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Namastey London, say Desi Students

India has become London’s third-largest international student market on the back of a record growth of over 34% in 2018-19, says the UK's Higher Education Statistics Agency data. This is the highest tally of Indian students in London since 2011-12. Experts feel the current spike may be due to the UK’s recent changes in visa norms that allow overseas students to stay for a longer time to seek employment.

The Rise of the Indian CEO

New CEO Sandeep Mathrani joins a growing list of Indian-origin leaders heading marquee technology firms. This ‘India Maia,’ Times of India says, includes Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai, IBM’s Arvind Krishna and Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen. What makes Indians stand out as tech leaders? Strong business acumen and management skills but, most importantly, humility, say experts. Besides, an uncanny ability to spot new trends – thanks to their illustrious technology backgrounds – and turn dissent within the company into future-preparedness sets them apart.

How to Build Dream Teams

To attract and retain talent, managers need to keep their teams motivated. Experts suggest there are some key areas that the leaders can focus on to help the company save money and time: Building a people-first environment where employees are not hesitant of taking risks and are more engaged.  Have clearly defined roles will increase sense of ownership while boosting collaboration and productivity. Understand the behavior of your team members and allow them to sharpen their “softer” requirements.

Latest SEO Trends for 2020 That You need to Know

* The headline & title tag is a common important SEO element * Long-tail keyword searches produce higher click-through rate (CTR) than generic searches * The average content length of the top position at Google SERP contains more than 2500 words * Schema markup like FAQ schema, breadcrumbs will continue to be important * BERT & E.A.T-focused based optimization * On-page content improvement continued to be the most effective SEO tactic * Embed Video Content in landing pages with Video Featured Snippets & optimize it for SEO * Google will continue to provide more preference for mobile-first indexing * Images are returned for search queries on Google * Revamping the old blog posts with new content & images can boost organic traffic * Featured snippets remain big elements in SERP. Optimizing the content to appear in search snippets for zero positions.  Most of the voice search answers came from a featured snippet. * Mobile queries such as “Best”, “right now”, “W