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

PUNJAB POLICE SOLVES MURDER CASE OF VHP LEADER WITHIN 72 HOURS; TWO ASSAILANTS HELD CHANDIGARH: In a major breakthrough, Rupnagar Police in a joint operation with SSOC Mohali, has solved the murder case of Nangal-based Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader in less than 72 hours with the arrest of two operativesRead More

UK criminalises creation of ‘deepfake’ images without consent London: Despicable people who create sexually explicit “deepfakes” will face prosecution under a new law going through its parliamentary journey, the British government said on Tuesday. Deepfake refers to images and videos made to look hyper-realistic, with the victim usually unaware and unableRead 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

Hafiz Saeed’s aide who killed Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh shot in Pakistan New Delhi: Amir Sarfaraz Tamba, an accused in the murder of Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh and close associate of LeT terror outfit founder Hafiz Saeed, was killed by unidentified gunmen in Lahore on Sunday,Read More

Punjab: Congress first list out, faces rebellion on key seats Chandigarh: With the announcement of candidates for Punjab, rebellion stares the Congress in the face. Keeping in mind the impending rebellion by ticket claimants against the candidates whose names were discussed in the central election committee meeting, AICC general secretaryRead 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

Amritsar: ‘Jallianwala Bagh toll 57 more than recorded’ Amritsar: More than a century has passed, but the ambiguity over the exact number of martyrs in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre continues to pique interest of researchers. In the latest development, a research team of Jallianwala Bagh Chair at Guru Nanak DevRead 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