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Father of Naveen, the medical student who died in Ukraine, lashed out at the Indian education system,  especially in medical field. "Despite scoring 97% in pre university course (PUC) my son couldn't secure a medical seat in the State. To get medical seat one has to spend crores of rupees and students are getting same education abroad spending less money". On March 1, the Indian Government confirmed Naveen's death. 

Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, the safety of Chinese nationals in Ukraine is compromised because of the pro-Kremlin approach, as per sources. The Chinese Embassy in Ukraine asked its nationals to display Chinese flags to remain neutral in the whole scenario. However, that went south, as it created a lot of agitation. Reportedly, Chinese residents got in trouble for the pro-Russia attitude in the whole conflict.

PM Narendra Modi conducted a high-level meeting on the Russia-Ukraine crisis. According to sources, it has been decided that Union ministers Hardeep Puri, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju and VK Singh will leave for the neighbouring countries of Ukraine, Poland and Romania, to supervise evacuation process of the Indian students. In the last few days, Air India has brought back 1,156 students safely back to Delhi and Mumbai.

The Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA,) on February 17, confirmed to have no plans of evacuation of people from Ukraine and no special flights have been arranged. MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi further said, they are in constant touch with Indian Embassy in Ukraine and monitoring the ground situation amid tensions Russia-Ukraine border issue. "Our focus is on and remains on Indian citizens, Indian Nationals and Indian Students," said… read-more