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US International Edu Week kicks off

Washington, Nov 14 (UNI) The US Department of State and the US Department of Education is celebrating the International Education Week (IEW) by encouraging Americans and international students to seek opportunities to study abroad, make connections with peers in other countries, and ultimately see themselves as actors in and shapers of both their local communities and an interconnected world.
The IEW kicked off on Monday and will conclude on Friday, the Department of State statement said here on Monday.
To open IEW, the State Department, in collaboration with the Institute of International Education, released the annual Open Doors report of data and trends in international academic mobility. For the second year in a row, more than one million international students studied at US institutions of higher education in academic year 2016/17, an increase of three percent over the prior year. The number of American students studying abroad also increased by four percent from the prior year to 325,339 Americans.

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THIRUVANATHAPURAM, APR 25 (UNI):- Students performing a dance, 'I Vote for Sure' as part of voter awareness programme of election, organised by Election Commission, in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-126U

THIRUVANATHAPURAM, APR 25 (UNI):- Students performing a dance, 'I Vote for Sure' as part of voter awareness programme of election, organised by Election Commission, in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-125U

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PURI, APR 25 (UNI):- On the occasion of second phase of voting sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sand sculpture with the message 'My Vote My Duty', at Puri beach in Odisha on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-123U

KHAMMAM (TELANGANA), APR 25 (UNI):- Congress Khammam candidate Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy, filing nomination paper for Lok Sabha elections in presence of Telangana Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao, Ponguleti Sudhakar and MP Renuka Chaudhary, in Khammam on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-122U

KHAMMAM (TELANGANA), APR 25 (UNI):- Congress Khammam candidate Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy, during a roadshow along with Telangana Minister Ponguleti Sudhakar and MP Renuka Chaudhary, before filing nomination papers for Lok Sabha elections, in Khammam on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-121U

MALAPPURAM, APR 25 (UNI):- Polling officials engaging to arrange the 'Women's friendly polling station' (Model Polling Booth) for the second phase Lok Sabha polls, at St.Jemmas School, on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-120U

MALAPPURAM, APR 25 (UNI):- Polling officials engaging to arrange the 'Women's friendly polling station' (Model Polling Booth) for the second phase Lok Sabha polls, at St.Jemmas School, on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-119U

KANNUR, APR 25 (UNI):- District Collector and Election officer Arun K Vijayan watching the trial run of the 'Web casting control room' arranged at the Collectorate auditorium, ahead of the second phase Lok Sabha polls, on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-117U

KOLKATA, APR 25 (UNI):- BJP Barrackpore Lok Sabha candidate Arjun Singh during election campaign, in Kolkata on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-116U

BENGALURU, APR 25 (UNI):- Polling officials are preparing for tomorrow's polling for the 2nd Phase General Elections-2024 at St. Thomas Public School, Church Road, Thippasandra, Indiranagar, in Bengaluru on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-114U

RANCHI, APR 25 (UNI):- Health workers sanitise the village after an outbreak of H5N1 Influenza Bird Flu at Hotwar, in Ranchi on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-113U

BENGALURU, APR 25 (UNI):- Polling officials preparing for tomorrow's polling for the 2nd Phase General Elections-2024 at St. Thomas Public School, Church Road, Thippasandra, Indiranagar, in Bengaluru on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-112U

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RANCHI, APR 25 (UNI):- Health workers sanitise the village after an outbreak of H5N1 Influenza Bird Flu at Hotwar, in Ranchi on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-110U

PALAKKAD, APR 25 (UNI):- Polling officials team on the way to their respective polling booths by carrying the EVMS and elections materials to conduct the second phase of Lok Sabha polls scheduled on April 26 from the distribution center at Vyasa Vidhya Peedom in Kongad, on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-109U

WAYANAD, APR 25 (UNI):- Polling officials team on the way to their respective polling booths by carrying the EVMS and elections materials to conduct the second phase Lok Sabha polls scheduled on April 26 from the distribution center at Chungathara Marthoma HSS in Wandoor, on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-108U

WAYANAD, APR 25 (UNI):- Polling officials team on the way to their respective polling booths by carrying the EVM and elections materials to conduct the Lok Sabha polls elections scheduled on April 26 from the distribution center at St. Marys College, Sulthan Bathery, on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-107U