TORONTO:Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) has called on the government not to deport 150 Punjabi students who were told to leave the country as they arrived on fake college admission letters, according to the Canadian Border Security Agency. The students, whose deportation order is scheduled on May 29, said they were cheated by their immigration […]
SEOUL:The daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un who has been seen in public may be his first child and she may be one of the “candidates” who could inherit his power, the head of a South Korean think tank said on Friday. The remarks by Koh Yu-hwan, head of the Korea Institute for National […]
MELBOURNE:Another two universities in Australia have banned the admission of students from a few states in India as a response to a spike in visa applications that are fraudulent in nature, stated a media report. Which are these two institutes? Federation University in Victoria and Western Sydney University in New South Wales. Last week, these […]
SAN FRANCISCO:Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend Lauren Sánchez are reportedly engaged, several news outlets reported. Although the wedding plans of the couple have not been revealed, the reports claimed that the couple have been in a relationship since 2018 and are currently attending the Cannes Film Festival in France . Both were spotted […]
SAN FRANCISCO:TikTok has filed a federal lawsuit against Montana after the state passed a law last week intended to ban the app from being downloaded within its borders.The widely expected lawsuit argues that banning a hugely popular social media app amounts to an illegal suppression of free speech tantamount to censorship.The Montana law “unlawfully abridges […]
SYDNEY:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met business leaders of top Australian companies here and called for enhancing cooperation with the Indian industry in areas such as technology, skilling, and clean energy . Modi arrived in Sydney on Monday for the third and final leg of his three-nation tour during which he will hold talks […]
LONDON:The city of Preston in the UK has elected Gujarat-born Yakub Patel as its first Indian-origin Muslim Mayor for 2023-24 following the completion of Councillor Neil Darby’s term in office. In his new role, Patel will chair council meetings, and act as ceremonial head representing the city at engagements throughout their year in office. “I […]
WASHINGTON:NASA’s CAPSTONE mission — a microwave oven-sized CubeSat — captured its first images of the Moon, showing the lunar surface near the Moon’s North Pole. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) captured the image as it made a close approach to the Moon on May 3. It also successfully tested […]
BRASILLIA:Brazil’s Supreme Court voted on Thursday to convict former President Fernando Collor de Mello on corruption and money-laundering charges. Six of the court’s 10 judges voted to convict Collor, 73, who was impeached in 1992 on corruption charges. While Thursday’s vote meant his conviction was certain, the remaining four judges will vote on Wednesday when […]
NEW YORK:Indian-American attorney and educator Neil Makhija has won the Democratic nomination for Montgomery County Commissioner, thus inching closer to becoming the first Asian-American to hold the top post in Pennsylvania state. Makhija had thrown his hat in the ring for the primary election on Tuesday for Commissioner of Montgomery County, which has one of […]