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Canada has decided to suspend exports of military equipment to Turkey, while it is being investigated that drone sensor technology produced by a company in Ontario has been inappropriately used in the new fight between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Mr. Francois-Philippe Champagne, Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, has announced the new move on Monday (Oct 5) after ordering an investigation last ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has urged the countries with the largest land area to do more to protect the biodiversity of their water and land. Canada has signed an international pledge to reverse the biodiversity loss by 2030 and is working with more than 70 countries to put nature at the center of COVID-19 economic recovery plans. The ongoing situation ...

The provincial government has decided to spend $30 million to establish two urgent care centers in Regina and Saskatoon, in order to reduce the pressure on emergency rooms in big cities. Each center will cost $15 million and will be funded through the government’s expanded $7.5 billion in stimulus funds to revive the economy which has been hard hit by ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone for “9 Highway Projects” in Bihar through a video conference on Monday (Sept 21). The length of the road involved in these 9 highway projects is approx 350 km and will cost INR 14,258 crore. On the same day, he has also launched optical fiber internet services in the state. The ...

On Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau communicated with various opposition leaders to seek their inputs for his upcoming throne speech scheduled for 23rd Sept. Trudeau’s speech next week is crucial as it will be followed by the vote of confidence. The Liberal Party led Trudeau Government would require support of at least one opposition party to win the support of ...

Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India and Bharat Ratna, passed away at the age of 84 after battling a long illness.  breathed his last at Army Hospital in New Delhi this evening.  Mukherjee had tested positive for the coronavirus disease before undergoing a successful surgery to remove a brain clot. His son Abhijit Mukherjee informed this through Twitter. He said, ...

Visitors who are currently in Canada and have a valid job offer will be able to apply for an employer-specific work permit from within Canada and, if approved, receive the permit without having to leave the country, thanks to a new temporary public policy announced today by the Honourable Marco E.L. Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. This temporary ...

Chrystia Freeland, trusted aid of Justin Trudeau and the current deputy Prime Minister,  has been entrusted with additional responsibility of Finance Minister. With this she becomes Canada’s first female Finance Minister. One of the major goals of the newly appointed  minister would undoubtedly be to present novel policies to support the economy , which has been hard hit by the coronavirus ...

The construction of Katra (Jammu & Kashmir) – Delhi express road corridor has started. One of its kind, the mega project will be ready by 2023, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh confirmed on Wednesday (August 12). When the express road corridor will put into operation by authorities, the travel time will be reduced to around 6.5 hours from Katra to ...

The submarine Optical Fiber Cable (OFC) was launched by India Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (August 10). The submarine cable connection was launched through video conferencing due to ongoing situation of COVID-19 pandemic. The PM said in a tweet, “Today, 10th August is a special day for my sisters and brothers of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. At 10:30 this ...