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Indian High Commission in Canada issues advisory over anti-vaccine mandate protests
As protests against the Canadian government’s vaccine mandate continue in the country’s capital, Ottawa, the city-based High Commission of India issued an advisory for Indians in Canada.
Closure of three Canadian colleges leaves Indian students in the lurch
Indian students were left in a vulnerable and unsupported position after the sudden closure of three private colleges in Canada’s Montreal city. They demand justice from Canadian and Indian governments.
Indian-origin MP Anita Anand appointed Canada’s Defence Minister
Indian-origin Canadian politician Anita Anand has been appointed as the new Defence Minister in Justin Trudeau’s cabinet.
Sikh men in Canada use turbans to rescue stranded hikers; video goes viral
A video showing a group of Sikh men in Canada using their turbans to rescue two hikers stranded in a waterfall pool has gone viral.
Canada’s tourism spending contracts by record 2.6% in Q1
Canada’s tourism spending dropped further to 2.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2021, after witnessing a 48.8 per cent year-over-year drop in 2020, Statistics Canada has said.
Indo-Canadian body sponsors billboards thanking India, PM Modi for COVID-19 vaccines
A series of billboards across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) are thanking India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for providing COVID-19 vaccines to Canada at the request of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau.
From Kerala to Canada, anti-CAA protests ring in the New Year
Protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act continued into the new year. A day after the Kerala Assembly passed a resolution seeking withdrawal of the citizenship law, Indian Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday said there is no escape from the implementation of the law.
20 Indian-origin candidates win in Canadian polls, including ‘kingmaker’ Jagmeet Singh
Indian-origin Canadian Jagmeet Singh is likely to emerge as the “kingmaker” after his New Democratic Party (NDP) won 24 seats in the general election where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party just about held onto power in the nail-biting polls.
Mindy Kaling, Lilly Singh among world’s most ‘badass women’
Indian-origin Hollywood actress and producer Mindy Kaling and Canadian-Indian YouTube star Lilly Singh are featured in a list of the world’s 50 most “badass women” compiled by InStyle magazine.
