New Delhi, March 2 -- Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Secretary (East) P Kumaran on Monday said that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney mentioned to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about 400,000 Indian students studying in Canada, which is twice the number in the US and four times the number in the UK.

Kumaran, while speaking at the Special Briefing on the Official Visit of the Prime Minister of Canada to India, said that Indian consulates and High Commissions are in touch with the students and will take all necessary steps to provide all possible assistance to students.

"Our consulates and our High Commission are in touch with our students, our community bodies, and they will take all necessary steps to work with Canadian security age...