Canadian dollar extends losses as Canada’s inflation rises Toronto: The Canadian dollar is down for a fifth straight day and has slipped 1.9% during that time. In the North American session, USD/CAD is trading at 1.3840, up 0.37%. Canada’s inflation rate for March rose to 2.9% y/y, ticking up fromRead More

North Korea is buying Chinese surveillance cameras in a push to tighten control, report says Seoul (South Korea): North Korea is putting surveillance cameras in schools and workplaces and collecting fingerprints, photographs and other biometric information from its citizens in a technology-driven push to monitor its population even more closely, aRead More

Indian Ambassador Devyani Khobragade dresses as ‘apsara’ on Cambodian New Year Phnom Penh (Combodia): Indian Ambassador to Combodia Devyani Khobragade, who was at the centre of a controversy that fuelled tension between India and the US in 2013, surfaced on social media in an image from a photo shoot dressedRead More

Chirag Antil, 24-year-old Indian student, shot dead in car Vancouver: Vancouver: Amid a series of students killed in foreign, another student from India was shot dead in Canada’s South Vancouver, police said on Saturday. According to the statement released by the police, the deceased student was identified as 24-year-old ChiragRead More

Sikhs celebrate ‘Khalsa Sajna Divas’ on New York Assembly premises Amritsar: Sikhs, under the banner of the World Sikh Parliament, celebrated ‘Khalsa Sajna Divas’ (Baisakhi) on the New York State Assembly premises. The occasion is celebrated as National Sikh Day in various states of the US. New York Assembly memberRead More

Sydney knife attacker shot dead after killing 6 in Bondi mall Sydney: An attacker who fatally knifed six people in a mall was shot dead by police in Sydney’s beachside suburb of Bondi on Saturday, police said, as hundreds fled the scene. The assailant was shot by a police officerRead More

Manish Tewari to contest from Chandigarh, Vikramaditya from Mandi Chandigarh: The Congress on Saturday finalised the names of a few Lok Sabha candidates from Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh at a meeting of the party’s Central Election Committee here. The CEC meeting for Himachal Pradesh was attended by Congress presidentRead More

17 Indians on board Israeli-linked vessel seized by Iran in Strait of Hormuz New Delhi: Amid escalating tensions between Israel and Iran, at least 17 Indians are learnt to be on board the Israeli-linked cargo ship seized by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in the Strait of Hormuz. Commandos from Iran’s paramilitaryRead More

SAD list of candidates for Punjab; Daljit Cheema from Gurdaspur, Chandumajra from Anandpur Sahib Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election. Taking to X, senior party leader and former minister Daljit Singh Cheema said that SAD chiefRead More

Sikh was forced to leave Peshawar because of security reasons serves Iftar langar in Lahore Lahore: Sardar Jitendar Singh–a pharmacist and herbal practitioner– who was forced to move to Lahore along with his family from Peshawar about a year ago because of security reasons, served food at an Iftar LangarRead More