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09 Nov

A major setback for Indian candidates, Canada terminates expedited student visas

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With effect from Friday, November 8, 2024, Canada has unexpectedly ended its popular Student Direct Stream (SDS) program, which has facilitated the expeditious acquisition of visas for thousands of overseas students. The Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) introduced the SDS in 2018 with the goal of streamlining the visa application process for students who satisfied certain conditions from 14 countries, including China, India, and the Philippines. English or French language exam results and a $20,635 CAD Canadian Guaranteed Investment Certificate (GIC) were among the prerequisites. Successful candidates were able to get study permits in a couple of weeks thanks…

26 Oct

Pakistani terrorists are targeting Kashmiris to spread fear and panic in the valley

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Pakistani terrorists are deliberately targeting Kashmiri locals to instill fear and terror in the valley: Army. After two soldiers and two porters were killed in a terrorist attack near the Line of Control in Kashmir's Gulmarg sector, a defense spokesperson said the attack was "carried out by Pakistani terrorists" with the aim of disrupting peace and stability in Kashmir. An army convoy vehicle was attacked near Nagin post at Bota Pathri in upper Gulmarg on Thursday October 24, killing four soldiers and injuring three soldiers. Srinagar's defense spokesman said the terrorists targeted an army column in Baramulla's Butapthari general area.…

14 May

AANHPI reception in White House, guests were served golgappa

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Ajay Jain Bhutoria community leader recently attended the AANHPI reception in the Rose Garden of the White House. Bhutoria expressed his excitement about Indian street food enteries into White House menu. India's most popular street food, golgappa which is loved by most of the Indians was served during the event. Earlier, only samosa had made its appearance internationally, now golgappa. Bhutoria expressed, "A lot of US administration officials, whether people from the State Department or the White House, have travelled to India many times. I'm sure the counterparts over there say that out of all the street foods, you need…

03 May

Recently Canada has updated its regulations allowing foreign students to work off-campus for up to 24 hours per week

Ashish MajumderInternational

Recently Canada has updated its regulations, allowing foreign students to work off-campus for up to 24 hours per week, up from the previous limit of 20 hours. Actually this change aims to provide students with additional financial support and work experience without compromising their studies. However, exceeding 28 hours of work per week may actually negatively impact academic performance. This is actually good news for the Indian students as they will find better facility while studying in Canada with this new rule. Today in India people has huge craze to go abroad specially places like Canada. For this reason they…

27 Apr

UN says rubble removal in Gaza may take 14 yrs

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A senior official with the UN Mine Action Service told on Friday (April 26) that there are around 37 million tonnes of debris to clear away in the war-ravaged Gaza once the Israeli offensive is over and it could take over 14 years to get done. Pehr Lodhammar of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said that it was impossible to clearly state how much of the ammunition fired in Gaza remained live. Lodhammar, who has run mine programmes in countries such as Iraq, further noted that unexploded ordnance buried in the rubble would increase the difficulty in the…

18 Apr

Recently TIME’s ‘100 Most Influential People of 2024’ list released

Ashish MajumderInternational

Recently actress Alia Bhatt, wrestler Sakshee Malikkh, Yale University Astronomy and Physics professor Priyamvada Natarajan are among the Indians on the TIME magazine’s 100 ‘Most Influential People’ list. Actually Actor-Director Dev Patel, World Bank President Ajay Banga and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella are the Indian-origin individuals on the list. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wrote Banga’s TIME profile. This is actually very good news as today Indians are getting their name in the TIME magazine’s 100 ‘Most Influential People’ list and making India very proud. Today India is developing very fast and people all over the world respects India a…

15 Apr

Recently the second batch of Indian military personnel has left the island nation Maldives

Ashish MajumderInternational

Recently Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu has said that the second batch of Indian military personnel, who were manning a helicopter gifted by India, has left the island nation. Actually he added that the remaining personnel on the last aviaton platform will also leave before the May 10 deadline. Notably, Maldives actually signed a military assistance deal with China earlier. This is actually bad that both country India and Maldives today are having bad relationship and having lots of difficulty for this. Today in every corner of the world tension is going on and for this reason people need a peaceful…

02 Mar

India’s cannon to UN on Pak human rights

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The session of the United Nations Human Rights Council became heated around the discussion about Kashmir. Pakistan has raised allegations of human rights violations in the valley. This time, Anupama Singh, the representative of India in the Parishad, roared in 'Right to Reply'. Dismissing Pakistan's allegations, he said that Pakistan's image in this regard is very bad. He also made it clear that New Delhi will not take comments on India's internal affairs well. Along with Pakistan, Turkey also moved on 'human rights violations' in Jammu and Kashmir. That country has also been warned by India. In Anupama's words, "Pakistan's…

26 Feb

Donald Trump defeated Nikki Haley in her home state

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The more confident Republican 'star candidate' Donald Trump defeated Nikki Haley in her home state of South Carolina primary by more than 20 percent of the vote. His supporters started referring to the former president by this name again after his big victory on Saturday. In the South Carolina primary, Trump received 59 percent and Haley received 39 percent of the vote. Trump has won each of the four states that have previously held Republican primaries. From Indian-origin Vivek Ramaswamy to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, everyone has dropped out of the fray one by one. Only one more of Indian…

22 Feb

A statement issued by Modi after the meeting between the two prime ministers said

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India and Greece have agreed to enhance mutual communication. Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is visiting India, held a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. After the meeting, Modi said that the first and foremost goal of both countries is to fight terrorism. Apart from this, there was a detailed discussion about increasing the cooperation of both sides in this area.A statement issued by Modi after the meeting between the two prime ministers said that several regional and international issues were discussed with Mitsotakis. India's Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said that the two countries have agreed…