and historian Patrick French has died in London after battling cancer for four years, his family announced on Thursday.
On the 25th anniversary of the battle that made his war cry 'Dil Maange More' part of national lore, we republish that feature to salute Captain Batra's ultimate sacrifice for the nation.
Suleman Dawood, 19, was on board the vessel with Shahzada Dawood as a Father's Day bonding trip when their small submarine is believed to have imploded, killing all five on board, including British billionaire-explorer Hamish Hamilton.
'We want to make sustainability affordable.' 'We tell everyone, don't just recycle, Craste it!'
An average Indian middle-class salary will not suffice to repay the loan which will continue to accumulate interest. You will almost certainly have to get a job in the UK to be able to repay your loan and have a decent career at the same time. Here's what you need to know.
50 lakh doses of 'Covishield' vaccine earmarked by the Serum Institute for export to the United Kingdom have now been made available for the inoculation of 18-44 age group in 21 states/UTs in India, amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, official sources said.
Nabiha shares her experiences studying in the UK. She also provides a list of tips and hints that will prove useful for students travelling to the UK.
'There is no reason to anticipate a drastic change in Canada's attitude towards Indian students.'
Jaspreet Singh, a second-year engineering student at the University of Leicester, shares his experience of studying abroad.
From the middle of next week, shops, personal care, gyms and churches can reopen as part of a bolstered three-tiered system. As part of the restrictions, people will be expected to continue to work from home if they live in a Tier 1 region; in Tier 2, alcohol can only be served with a meal; and in Tier 3, all forms of hospitality except takeaways will have to close.
