🌏 India is becoming a study destination

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Bengaluru just proved that the oldest solution to a water crisis was sitting right there, covered in garbage, waiting to be cleaned up.

That is the kind of Tuesday energy we are going with.

As Bengaluru battles tanker queues and dry borewells, a stone well in Sampangiram Nagar has quietly become a daily water source again. The well - 300 years old, 40 feet deep - had been filled with plastic, silt, and years of garbage before SayTrees Environmental Trust stepped in to restore it in 2022.

Workers flushed it out completely before they could even reach the bottom. Today it is clean, functional, and free for the entire neighbourhood. Read More →

This trick stops you from over-explaining yourself

What happened?
India's higher education institutions enrolled 58,134 foreign students from 173 countries in 2023-24 - an 18.9% jump from 2019-20. Nepal sent the most, at 24.1% of all foreign students. The UAE, US, Bangladesh, and Nigeria followed.

Where did they go?
Karnataka was the top destination, with 7,914 foreign students - narrowly ahead of Punjab. Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu completed the top five.

What are they studying?
73.6% enrolled in undergraduate programmes. Women students grew from 16,512 to 20,839 over five years - one of the more encouraging trends in the data.

Why it matters:
India has been trying to position itself as a global education destination for years. These numbers suggest it is starting to work - quietly, without a big headline. 173 countries sending students to India is not a minor footnote. Read More →

This famous stone wheel belongs to which Indian monument?

A. Hampi Stone Chariot
B. Konark Sun Temple
C. Sanchi Stupa
D. Rani ki Vav

Scroll to the bottom for the answer

🇮🇳🇦🇫 India and the Taliban government have discussed expanding agricultural ties during Afghan Agriculture Minister's visit to Delhi. 

🏥 India's first high-altitude medicine research centre is coming to Keylong, Himachal Pradesh - focused on mountain health, climate diseases, and drone-delivered healthcare in the Himalayas. 

⚽ For the first time ever, FIFA's top four ranked teams - France, Spain, England, Argentina - are all in the semifinals. 

🚀 India plans to open missile manufacturing to the private sector as demand for DRDO's Astra missile rises.

⚖️ The Supreme Court ruled that citizenship must be determined fairly in the Assam foreigners’ case, pulling up the Gauhati High Court for procedural lapses.

📉 Sensex fell over 700 points on Monday, with India VIX jumping 10.5%. Global uncertainty, profit booking, and FII outflows drove the fall.

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