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London: Universities and student groups on Tuesday urgently lobbied British Prime Minister <keyword id="19906889" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rishi-Sunak" source="keywords">Rishi Sunak</keyword> to safeguard the country's <keyword id="21659184" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="post-study-visa" source="keywords">post-study visa</keyword> offer, which has been dominated by Indians to gain work experience for around two years at the end of their university degree. Amid reports that Sunak is considering either restricting or ending the <keyword id="20616105" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Graduate-Route" source="keywords">Graduate Route</keyword> to curtail soaring migration statistics ahead of a general election, a group of nearly 30 university vice-chancellors and the <keyword id="21760521" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="national-indian-students-and-alumni-association" source="keywords">National Indian Students and Alumni Association</keyword> (NISAU) UK have issued detailed letters of appeal to 10 Downing Street. They list a series of factors in favour of keeping the Graduate visa scheme unchanged, including the benefits that international students bring to the UK economy in a competitive global higher education marketplace. "Modelling by consultancy London Economics shows that a single cohort has a net economic benefit of GBP 37 billion to the UK economy; as well as through the soft power that Britain's international graduates generate for the country over time, including through furthering ties of trade and diplomacy," reads the NISAU UK letter addressed to Sunak. "Indeed, 70 per cent of <keyword id="19971660" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-students" source="keywords">Indian students</keyword> have told us that the ability to gain meaningful work experience is a critical element in their decision to choose between competing international destinations, of which the UK is one... the Graduate Route allows the opportunity to gain this work experience for a temporary period. It is non-extendable and does not count towards permanent settlement. This means that neither students nor Graduate visa holders should be considered 'immigrants' in the context of the long-term picture of migration," it notes. Their appeal comes a week after the influential <keyword id="20609895" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Migration-Advisory-Committee" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Migration Advisory Committee" meta.hostid="83" meta.entityid="Migration Advisory Committee">Migration Advisory Committee</keyword> (MAC) advised the government to let the scheme continue as it found no abuse of this post-study work offer. It also confirmed that Indians topped its tally, accounting for 89,200 visas between 2021 and 2023, or 42 per cent of the overall grants, and were likely to be "most affected by any restriction on the Graduate Route". In their letter to Sunak, universities in the north of England — from Sunderland to Sheffield, Leeds to Lancaster, Liverpool to Teesside, Bradford to Huddersfield, and York to Newcastle — said they will all be harmed by the removal or reduction of this visa as it is an "intrinsic part of the educational offer that has made the UK so attractive to brilliant students from all around the world". "The Graduate Visa Route is regarded by students in key markets like India as an integral part of their educational experience. The MAC review made clear that the removal of this route would make the UK less attractive and thus would cause considerable financial detriment to universities around the country," reads their joint letter. "International student tuition fee income has long cross-subsidised underfunded research and has increasingly become critical to cross-subsidise the teaching of UK undergraduate students because of the frozen tuition fee. Universities cannot continue to absorb the costs of teaching UK undergraduates without some form of alternative funding source," they caution. On top of their visa fees, international students who find work and start businesses contribute billions of pounds in income tax, national insurance and VAT annually. The university chiefs point out that they are also usually net contributors to the National Health Service (NHS) through the NHS surcharge. The Russell Group of the UK's leading universities issued its appeal over the weekend, with CEO Tim Bradshaw warning that there has already been a 10 per cent decline in international applications for post-graduate courses starting this September in the wake of the clampdown on students being able to bring dependant family members. "A further restriction on international students would not only be unnecessary — as numbers are already falling — but also damaging, resulting in less spending in local communities, fewer opportunities for domestic students and less UK research," he noted in a letter to Sunak. Members of his own Cabinet are believed to be opposed to any changes to the Graduate scheme, but the British Prime Minister is having to balance pressures from the right of the governing Conservatives who are single-minded in their demands to curb all forms of legal as well as illegal migration levels ahead of an election later this year.

