2nd January 2022 – Last Wednesday, the Canadian Governor General of Canada announced 135 new appointments to the Order of Canada. The Order of Canada is the one of Canada’s highest civilian awards. This new list has three people from the Indian origin. Dr. Vaikuntam Iyer Lakshmanan, Dr. Pradeep Merchant and Navjeet Singh Dhillon (Bob) […]
27th December 2021 – First, a knowledge byte and then we would move to the real news. Did you know that the unicorn, a creature with single horn, appeared first on the soapstone stamp seals of the Indus Valley Civilization (IVC)? For reasons unknown, it disappeared from the arts of India after the IVC ceased […]
22nd December 2021 – Like a lot of corporate stories, the story of Prem WatsaCM is not only inspirational and worth reading and following, it solidifies one’s faith in capitalism and the North American dream. This is a story of man from a humble beginning to be known as ‘Canada’s Warren Buffett’. Prem Watsa was […]
14th December 2021 – While the world tries to pin down India on gender disparity and discrimination, Indian women quietly are taking the world stage in different walks of life. On one hand, Harnaz Sandhu became the 12th woman from India to have won an international beauty pageant. On the other hand, Professor Neena Gupta, […]
7th December 2021 – It is that time of the year in Canada when people tend to receive more gifts and greetings from their loved ones than any other time. During pandemic, the online shopping has spiraled and so have risen the thefts from porches. In a press release last week, the South Simcoe Police […]
2nd December 2021 – After a shaky start at the beginning of this year when COVID-19’s second wave hit India, it did not look that India would make such a quick comeback in its fight against the pandemic. However, as per the latest Bloomberg’s COVID Resilience Rankings released in the last week of November, India […]
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Crop Fires primary contributor of pollution in North India, confirms NASA Earth Observatory
24th November 2021 – In a report published by NASA Earth Observatory last week, it confirmed that smoke from crop fires in northern India covered Delhi and contributed to high levels of air pollution. As per NASA report, the satellites detected large plumes of smoke and heightened fire activity in northwestern India as farmers burn […]
19th November 2021 – The Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO), the apex body for regulating real estate professionals and enforces rules that real estate salespeople, brokers and brokerages must follow, has now suspended licenses for 129 realtors on account of learner misconduct. RECO provides the Real Estate Education program through Humber college. An investigation […]
17th November 2021 – The Karkardooma Court in Delhi has charged 4, namely, Anwar Hussain, Kasim, Shahrukh aka Rinku and Khalid Ansari, in the murder of one Deepak during the horrific riots which shook the national capital of India during February last year. The court determined that the Deepak had succumbed to multiple injuries after […]
12th November 2021 – Like every year, Canada paid a heartfelt tribute yesterday on Remembrance Day to its soldiers, to those who laid their lives and to those who lived to tell the heroic stories of and to their brethren. Among the countless stories of valor and bravery, there is one which needs to be […]