Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has assured that his government will take steps to evaluate cases of around 700 Indian students in the country who are facing deportation on grounds of ‘fake college admission offer letters’. “We are deeply aware of the cases of international students facing removal orders over fraudulent college acceptance letters. To be clear, our focus is on identifying the culprits, not penalising the victims,” said PM Trudeau said during a Parliament debate. Hundreds of students from India have taken to streets claiming they have been cheated by their immigration cons ..read more

Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports of India, Anurag Thakur has tweeted that the central government is willing to have a ‘discussion’ with protesting wrestlers. “The government is willing to have a discussion with the wrestlers on their issues. I have once again invited the wrestlers for the same,” Thakur wrote via his social media past midnight on Wednesday. The statement comes four days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah met a delegation of protesting wrestlers at his official residence in the capital. Read | Adani Group To Sponsor Education Of Children Who Lost Parents In Train Crash The ..read more

In a powerful display of solidarity and courage, wrestlers from across the country have gathered at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to protest against the Wrestling Federation of India’s (WFI) chief, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Singh has been accused of sexual harassment by multiple wrestlers, sparking outrage within the wrestling community and the nation as a whole. Olympic and World Championship Medallists Lead the Charge, Seeking Justice and Support The protest, which includes prominent athletes such as Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia, Ravi Dahiya, and Sakshi Malik, along with world championship ..read more

The Srinagar Sonamarg Kargil (SSG) road will have no traffic movement on May 10 and 11 owing to widening work and fresh snowfall on upper reaches.  Owing to fresh snowfall in upper reaches of Baltal and Zojila Traffic Police Rural Kashmir in a fresh traffic advisory said “In view of widening work along Sonamarg-Minimarg stretch of SSG road, owing to fresh snowfall in upper reaches of Baltal and Zojila, there would be Traffic Dry Days” on Srinagar-Ladakh road” on May 10 and 11. “ Avoid travel towards Ladakh on the dates designated as Traffic Dry Days “As such all Ladakh bound motorists are ..read more

Supporters of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan, protesting against his arrest, have entered the compound of the army commanders’ residence in Lahore. Media footage showed them also storming the army headquarters in Rawalpindi. In Peshawar, the Radio Pakistan building has also been set on fire. The 70-year-old cricketer-turned-politician was arrested earlier today as he was entering the Islamabad High Court for a hearing in a case. Protests by Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters broke out across Pakistan soon after his arrest. Prohibitory orders banning large gathe ..read more

New Delhi: Israel Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Tuesday said he would cut short his three-day visit to India in view of a “security update” he received on his arrival here regarding Tel Aviv’s operation against a militant group in Gaza Strip. The visiting Israeli minister, who held wide-ranging talks with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar focusing on the expansion of bilateral ties in various key areas including trade, investment, defence and agriculture, said he will return home after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday. In an address at the India-Israel Business Forum, Mr ..read more

In one of his sharpest attacks on Pakistan over terrorism and Jammu and Kashmir, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar called his visiting Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari a “promoter, justifier and a spokesperson” of the terror industry. meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Goa Friday Speaking after the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Goa Friday, Jaishankar said, “As a Foreign Minister of an SCO member state, Mr Bhutto Zardari was treated accordingly. As a promoter, justifier and a spokespers ..read more

Former Mastercard CEO, Ajay Banga, will take over as the first Asian president of the World Bank on June 2 from outgoing president David Malpass, confirmed the World Bank’s 25-member executive board on Wednesday. The Indian-born American executive, since his nomination for the presidency of the World Bank, is considered the global development lender’s “face of change”. His five-year tenure as the World Bank president will be of the essence to setting the path of the organisation in the field of climate change. Ajay Banga is also known mainly for his strong belief in the need to tackl ..read more

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert for North India in the wake of heavy rainfall in some parts of the country. It also issued a rainfall alert in four districts of Kerala including Pathanamthitta, Ernakulam, Idukki, and Thrissur districts. Speaking to ANI, IMD senior scientist Naresh Kumar said, “Due to Western disturbances a three-day orange alert for rainfall has been issued for almost the entirety of North India. Rainfall in Delhi too will continue for the next three days”. “We have issued a heavy alert for Jammu-Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, an ..read more

वित्त मंत्रालय ने कहा कि माल और सेवा कर (जीएसटी) संग्रह अप्रैल में 12% बढ़कर 1.87 लाख करोड़ रुपये के रिकॉर्ड उच्च स्तर पर पहुंच गया। “अप्रैल, 2023 के महीने में सकल GST राजस्व 1,87,035 करोड़ रुपये है, जिसमें CGST 38,440 करोड़ रुपये, SGST 47,412 करोड़ रुपये, IGST 89,158 करोड़ रुपये (माल के आयात पर एकत्र 34,972 करोड़ रुपये सहित) और मंत्रालय ने एक बयान में कहा, उपकर 12,025 करोड़ रुपये (माल के आयात पर एकत्रित 901 करोड़ रुपये सहित) है। सकल जीएसटी संग्रह 1.75 लाख करोड़ रुपये के आंकड़े को पार कर गया व्यवस्था के लागू होने के बाद यह पहली बार है कि सकल जीएसटी संग्रह 1.75 ..read more