Universities, student groups lobby PM Sunak to keep UK's post-study visa scheme unchanged

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Two climate protesters were arrested for spraying orange powder paint on Stonehenge.</li><li>The protesters were part of Just Stop Oil, a group demanding that the UK phase out fossil fuels.</li></ul>Two climate protesters were arrested on Wednesday after they sprayed orange powder paint on Stonehenge, the prehistoric landmark in Wiltshire, England.It was the latest action by Just Stop Oil, which is <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/climate-activists-target-claude-monet-larry-fink-and-ted-cruz-2022-10">part of a network of civil disobedience groups</a> that have defaced famous artwork, disrupted high-profile events, and protested outside at politicians' homes to call attention to the climate crisis. Just Stop Oil is demanding that the incoming UK government commit to ending the extraction and burning of oil, gas, and coal by 2030.Just Stop Oil <a target="_blank" href="https://juststopoil.org/2024/06/19/its-time-for-megalithic-action-just-stop-oil-decorate-stonehenge/">said the protesters were</a> Niamh Lynch, 21, a student at Oxford University, and Rajan Naidu, 73, from Birmingham."The orange cornflour we used to create an eye-catching spectacle will soon wash away with the rain, but the urgent need for effective government action to mitigate the catastrophic consequences of the climate and ecological crisis will not," Lynch said in a statement.The Wiltshire Police <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wiltshire.police.uk/news/wiltshire/news/2024/june-2024/two-arrested-after-stonehenge-monument-damaged/">said they arrested</a> two people on suspicion of damaging the ancient monument, but did not disclose names.English Heritage, the charity that manages hundreds of historic places, and UK politicians criticized Just Stop Oil's actions on Wednesday."Obviously, this is extremely upsetting and our curators are investigating the extent of the damage," English Heritage <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/EH_Stonehenge/status/1803403879100375052">posted on X, formerly known as Twitter</a>. "More updates to follow but the site remains open."UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told news outlets, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jun/19/stonehenge-sprayed-orange-powder-paint-just-stop-oil-activists">including the Guardian</a>, that defacing Stonehenge was a "disgraceful act of vandalism to one of the UK's and the world's oldest and most important monuments."

Two climate protesters spray Stonehenge with orange paint and call for an end to burning fossil fuels

London, Oct 25 (IANS) <keyword id="221875" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="rishi-sunak" source="Orion">Rishi Sunak</keyword>, who will on Tuesday become the UKs 57th Prime Minister, is richer than King Charles III and, at 42, younger than every predecessor except William Pitt the Younger, the media reported. Sunak will also be the UK's first ever person of colour to lead the country, and first Hindu Prime Minister, The Guardian reported. He was born in Southampton in 1980 to Indian parents who had moved to the UK from east Africa. His father was a general practioner and his mother ran her own pharmacy. The eldest of three children, Sunak was educated at a private boarding school, Winchester College, which costs 43,335 pounds a year to attend. He was head boy, and has in recent years made multiple donations to the school. Sunak went on to study politics, philosophy and economics at the University of Oxford. He was awarded a first-class degree. He later gained an MBA at Stanford University, where he met Akshata Murty, his future wife, but where few others remember him, The Guardian reported. Murty, 42, is the daughter of the Indian billionaire NR Narayana Murthy, often described as the Bill Gates of India, who founded the software company Infosys. According to reports, his daughter has a 0.91 per cent stake in the company, worth about 700 million pounds. The couple married in her home town of Bengaluru in a two-day ceremony in 2009 attended by 1,000 guests. They have two daughters, Krishna and Anoushka. In April this year, it emerged that Murty was a non-domiciled UK resident, meaning she avoided UK taxes on her international earnings in return for paying an annual charge of 30,000 pounds. Without that non-dom status she could have been liable for more than 20 million pounds of UK taxes on these windfalls, it was reported. After a public outcry, her spokesperson announced she would start paying UK taxes on her overseas earnings to relieve political pressure on her husband, The Guardian reported. Still, Sunak and Murty's combined fortune is estimated to be 730 million pounds, double the estimated 300 million-350 million pounds wealth of King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort. They own four properties spread across the world and valued at more than 15 million pounds, The Guardian reported.

