India, July 9 -- US President Donald Trump has done it again, played up a nativist pitch in an election year under the pretext of mitigating COVID-19 by asking foreign students to leave the country or risk deportation if their universities switch to online-only courses. Of course, students at those institutions offering hybrid courses, online and offline, are saved somewhat. Apart from creating uncertainty and confusion among foreign students, who have paid up their course fees and are now desperately wondering if they can switch to institutions offering in-person courses to justify their stay, it has also affected those on the threshold of internships, job placements and training programmes. In fact, many observers feel that this decisio...