NEW DELHI, June 10 -- The ministry whose chief has a resignation ultimatum expiring on Saturday spent the week handing out licences to teach. India's education ministry issued Letters of Approval to the University of Bristol, the University of York and the University of New South Wales to open campuses on Indian soil, two in Mumbai and one in Bengaluru, the most visible advance yet for the international ambitions written into the National Education Policy.

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The approvals themselves are substantial. Bristol will build a Mumbai Enterprise Campus offering programmes from immersive arts to finance and data science. York is establishing its first overseas camp...