Rishi Sunak, Akshata Murty's combined fortune is 2x that of King Charles III

<ul><li><keyword id="5229561" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="braverman" source="Orion">Braverman</keyword> - an outspoken critic of former PM <keyword id="2420812" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="liz-truss" source="Orion">Liz Truss</keyword>'s economic policy -- stepped down last week. </li><li>The London-born daughter of a Goan-origin father and Tamil-origin mother, Braverman had come out in support of <keyword id="8774416" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="sunak" source="Orion">Sunak</keyword>.</li><li>The move is widely seen as a "payback" for her endorsement of Sunak.</li></ul> UK's new Prime Minister <keyword id="221875" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="rishi-sunak" source="Orion">Rishi Sunak</keyword> kicked off a row by reappointing Indian-origin <keyword id="8830799" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="suella-braverman" source="Orion">Suella Braverman</keyword> as Home Secretary, just days after she quit over a technical breach of government rules. Braverman -- an outspoken critic of former PM Liz Truss's economic policy -- stepped down last week after breaching email security rules. In her resignation letter, she also raised concerns about the direction of Truss's government. "Appointing Suella Braverman as Home secretary just days after she was sacked for a security breach doesn't smack of integrity, competence, professionalism or sensible politics. It's just cynical manoeuvring. This PM's no better than the last two," tweeted Labour MP <keyword id="132711" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="chris-bryant" source="Orion">Chris Bryant</keyword>. The London-born daughter of a Goan-origin father and Tamil-origin mother, Braverman had come out in support of Sunak saying he is the "only candidate that fits the bill and I am proud to support him". Braverman's appointment came hours after Sunak said he wanted to lead the Conservative party with "integrity, professionalism and accountability". Labour MP <keyword id="305873" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="yvette-cooper" source="Orion">Yvette Cooper</keyword> lashed out at Sunak saying, "our national security and public safety are too important for this kind of chaos". "He said he wants his Government to have 'integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level' yet he has just appointed Suella Braverman to be Home Secretary again a week after she resigned for breaches of the Ministerial Code, security lapses, sending sensitive Government information through unauthorised personal channels, and following weeks of non-stop public disagreements with other Cabinet Ministers," Yvette Cooper, shadow home secretary, was reported as saying in The Sun. According to The Guardian, the move is widely seen as a "payback" for her endorsement of Sunak when <keyword id="11011" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="johnson" source="Orion">Johnson</keyword> threatened a comeback during the leadership race. According to local media reports, questions were also raised about her stance on migration control, which has drawn sharp reactions from those even within her own party. Supporting the UK's exit from the European Convention on Human Rights, Braverman says that it is the only way for her country to solve immigration problems. "I would love to be having a front page of The Telegraph with a plane taking off to Rwanda... That's my dream. That's my obsession," she said at a fringe event at a Conservative party conference earlier in October. Back in India, the country of her parents' origin, the news of Braverman's reappointment has doused the initial euphoria over Sunak's rise as UK PM with his recent move drawing sharp reactions from the Indian Twitterati. Braverman nearly scuppered the India-UK Free Trade Agreement by saying that she feared the deal would increase migration to the UK, when Indians already represented the largest group of visa overstayers. She blamed uncontrolled migration into the UK and the newcomers' failure to integrate for the riots in Leicester. 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Row over Braverman's reappointment as UK Home Secy

