10th February 2023 – An Independent Review of ‘Prevent’, a counter-terrorism program in the United Kingdom, has called for a major overhaul of the program and has sent several recommendations to the Home Office. The review found Islamists as the major internal security threat and found the program to be ‘out of kilter’ with other […]
9th February 2023 – The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced that its $ 5 bank notes will not feature Queen Elizabelth II or King Charles. The new design of the $ 5 bank note will honor the culture and history of the First Australians (equivalent to First Nations of Canada). The central bank reported […]
8th February 2023 – A local report by KTVU confirmed that a sculpture of Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj has gone missing from a local park in San Jose, California. According to San Jose Parks and Recreation, the sculpture was missing from the Guadalupe River Park as of Friday, 3rd February. It could not be confirmed since […]
7th February 2023 – The Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly is on a 2-day visit to India and met with External Affairs Minister of India, Dr. S. Jaishankar yesterday in Hyderabad House in New Delhi. In a statement released by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) India, both ministers discussed about the progress of […]
2nd February 2023 – It is not Rihaana or Beyonce or Justin Bieber who were the most listened to artist on YouTube for the year 2022. Guinness World Records noted that the popular Indian female singer Alka Yagnik was the most streamed act on YouTube this past year. She got a whopping 15.3 billion streams […]
1st February 2023 – For a common Canadian, it is taken for a fact that the Nazi symbol is called ‘Swastika’. For this person, the symbol connotes hatred, religious extremism and fascism. For this person, it is anti-Semite, anti-Jew and has the power bring back horrors from the annals of World War II history. Anyone […]
30th January 2023 – Shri Gauri Shankar Mandir in Brampton Ontario has been vandalized by unknown assailants. On the outer walls of the temple, the attackers wrote “Khalistan Zindabad” and “Hindustan Murdabad”. Indian Consulate in Toronto was quick to raise the concern with the Canadian law and order authorities. In a tweet, it said, “The […]
11th January 2023 – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the list of 301 films which are eligible for 2022 Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars. In this huge list of films from across the world, 12 Indic films have been shortlisted. These include – The Kashmir Files, RRR, Kantara […]
6th January 2023 – If you are looking for lessons and stories from Shri Bhagavat Gita for yourself and your younger ones, you would not like to miss the upcoming Gurukul Classes at Bharat Mata Mandir in Brampton. The Gurukul series of 8 sessions spread across January till March (29th January – 26th March 2023) […]
6th January 2023 – A Pakistani documentary film titled “The Losing Side” has won the Best Human Rights Film for the month of November 2022 at the Cannes World Film Festival (CWFF). The documentary film is based on the true stories of forced conversions of Pakistani minorities, majorly Hindus, Sikhs and Christians. Directed by Jawad […]