JALANDHAR: After Jagmeet Singh was elevated as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) – the first nonwhite and turbaned Sikh to head any political party in Canada – 69% respondents in an online poll said they would consider voting for a national party leader who wears a turban and carries a kirpan. The…
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim also said that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will have a huge positive impact on the Indian economy. WASHINGTON: The recent slowdown in India’s economic growth is an “aberration” and mainly due to a temporary disruption caused by preparations for the new national tax GST, the World Bank said…
LONDON: A Ghana-based Indian entrepreneur has won a prestigious business award in the UK for his efforts to bring innovative IT solutions to Africa. Birendra Sasmal, CEO of Subah, bagged the International Business Person of the Year at the Asian Achievers Awards in London last week, for turning the company into a thriving IT, telecoms and manufacturing success…
Canberra: Australian investigators on Tuesday released their final report on the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, saying the inability to bring closure for victims families was a “great tragedy” and “almost inconceivable” in the modern age. It has now been three-and-a-half years since MH370 and its 239 passengers and crew disappeared en route to Beijing…
The woman was caught on Friday based on a tip-off that she had bought a seven-day-old boy for Rs 20,000 and was going to sell him to a childless couple for Rs1.50 lakh. The 29-year-old woman from Worli, who was arrested for buying a newborn for Rs20,000 with an intention to sell the child to…
Ministry of External Affairs has taken cognisance of the situation and have affirmed that NRIs who desert their wives could face cancellation of passport Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) who are found harassing or deserting their wives could have their passports impounded or cancelled. Taking cognisance of various complaints lodged by women about them being deserted by…
The Goel committee submitted its report on August 30, suggesting that NCW be made the nodal authority for looking into disputes arising from NRI marriages External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said effective steps will be taken by the government to tackle the issue of NRI men deserting their Indian wives. “We are deeply…