In a poll conducted on the UK's new Prime Minister <keyword id="221875" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="rishi-sunak" source="Orion">Rishi Sunak</keyword>'s first two days in office, 39 per cent of respondents picked the Indian-origin leader over <keyword id="205349" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="keir-starmer" source="Orion">Keir Starmer</keyword>, chief of the opposition <keyword id="6356897" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="labour" source="Orion">Labour</keyword> Party. The poll, conducted by Redfield and Wilton, asked 1,500 people who they thought would be a better Prime Minister. Some 39 per cent of respondents picked <keyword id="8774416" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="sunak" source="Orion">Sunak</keyword>, up 6 per cent from the start of September, and 38 per cent said they would prefer <keyword id="4456754" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="starmer" source="Orion">Starmer</keyword>, down 4 per cent, the Daily Express reported. Another weekly tracker poll by Techne UK showed Labour's lead over the Conservatives was down from 31 to 24 points. The poll of 1,624 voters showed support for Labour at 50 per cent, a drop of three points from last week. The Conservatives, meanwhile, were up four points with their new Prime Minister at the helm from 22 per cent a week ago to 26 per cent on October 27, the Daily Express reported. Sunak faced Starmer in his first Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons on October 26 -- a day after being appointed as Britain's first Asian and first Hindu Prime Minister. Despite the popularity polls, calls for a general election have escalated with more than 891,000 people signing a petition to Parliament According to a modelling sample of 12,000 people by YouGov last week, Sunak would suffer a crushing defeat at the hands of Starmer if a general election were to take place immediately. It said Starmer would win 389 constituencies, and Sunak just 127. The next general election in the UK is scheduled for May 2024, under the Fixed Term Parliament Act 2011, which holds that an poll must be held at least once every five years. According to experts, the Conservatives are likely to resist early election calls unless absolutely necessary because any new election is expected to flip around the sizable 71-seat majority in the House of Commons, which the party enjoys at the moment. After being elected as the Conservative leader, Sunak told supporters that the party must "unite or die" after the recent wave of controversy and infighting. In a speech at Conservative Party headquarters, he said: "We now need stability and unity and I will make it my utmost priority to bring our party and our country together." SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/apple-surges-to-add-178-billion-in-market-value-as-4th-quarter-earnings-help-drive-a-turnaround-in-the-stock-market/articleshow/95153518.cms">Apple surges to add $178 billion in market value as 4th-quarter earnings help drive a turnaround in the stock market</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/the-fed-will-hike-rates-too-far-and-tip-the-global-economy-into-a-recession-survey-of-economists-says/articleshow/95151308.cms">The Fed will hike rates too far and tip the global economy into a recession, survey of economists says</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/news/see-inside-an-almost-1-million-prefab-tiny-home-village-near-seattle-trying-to-solve-the-ongoing-homelessness-crisis/slidelist/95153993.cms">See inside an almost $1 million prefab tiny home village near Seattle trying to solve the ongoing homelessness crisis</a>

Rishi Sunak overtakes Labour's Starmer in latest popularity poll

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The UK is considering developing an air defense system akin to Israel's Iron Dome.</li><li>Former top US general says the UK needs to boost defense spending.</li></ul>Former US National Security Advisor General HR McMaster has said the UK must prepare for possible future conflicts by building an Israeli-style Iron Dome air defense system.Gen. McMaster, who served as national security adviser between 2017 and 2018, told the UK news radio outlet, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/general-mcmaster-uk-defence-iron-dome/">LBC, </a>this week: "I think it's quite urgent for the United Kingdom, the United States, for all nations to invest more in defense."Asked whether the UK should have an Iron Dome system, which Israel invented to intercept rockets fired by Hamas and Hezbollah militants, he said: "I think that every country is going to have to develop these kinds of defenses and long-range missiles."Indeed, the UK is considering developing its own Iron Dome air defense system amid growing tensions with Russia and its allies.Adm. Sir Tony Radakin, head of Britain's Armed Forces, told LBC last month that the UK is in "live conversations" about developing an air defense system like Israel's.As Europe faces increasing geopolitical insecurity, the UK has to grapple with its inadequate air defense capabilities.<a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.rusi.org/people/clarke-0">Michael Clarke</a>, <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.rusi.org/people/clarke-0">a defense and security analyst</a>, told Business Insider that if the UK and its European allies can't defend themselves, any operations they threaten to engage in will lack credibility.The best way to confront impending conflict is to deter it, Clarke said.The UK and its allies need to be prepared for anything, especially as the CRINKs alliance (China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea) grows stronger, he saidWhile Russia is the UK's primary concern, Clarke said the CRINKs are collectively "determined to try to undermine western-based structures of international politics and rules-based systems."<h3>The Israeli model</h3><div type="image" title="A photo of rockets intercepting each other in the night sky." height="1758" width="2928" msid="109858826" hostid="261" sizebytes="85618"></div> The Times of London said senior members of the UK government, have called for UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to install <a target="_blank" href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/britain-considers-israel-style-iron-dome-for-missile-defence-d7jhqc6r0">an Iron Dome-style missile defence system for the UK.</a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/see-israel-defense-systems-weapons-in-action-2024-4">Israel's short-range Iron Dome</a> is a mobile all-weather air defense system that has been in service since 2011.The formidable system boasts a success rate of up to 90% and was most recently instrumental in <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/iran-mimicked-russian-tactics-israel-attack-war-experts-say-2024-4">intercepting a barrage of missiles</a> and attack drones launched from Iran at Israel.However, developing a system that replicates Israel's is a costly endeavor, Clarke said. "Israel is a small country," he said, less than 10% the size of the UK."Israel spent a great deal of money on a three-tier system that still needs help to be effective. So, the scale of the challenge of defending airspace is huge. The fact that the Israelis can play this game of saying 'we have a dome over our whole country' is only partly true," he said.The UK's only practical option was a "point defense" strategy, said Clarke. Point defense refers to defending a limited area or single site against threats like air attacks and guided missiles. It is more narrow and strategic than area defense.<h3>"Can't we finally strike at London?"</h3>Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian propaganda has threatened the possibility of war with the UK, a staunch backer of Ukraine.On a state-owned channel, Aleksey Zhuravlyov, chairman of the nationalist Rodina political party, said, "one Sarmat missile and the British Isles will be no more," <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.newsweek.com/sarmat-nuclear-satan-missile-russia-putin-1824173">Newsweek</a> reports.The RS-28 Sarmat is a Russian liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile made by the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau.On another occasion, Kremlin propagandist and Putin ally Vladimir Solovyov asked, "Can't we finally strike at London?"The <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-announces-turning-point-in-european-security-as-uk-set-to-increase-defence-spending-to-25-by-2030">UK is set to increase defense spending</a> to 2.5% by 2030, totaling £87 billion a year.Aside from internal discussions on an Iron Dome, the UK is in talks to join Europe's aerial defense system. <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://missiledefenseadvocacy.org/missile-defense-news/uk-in-talks-to-join-europes-sky-shield-aerial-defence-system/">The European Sky Shield Initiative</a> seeks to establish a ground-based integrated European air defense system with anti-ballistic missile capability.Business Insider contacted the UK Ministry of Defense for comment.The prospect of a strategic defeat in Ukraine raises the possibility of more crises with Russia around the fringes of Europe, in which European and NATO forces in the Baltic states and other regions could mobilize.But mobilization won't be credible without an air defense system to serve as a deterrent, according to Clarke."If Britain deployed its combat division to the continent and fought against the Russians, it would become combat-ineffective within 24 hours if it was subject to air attack," Clarke said.

