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17 Indo-Canadians triumph as Trudeau returns to power sans majority

Seventeen Indo-Canadians, including NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, won Canada's parliamentary elections on Tuesday with Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister Justin......

Heatwave claims over 17,000 lives in 50 yrs in India

A study shows that the country has experienced 706 heatwave incidents from 1971-2019. IMAGE: In 2019, there were 26 incidents of heatwave in Maharashtra (15), Kerala (6), Bihar (4), Rajasthan (1).......

Canada drops reference to Sikh extremism, Punjab CM protests

The Canadian government led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has removed a reference to Sikh extremism from its 2018 report on terrorism which had earlier mentioned it as one of the top five......

Know the Canadian 'bhais' of PM Modi?

Patrick Bhai and Stephen Bhai are old friends of Gujarat. Patrick Brown, the Canadian Member of Parliament from Barrie, Ontario, is the unofficial guide for the Indian prime minister, who......

Canada to supply uranium to India from this year

Canada on Wednesday agreed to supply 3,000 metric tonnes of uranium to energy-hungry India from this year under a $254 million (Rs 1,584 crore) five-year deal to power Indian reactors as the two......

Check out these exotic holiday destinations

Are you bored travelling to the same mundane places? Did you end up bumping into your neighbour or an office colleague on the previous vacation? This holiday season, we suggest you venture towards......

Quality of life in India? Poor at best

India may have become one of the preferred global business destinations, but when it comes to quality of living in its cities -- a key component in deciding pay packages for expatriate assignments......

Demand for skilled workers rising in Canada

Canada is fast emerging as a hot destination for skilled immigrants from the world over and India in particular.Even if Canada accepts 2,50,000 immigrants every year, it is estimated that there......

Women's World Cup: Dutch look to women's Messi for upset result

Netherlands forward Vivianne Miedema (9) dribbles the ball during the first half against Canada in a Group A match in the 2015 FIFA women's World Cup. Photograph: Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports......

Winter Games begin, Putin keen to prove doubters wrong

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics on Friday determined to prove his doubters wrong after militant attacks, a row over gay rights and......

Indian Winter Olympians divided over uniform issue

Trouble is brewing in the Indian camp at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver with majority of the contingent denying luger Shiva Keshavan's claim that the team didn't have coordinated uniform for the......

Winter Olympics: Indian team in mismatched uniform

How could Indian athletes be sentto participate in the Winter Olympic that opened in Vancouver with mismatched uniforms. A local sporting goods manufacturer donated fresh uniforms that the Indian......

Somdev signals new dawn for Indian tennis

Commentators in the US have already billed him as the 'real deal', and Somdev Devvarman, in his short stint on the professional circuit, has done nothing to harm that belief. At the moment, it......

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