Toronto, April 5 An Indian-origin former Ontario government employee has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to stealing $47.4 million from the provincial government, which included $10.8 million of Covid aid. Sanjay Madan, who served as an IT Director within the Ministry of Education, pleaded ...

Islamabad, April 5 Condemning UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman's "discriminatory and xenophobic" remarks against Pakistani men, the Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) has warned of the serious repercussions of such comments, media reports said. The British minister has been accused of "peddling extremist far-right lies" about Pakistanis after she singled out ...

New York, April 5 Five Indian-Americans are in Barron's fourth annual list of the 100 Most Influential Women in US Finance for achieving positions of prominence in the financial-services industry and are helping to shape its future. The list includes Anu Aiyengar of JP Morgan, Rupal J. Bhansali of Ariel ...

Toronto, April 4 Crown prosecutors in Canada's British Columbia province have decided not to press any charges in the violent killing of Indo-Canadian activist and filmmaker Manbir Mani Amar in 2022, media reports said. Amar, a 40 year-old father of three, was fatally injured on August 31, 2022 during a ...

United Nations, April 4 India has called for clearer documents for the UN Security Council reform, in particular naming those opposed to permanent membership for African nations, exposing their stance against the historically wronged continent. India's Permanent Representative Ruchira Kamboj said on Monday that "there needs to be a clear ...

Dubai, April 4 The Dubai Court of Cassation has rejected the appeal of British-Indian Sanjay Shah, who is wanted by Danish authorities on charges of money laundering and committing tax fraud to the tune of $1.7 billion. In doing so, it upheld the Dubai Court of Appeal's ruling last year ...

Toronto, April 3 A 28-year-old Sikh, facing multiple charges including assault, uttering threats, and mischief, has turned himself in at Vancouver Provincial Court, police said. Manveer Singh Dhesi, who turned himself in on March 31, is known to live in Surrey but police said he also frequents Burnaby in the ...

London, April 3 A anti-war female activist suspected of assassinating one of Vladimir Putin's propagandists by carrying a statue laden with explosives into a cafe has been arrested on Monday, according to a media report. Vladlen Tatarsky, whose real name is Maxim Fomin, was blown to pieces on Sunday after ...

New York, April 2 SARS-CoV-2 infection is not alone behind long Covid conditions, psychosocial factors such as low physical activity and loneliness may also contribute, according to a study led by an international team of researchers. The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines post-Covid-19 condition (PCC) as the persistence of symptoms ...

London, April 2 World Bank President David Malpass has said he is concerned about some of the loans China has been making to developing economies in Africa, according to a media report. David Malpass says the terms and conditions need to be "more transparent", BBC reported. It comes amid worries ...