Ottawa: Canada has unveiled a three-year Immigration Levels Plan (2022-24) aimed at welcoming immigrants at a rate of about 1 per cent of the country's population. They now recognise the important role played by immigrants in filling critical...

Washington: A number of foreign investors, including several Indian citizens, who have sunk in at least $500,000 under the EB-5 investor visa programme have filed a lawsuit with a US district court challenging the lapse of the EB-5 ‘Regional...

Pakistan’s military has stepped up operations along the Afghan border in recent weeks after a spate of militant attacks that has dashed any hope the frontier might see more peace and stability after the end of the war in Afghanistan. Islamist...

Ottawa: India has flagged to Ottawa the Indo-Canadian community’s concerns over a bill before Canada’s Parliament to ban the sale and display of hateful symbols, including the swastika for its association with Nazism.

Bandung (Indonesia): An Indonesian court sentenced a teacher to life in prison for the rape of 13 minor students in a boarding school and impregnating at least 8. Bandung district court in West Java found Herry Wirawan guilty of the crime. During...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court last week set aside the Punjab and Haryana high court's interim order staying the Haryana law to grant 75% reservation for residents of the state in private sector jobs but also restrained the state government from...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar last week lambasted Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi over his remarks that he “won’t let UP, Bihari bhaiyas" enter his state. Calling it “appalling”, Nitish Kumar sought to know if Channi was unaware how much...

Tamil Nadu has released a “religious minority rank list” for MBBS admissions to three Christian minority medical colleges - the first time any state has done so. The state selection committee has told the minority institutions that admissions...

India and the UAE last week signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) that will allow duty-free export of food products, textiles, gems and jewellery and pharma, while giving easier access to the Emirates for Indian professionals...