Canada
- Sports
Canada surges into ATP Cup semi-finals
Sydney: Felix Auger-Aliassime fired Canada into the semi-finals of ATP Cup on Thursday, upsetting World No. 3 Alexander Zverev 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to earn the first Top 5 win of his career.…
- World
Punjab-origin realtor, scientist honoured with Order of Canada
Toronto: Two Indo-Canadians — top realtor Bob Dhillon of Calgary and clean energy scientist V.I. Lucky Lakshmanan of Mississauga — have been honoured with the Order of Canada. The two are among 39…
- Technology
How Webb telescope plans to uncover first galaxies, distant worlds
New Delhi: Described as the Apollo moment for science, NASA’s James Webb telescope — on its way toward its destination in orbit about 1 million miles from Earth — has begun six…
- Telangana
TANA to give medical equipment worth Rs 25 cr in AP, Telangana
Hyderabad: The Telugu Association of North America (TANA) will provide medical equipment worth Rs 25 crore to government hospitals in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. TANA chairman Lavu Anjaiah Chowdary stated at a…
- Technology
NASA’s James Webb telescope launch delayed to December 24
Washington: The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, touted as NASA’s next great space observatory, has yet again been delayed as the team is working to fix a communication issue. In…
- World
Biden praises Canada, Mexico as leaders discuss strains
Washington: Reviving three-way North American summitry after a five-year break, President Joe Biden on Thursday joined with the leaders of Canada and Mexico to declare their nations can work together and prove…
- Health
In a first, patient gets diagnosed with ‘climate change’
Hyderabad: The danger of climate change which is usually seen as a far-off impending global catastrophe might not be as far off as most would like to believe. Carbon levels continue to…
- India
Canadian street named Cheema Drive after Indian-born doctor
Chandigarh: A new street in Winnipeg, Canada, has been named after Gulzar Singh Cheema, the first Indian-born Canadian doctor to be elected to a legislative assembly in the country in 1988. It is…
- World
Trudeau overhauls Canadian cabinet, gives women top roles
Toronto: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau overhauled his cabinet on Tuesday and named women to the foreign affairs and defence posts in his gender balanced cabinet. Trudeau named M lanie Joly as foreign…
- World
Canada’s first Hindu minister Anita Anand gets defence portfolio
Toronto: Canada’s first Hindu Cabinet minister Anita Anand made history on Tuesday by becoming the country’s second-ever woman defence minister by replacing fellow Indo-Canadian Harjit Sajjan as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled…
- Offbeat
Watch: Canadian couple move their dream house across water on boats
A couple in Canada decided to shift their dream house to a new location after learning of plans to tear it down. Daniele Penney and Kirk Lovell, her boyfriend, decided to move…
- World
US to reopen land borders in November for fully vaccinated
Washington: The U.S. will reopen its land borders to nonessential travel next month, ending a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the country moves to require all international visitors to…
- Hyderabad
Bashir Beg, ex-CRPF officer and a popular member of Indian-Hyderabadi community in Canada, passes away
Hyderabad: Mirza Bashir Beg, a pillar of the Indian-Hyderabadi community in Toronto, Canada, passed away on Friday. According to a statement issued by his family, “Beg died of issues resulting from cardiac…
- World
Canada announces COVID-19 vaccination mandate for federal employees
Ottawa: The Canadian government announced on Wednesday a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for federal employees and travellers aged 12 and older. All federal employees in the core public administration must be fully vaccinated…
- Bollywood
Do you know Nora Fatehi worked as a waitress before?
Mumbai: Actress-dancer Nora Fatehi might be a popular Bollywood diva today, but before achieving the precious celeb status, she had gone through a very tough period. The ‘Dilbar’ girl recently remembered her…
