E-scooter injuries up over 70% among youth, helmet use must: Indian-origin scientist

IANS | October 20, 2023 5:09 PM

Washington, Oct 20 (IANS) As electric scooters become an increasingly popular mode of transportation, new research led by an Indian-origin scientist finds a 71 per cent increase in injuries reported in children and teens aged 18 and younger, with limited use of helmets resulting in the head as the most injured body part

Visa processing in India will be impacted: Canadian Immigration Minister

IANS | October 20, 2023 10:42 AM

Toronto, Oct 20 (IANS) Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller said that visa processing in India will be "inevitably impacted" after Ottawa evacuated 41 of its diplomats following a diplomatic spat with New Delhi over the killing of pro-Khalistani hardliner Hardeep Singh Nijjar.