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Indian students to benefit the most as Canada allows more than 20-hour work
Toronto: Since Indian students make up more than a third of all international students studying in Canada, they will be the biggest beneficiaries of the Canadian governments decision on Friday to allow…
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Idol destroyed at colonial-era Hindu temple in Bangladesh
Dhaka: Unidentified persons destroyed the idol of a deity at a colonial-era Hindu temple in western Bangladesh, prompting police to launch a massive manhunt, officials said on Friday. Authorities of the Kali…
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US asks its citizens to exercise ‘increased caution’ while visiting India
Washington: The US on Friday asked its citizens to exercise “increased caution” while travelling to India due to “crime and terrorism” and advised them not to travel to the union territory of Jammu…
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Fears of watered-down India-UK free trade pact amid visa row
London: There are growing fears here that the proposed India-UK free trade agreement (FTA), currently in its final stages of negotiation towards a Diwali deadline, is likely to be watered down amid…
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Oppn slams govt for abstaining on China’s Muslim Uyghur treatment
New Delhi: Opposition leaders on Friday criticised the government for abstaining from voting on a draft resolution in the UN Human Rights Council on holding a debate on the human rights situation…
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Ales Bialiatski, Russia’s Memorial, Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties win 2022 Nobel Peace Prize
Stockholm [Sweden]: The Royal Swedish Academy on Friday jointly awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian…
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World would face Armageddon if Putin uses tactical nuke weapon: Biden
Washington: In his most outspoken remarks about the threat of nuclear war, US President Joe Biden warned that the world could face an “Armageddon” if his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin used a…
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India abstains from voting for debate on China’s treatment of Muslim Uyghurs
Geneva: In a close diplomatic victory for China, the UN’s top human rights body on Thursday voted down a proposal from Britain, Turkey, the United States and other mostly Western countries to…
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Half a dozen murders in a week: Are Indian-Americans safe?
New Delhi: A total of six murders, including that of an eight-month-old infant, within a week’s time begs answer to the question every Indian wants to know — is the community safe…
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Action initiated on all cases: India counters UK Home Secretary’s claim on visa overstayers
London: India has countered UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s claim that the Migration and Mobility Partnership (MMP) had not “worked very well” to say that India had initiated action on all cases…
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California man charged with hate crimes after targeting saree-clad Hindu women
San Francisco: At least 14 Hindu women in the US state of California have been attacked by a man who also ripped their jewellery in a spate of hate crimes, authorities said. According…
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US forces kill top IS leaders in Syria
Washington: American forces have killed two top leaders of the Islamic State (IS) terror group in an airstrike conducted in northern Syria, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement published…
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UK Opposition Labour Leader Keir Starmer vows to combat ‘Hinduphobia’
London: In its first direct reference to the term “Hinduphobia”, the UK’s Opposition Labour Party committed itself to fight against hate crimes of all kinds following communal clashes in Leicester and Birmingham…
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Indian-American man arrested for killing daughter-in-law
New York: A 74-year-old Indian-American man has been arrested in Fresno, California, for fatally shooting his daughter-in-law last week at a parking lot of a Walmart in San Jose where she worked.…
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Child poverty declines in spite of COVID in New Zealand
Auckland: The Annual Ministry of Social Development (MSD) Child Poverty Report shows child poverty continuing to decline despite the 1 in 100-year economic shock caused by COVID-19, Prime Minister and Minister for…