The UK could need an Israeli-style Iron Dome air defense system, says former US national security advisor

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 27 (ANI): Power couple <keyword id="5357" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Twinkle-kHanna" source="Orion">Twinkle Khanna</keyword> and <keyword id="2823" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Akshay-Kumar" source="Orion">Akshay Kumar</keyword> met UK Prime Minister <keyword id="221875" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rishi-Sunak" source="Orion">Rishi Sunak</keyword> during their <keyword id="6354968" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="London" source="Orion">London</keyword> visit. Twinkle took to Instagram on Wednesday to post a video of their visit to London. She captioned the post, "As much as I dislike wearing heels and dressing up, this evening was worth all the damaged toes. @sudha_murthy_official remains my hero, but it was pretty cool meeting her son-in-law, the prime minister :) @rishisunakmp Also put the sound on and hear @andreabocelliofficial Congratulations @anusuya12 and @theowo.london." https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxr6CM0M6cC/ The video starts with a performance of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli at an event. At the end of the video Twinkle and Akshay can be seen posing with UK <keyword id="15345068" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="PM-Rishi-Sunak" source="Orion">PM Rishi Sunak</keyword>. Akshay and UK PM Sunak chose a formal suit while, Twinkle wore a white dress with a leopard design jacket. Earlier this month, Rishi Sunak along with his wife Akshata Murty arrived in New Delhi to attend the G20 Summit hosted by India under its Presidency. He along with his wife also offered prayers at Akshardham Temple in New Delhi during the visit. Meanwhile, on the work front, Akshay will be seen in the drama film 'Mission Raniganj: The Great Bharat Rescue'. Apart from this, Akshay will also be seen in the Hindi remake of the Tamil drama 'Soorarai Pottru' which is all set to hit the theatres on February 16, 2024. He also has an action thriller film 'Bade Miyan Chote Miyan' alongside Tiger Shroff and a comedy film 'Housefull 5' in his kitty.

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