New Delhi, June 19 -- The Donald Trump administration has resumed student visa appointments, while imposing stricter vetting measures to identify potentially hostile applicants.

The resumption comes after the Trump administration previously asked to stop scheduling new appointments for student and exchange visitor visa applicants, saying that the State Department is set to explore measures for social media vetting of foreign students.

These measures include a thorough scrutiny of social media accounts and the online presence of applicants, according to a report by Reuters citing an internal State Department cable sent to US missions on June 18.

The consular offices in the US will perform a "comprehensive and thorough vetting" process f...