New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Migrant and student advocacy groups in Canada have slammed a two-year cap on new study permits for international students, saying that immigrants are being "scapegoated" for the country's aggravating housing crisis.
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Lauded as the least corrupt country in Asia, Singapore saw three Indian-origin Ministers face graft charges in the year 2023 alone -- the same year an economist of Indian descent took over the reins of the city-state as its ninth President.
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Throughout his presidential campaign, the only thing that the voluble and supremely self-assured Indian-American candidate Vivek Ramaswamy did not do was to take on his Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, head-on.
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) As the US sounded the 60th quadrennial presidential poll bugle for 2024, close to 20 candidates jumped the fray from both sides of the campaign, amid tensions over the country's economy, abortion, war, democracy and foreign policy.
Washington, Jan 21 (IANS) Fierce Donald Trump loyalist Rep Elise Stefanic has said that Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley as the former president's running mate is a "non-starter for voters".
Washington, Jan 21 (IANS) With speculation rife that he is going to be the next Republican vice presidential pick, Indian-American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy declined to say what job he would want if former President Donald Trump marched back to White House in 2024.
Toronto, Jan 20 (IANS) The number of international students in Canada now goes beyond one million, official figures say, just as the country mulls capping their arrival amid growing cost of living crisis.
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The leader of pro-Khalistan Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, has warned that the Chief Ministers of Delhi and Punjab will face a "political death" if his associates were not released by next month.
Singapore, Jan 20 (IANS) An Indian national, who was in Singapore on a student pass, has been sentenced to four years in jail and six strokes of the cane for molesting a British woman at a nightclub in 2022, according to a media report.
Toronto, Jan 19 (IANS) Even as Canada considers capping the arrival of international students amid growing housing crisis, 62,410 of them became permanent residents of the country in 2023, according to the country's immigration data.
