Month: June 2025

[ad_1] Record surge in asylum claims highlights the struggles of international students amid Canada's tightening immigration policies Canada has introduced a new bill – the Strong Borders Act, aimed at enhancing border security, stopping the flow of illegal fentanyl, combat money laundering, and ensuring the integrity of the immigration system."Amid the wide array of provisions are measures that will curb the rising number of international students—many of them from India—from seeking asylum. Between January and September 2024 alone, nearly 14,000 asylum claims were filed by international students, with Indian nationals accounting for close to 2,300 of these applications."Several Indian students are misled into believing that they can convert their temporary student status into permanent residency by claiming asylum. The truth is that claims made under false pretexts can result in deportation.To protect the integrity of the asylum mechanism, the bill […]

[ad_1] Virat Kohli with the IPL trophy in Ahmedabad (Image via PTI Photo/Arun Sharma) The Royal Challengers Bengaluru team were in for a grand welcome back home after winning their maiden IPL crown against Punjab Kings. The final, played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, saw RCB clinch the trophy thanks to a 6-run victory. While the award ceremony and post-match celebrations brimmed with jubilation, the franchise had also planned for an open bus parade back in Bengaluru.Those plans were dashed by the Bengaluru Traffic Police who have cancelled the event. While several fans were looking forward to it amid euphoria of first-ever IPL title, an official notification by the Traffic Police has confirmed that there will be no bus parade. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!"Due to felicitation function for RCB team at Chinnaswamy […]

[ad_1] File: A mob vandalizing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's statue in Dhaka Bangladesh's interim government has revoked the freedom fighter status of "Bangabandhu" Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and more than 400 politicians, who were victorious in the 1970 elections in the erstwhile East Pakistan. The Muhammad Yunus-led caretaker government issued an ordinance amending the JAMUNA Act on Tuesday night, giving a new definition of who would be recognised as a participant in the country's struggle for independence from Pakistan.Also Read: ‘Implementing’ Pak ideology? Bangladesh cancels all national days tied to Liberation War and MujiburUnder the amended ordinance, members of the provisional "Mujibnagar government" will now be recognized only as "associates of the Liberation War."The ordinance also identifies four other categories of freedom fighters as mere associates.These four categories are: Bangladeshi professionals who have made special contributions to the liberation war abroad and […]