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US, Canadian, Mexican Leaders Hold First Summit In 5 Yrs
US, Canadian, Mexican Leaders Hold First Summit In 5 Yrs

The leaders pledged to take concrete actions in support of their joint goals, including ending the Covid-19 pandemic and advancing global health, fostering competitiveness and creating the conditions for equitable growth, as well as coordinating a regional response to migration, it added.

  • Friday, 19 November 2021
Canada Lifts Ban On Direct Flights From India
Canada Lifts Ban On Direct Flights From India

In April, Canada banned all direct flights to and from India when the second Covid wave hit India.

  • Sunday, 26 September 2021
Hindus, Sikhs Among 20K Afghans To Be Resettled In Canada
Hindus, Sikhs Among 20K Afghans To Be Resettled In Canada

The Canadian government said that it is expanding its partnership with the Manmeet Singh Bhullar Foundation in Alberta to resettle hundreds of persecuted Afghan Sikhs and Hindus in Canada.

  • Saturday, 14 August 2021
Odisha boy dances his way to success, wins Dance World Cup in Canada

Rourkela: Sheer talent, determination and hard work have helped Manoj Kujur of the Steel City make the whole country proud by clinching the top spot in the hip-hop category of the Dance World Cup in Canada. His team represented India while teams from 35 other countries had also participated. Though his family had initially not […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Baijayant urges Indian envoy to trace Odia engineer missing in Canada

Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda today sought the intervention of the Indian High Commissioner in Canada to trace the whereabouts an Odia engineer of his constituency, who has gone missing in the country

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Hockey World Cup 2018: Canada and South Africa play out 1-1 draw

Bhubaneswar: Canada and South Africa played out a 1-1 draw in their second Pool C match to stay afloat in the men’s hockey World Cup here on Sunday. It was a hard-fought battle with little separating the two teams. In the contest between world no 11. Canada and world no 15. South Africa, both teams […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Nobel Prize for Physics goes to scientists from US, Canada

Stockholm: Arthur Ashkin and Gerard Mourou from the US and Donna Strickland from Canada were awarded Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday “for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics”. “The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the #NobelPrize in Physics 2018 for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Canada becomes second nation to legalize marijuana

Ottawa: Canadian Parliament has passed a “historic” bill legalizing the recreational use of marijuana nationwide, becoming the second country in the world to do so. The Cannabis Act passed its final hurdle on Tuesday in a 52-29 vote in the Senate. The bill controls and regulates how the drug can be grown, distributed and sold, […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Exercising with people of your own age can help you to remain consistent: Study

  Canada: If you have struggled to be consistent with your fitness routine, the problem may lie in the people you exercise with. A new study conducted by the University of British Columbia in Canada shows that older adults are more likely to stick with a group exercise programme, if they can do it with […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Modi greets Trudeau with hug at ceremonial reception

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau on Friday welcoming him with a hug ahead of a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, putting to rest speculations about the government cold-shouldering the visiting dignitary. After Trudeau, his wife Sophie, and children Xavier, Ella-Grace and Hadrien, alighted from a car on the […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Officer escorting Canadian PM Trudeau's motorcade injured in US crash

Washington: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s motorcade was involved in an accident near Los Angeles, leaving three people injured. Trudeau, 46, was leaving the Reagan Presidential Library where he had given a speech when a car turned left in front of his motorcade on Friday, ABC News reported. The collision occurred around 7.22 p.m. along […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
Schizophrenia may up death risk by three-fold

  Toronto: People suffering from schizophrenia are three times more likely to die, and die younger, than the general population, indicating a need for solutions to narrow this gap, new research says. Schizophrenia is a disorder that affects a person’s ability to think, feel and behave clearly. The findings showed that people who died from schizophrenia […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Davis Cup: Ramanathan loses to Shapovalov, Canada take 3-1 lead

Edmonton: India team tennis player Ramkumar Ramanathan registered a defeat against Denis Shapovalov in the men’s singles to allow Canada take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the Davis Cup World Group play-offs at the Northlands Coliseum here. The Indian who ranks 154 lost to the 51 ranked Canadian 3-6, 6 (1)-7, 3-6 in two hours […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
'Super 30' founder urges Indians to join hands for country's progress

Vancouver: ‘Super 30’ founder and mathematician Anand Kumar has urged Indians in Canada to contribute to their native country’s progress in whatever way they could. “With such a large number of successful Indians in different fields here, India can bank on it and hope to use this vast expertise for its progress,” Kumar said. He was […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Audi recalls 850,000 diesel cars worldwide

Frankfurt: The German auto manufacturer Audi AG announced that it will recall up to 850,000 cars with six-cylinder and eight-cylinder diesel engines worldwide except the US and Canada, to improve emissions of those cars. As a subsidiary company of Volkswagen Group, the Ingolstadt-based Audi has been involved in diesel emissions scandal and therefore decided to […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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