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Concerned in particular about human rights in the Chinese province of Xinjiang, European Union seeks to ban the import of products made with forced labour. The draft rules to this effect are prepared to pass as legislation. When it becomes law, the prohibition would apply to all products, of any type, including their components, and […]
UK: The recent induction of Indian-origin barrister Rt Hon Suella Braverman on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, was chosen as the Secretary of State for the Home Department in Britain’s newly-appointed PM Liz Truss’s cabinet. The 42-year-old Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Fareham south-east England (May 2015) has previously served as the Attorney General in […]
Liz Truss has been named as the UK’s next Prime Minister today evening after she won a high decibel electoral contest against Rishi Sunak, an Indian origin politician. Truss has won the internal leadership contest of the ruling Conservative party. Truss has a tough job cut out for her as Britain faces industrial unrest and […]
A longtime airport employee was been taken into police custody after stealing an aeroplane in America.The man, identified as Cory Wayne Patterson by police, threatened to crash the aircraft into a Walmart in Mississippi. However, Cory eventually landed in a field—where authorities arrested him. According to Tupelo Police Chief John Quaka, Cory was an employee of Tupelo Aviation for […]
NASA is releasing a series of audio tracks that translate photos and data captured by the James Webb Telescope into beautiful and haunting music. Through a process called sonification, scientists captured imagery and data—including photos of the cosmic cliffs of the Milky Way’s Carina Nebula and a dying star in the Southern Ring Nebula, which […]
Seattle-based global coffee giant Starbucks announced on Friday, September 2, 2022, the Indian-origin Laxman Narasimhan as its new CEO adding to the long list of Indian-origin individuals heading the multi-national goliaths across the world. Pune University Engineering graduate Laxman Narasimhan has become the chief executive officer-elect of the five-decade-old popular coffee-chain Starbucks Coffee Company, which […]
In a bid to raise its economic and other related sectors, the country’s immigration department has announced plans to fully digitise its application process for the majority of those seeking permanent residency in Canada. The Department of IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) has also proposed exempting from a mandatory medical examination for applicants already […]
After intense criticism over the closure of emergency services leading to the death of a 34-year-old pregnant Indian tourist due to cardiac arrest while being transferred to another hospital in Lisbon, Portugal’s Health Minister Dr Marta Temido quit of her continuing services on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, which she was attending at the ministry since […]
In an effort to ensure international students don’t miss their first days on campus, the United Kingdom has begun priority and super-priority processing for student visas. The British High Commission on India on August 30 issued an advisory for Indian students on the lines. The British Ambassador to India Alex Ellis said that the UK […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated on Monday that he was “saddened” to see the destruction and “hoped for an early restoration of normalcy” in his first statement regarding the floods in Pakistan. Discussions about the potential to provide humanitarian aid to Pakistan are taking place at the highest levels. Although no decision has been made […]
Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla (TSLA.O), said in Norway on Monday that the globe must continue to extract oil and gas to sustain civilization and to develop sustainable sources of energy as well. “Realistically I think we need to use oil and gas in the short-term, because otherwise, civilisation will crumble,” Musk said. Talking […]
The world narrowly escaped a nuclear catastrophe as electricity to Europe’s largest Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactor complex (ZNPP) based in Ukraine was cut for hours due to Russian Shelling on Thursday, August 25, 2022. The news was claimed by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelensky affirmed, “Europe had come ‘one step away’ from disaster, which was only […]
Former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton encouraged the world to “keep dancing” on Sunday, supporting the party-loving Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin. While still the secretary of state, Clinton’s post featured a picture of herself dancing at a crowded bar on a trip to Colombia in 2012. It concluded with the words “Keep dancing, @marinsanna.” […]
Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder and CEO of the social-networking website Facebook announced the launch of Meta’s novel VR headset. The prices will nearly steal one’s own pocket- as they start in the range from USD 400 and could crossover USD 800! While speaking to the American podcaster, Joe Rogan (officially Joseph James Rogan), he revealed […]
Indian students facing visa delays because of Canadian immigration backlogs are unsure if they will make it in time for the fall semester– as Ottawa works out whether it can prioritize applications for September. More than 230,000 students from India are currently enrolled in post-secondary institutions in Canada. Students, universities, immigration consultants and even the […]
Texas: Close on heels of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi vandalised and curse words scribbled across a Manhattan neighbourhood last week, the video of a woman hurling racial slurs towards a group of Indian-American women in Plano, Texas is now viral on social media. The video shot in a parking lot outside “Sixty Vines” restaurant, […]
It’s not just Indian politicians who worship the cow and consider it auspicious. It’s a global phenomenon now. Britain’s prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak on August 23 performed ‘gau pooja’ in London. Akshata Murty, daughter of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, and wife of the 42-year-old Conservative leader accompanied him. Earlier on the occasion of Janmashthami, […]
Over 200 guests, including notable business and government executives, academics, and illustrious alumni, attended the NTU Singapore-India Dialogue session, which Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) sponsored on August 23 to encourage an exchange of ideas for partnership. The event, which was held at The Leela Palace Hotel in Bengaluru, sought to consolidate and expand […]
The San-Francisco-based Zoom Video Communications Inc on Monday, August 22, 2022 expurgated its annual profit and revenue forecasts as demand for the video-conferencing app drops from pandemic highs amid head-to-head sprint from the online working collaboration platforms- Microsoft Teams and Cisco WebEx. Responding to analysts, Kelly Steckelberg, Chief Financial Officer, Zoom Video Communications Inc stated, […]
It’s been over a quarter-century on from the death of their mother, Princess Diana, Royal Doyens William and Harry struggling to maintain their once-closed relationship, as they embrace life onward differently. “Harry and Wills are barely on speaking terms after ‘Megxit’- referring to Harry and wife Meghan Markle’s decision to quit frontline royal roles in […]
