World
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Visitors can continue applying for work permits inside Canada
Toronto: Foreign nationals who are in Canada as visitors and who receive a valid job offer will be able to apply for and receive a work permit without having to leave the…
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Two Indians among 5 arrested for illegally crossing into US
New York: The US Border Patrol agents arrested five foreign nationals, including two Indians, during a smuggling attempt near Algonac in Michigan state. Border Patrol dispatchers monitoring the Remote Video Surveillance System…
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G20 meet: FMs of Saudi Arabia, China, Spain arrive in India
New Delhi: Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia, China, Indonesia, Spain and Croatia on Thursday arrived in India to participate in the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting being held in New Delhi from March…
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Finnish Parliament approves accession to NATO
Helsinki: The Finnish parliament has approved legislation allowing the country to join the NATO. As many as 184 members of parliament voted in favour, with seven against and one abstention. Finnish President…
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Aussie-Indian man pleads guilty to unruly behaviour on Air Canada flight
Melbourne: An Australian-Indian man pleaded guilty to one count of behaving in an offensive and disorderly manner in an aircraft, and was fined AUS$750 by a local court this week. Hardik Patel,…
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Biden appoints two prominent Indian American corporate leaders to his Export Council
Washington: US President Joe Biden has announced his intent to appoint two prominent Indian-Americans corporate leaders, Punit Renjen and Rajesh Subramaniam, to his powerful Export Council which is the principal national advisory…
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China’s structural reforms mean more power to Xi Jinping
New Delhi: Structural reforms by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership could bring government security and intelligence branches under the direct control of the ruling party, rather than the country’s cabinet,…
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UK Foreign Secretary raises IT searches at BBC offices with Jaishankar
New Delhi: UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on Wednesday raised the issue of tax searches at BBC offices in India with his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar. The issue was raised during their…
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Rahul Gandhi sports new look on UK visit
New Delhi: After sporting a flowing salt-and-pepper beard all through the recently concluded Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was seen in a new look with a trimmed beard. Gandhi landed in…
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Australia to reintroduce cap on working hours for student visa holders
Australia is going to reintroduce a cap on working hours for student visa holders. It is scheduled to come into force on July 1, 2023. From July 1, those who are on…
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Iran releases Spanish woman detained amid anti-hijab protests
Tehran: The Iranian authorities have released a Spanish woman imprisoned for three months on charges of espionage after her arrest during anti-government protests. 24-year-old Ana Baneira Suarez, a Spanish civil activist, who…
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British chef Marco Pierre White’s son converts to Islam
British chef, restaurateur and television personality Marco Pierre White’s son has converted to Islam to stay off heroin, the Daily Mail reported. 28-year-old Marco Pierre White Junior, in August 2022, pleaded guilty…
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Canada’s GDP increases in January
Ottawa: Canada’s real gross domestic product (GDP) by industry increased 0.3 per cent in January, the national statistical agency said. Statistics Canada said on Tuesday that increases in the mining, quarrying, and…
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Indian Microsoft employee’s wife found dead in US: Report
New York: The wife of an Indian Microsoft employee, who went missing in the US, has been found dead under mysterious circumstances near a lake in Washington, media reports said. Soujanya Ramamaurthy,…
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Finland sinks into recession
Helsinki: Despite Finland’s gross domestic product (GDP) increasing by 2 per cent year-on-year in 2022, the country’s statistical department said that the Nordic nation has entered a recession, as GDP change was…
