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India is falling behind China in its attempts to increase the use of English, risking squandering a key economic advantage, a new report says.

India is among five nations that have emerged as key educational destinations for US students wanting to study abroad, a new survey said.

The maximum number of foreign students in the US come from India, according to a new report showing a record number of foreign students at US universities and colleges.

Two Australian men who racially abused, spat on and punched an Indian student working as a taxi driver last year were granted parole after they were given a jail term, a media report said Friday.

Four people suffered stab wounds after a mob of white and black youths set upon Muslim Asian students - including at least six of Indian origin - near the prestigious City University in north London, police and student groups said Tuesday.

India sent over 103,000 students to the US in 2008-09, the maximum number from any country, a new survey said. At the same time, India became one of the favourite destinations of American students.

With a record number of US students studying abroad, China, India, Japan, South Africa and Argentina emerged as the most favoured educational destinations, according to a new survey.

A special school security wing (SSSW) of the police has been set up in Pakistan's Malakand division, which has faced the ire of militants who have destroyed over 200 schools, an official said.

Indian student Dipakkumar Chaudhari has been missing since last week from his home in this Australian city, the police said Wednesday.

India will discuss the attacks on its students in Australia when its Prime Minister Kevin Rudd visits later this week, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said here Monday.