NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau on Wednesday that India would do everything possible to facilitate supplies of the Covid vaccines sought by Canada. Trudeau, who made a phone call to the prime minister, said that if the world succeeded in conquering Covid-19, it …
Read More »Pak activist Karima Baloch’s family seeks investigation into her death: MEA
The Foreign Ministry said Thursday that the family of Karima Baloch, a prominent Pakistani human rights activist found dead in the Canadian city of Toronto, had requested an investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death. Karima, 37, was reported missing from the Toronto waterfront on December 20 and her body …
Read More »‘Bon voyage’, China says as Germany leaves UN Security Council
NY: GermanyThe UN envoy, during his last scheduled meeting of the UN Security Council, called on China to release two Canadians detained for Christmas, which caused the deputy of China UN envoy to answer: “From the bottom of my heart: Have a good trip.” Germany ends a two-year term on …
Read More »Still stuck: 1,500 trucks bound for France stranded in England
LONDON: More than 1,500 trucks were stranded in England on Tuesday morning amid fears that Britain could face food shortages if travel restrictions implemented to slow the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus are not eliminated soon. Dozens of countries around the world have imposed heavy restrictions on …
Read More »US cyber attack: Trump says cyberattack ‘is under control’, downplays Russia’s role
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Saturday played down a massive cyber attack on US government agencies, declaring it “under control” and undermining his own administration’s assessment that Russia was to blame. “I have been fully informed and everything is well under control,” Trump tweeted in his first public …
Read More »Poor countries face long wait for vaccines despite promises
NEW DELHI: With Americans, British and Canadians rolling up their sleeves for coronavirus vaccines, the route out of the pandemic now seems clear to many in the West, even if implementation will take many months. But for the poorest countries, the road will be much longer and bumpier. The ambitious …
Read More »Trudeau’s comment on farmers’ protest over blatant vote bank policy, former Indian diplomats say in open letter
In an open letter, a group of former Indian diplomats accused Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of engaging in “vote bank politics” with his support of the Indian farmers’ protest. The open letter was issued by the “Group of Ambassadors of India”, which included former diplomats Vishnu Prakash, Ajay Swarup, …
Read More »Farmers group blames the Center for interrupting the process of talks | India News
NEW DELHI: All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), one of the organizations leading the movement against farm laws, has blamed the Center for interrupting the ongoing discussions between the two parties. The organization has asked the Minister of Agriculture for an explanation. Narendra singh Take on “why Interior Minister Amit Shah …
Read More »How Farmer Unrest is Like Shaheen Bagh’s Protests | India News
Farmers protesting against new agricultural laws they have asked for a ‘Bharat Bandh’ on Wednesday. There are several similarities between the current agitation of farmers and the Shaheen Bagh protests that had taken place from December of last year to March against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). In fact, several …
Read More »Why Justin Trudeau is supporting protesting farmers in India
On November 30, while addressing Sikh participants from across Canada, at a Zoom meeting organized to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said: “Canada will always be there to defend the right to peaceful protest. “These words were spoken in the …
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