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By the time, India celebrates its 75th anniversary of Independence, the country will have a new President and a new Vice-President in office. Though the ruling BJP-led NDA looks confident of winning both Presidential and Vice-Presidential elections, the Opposition parties have come together to put up a stiff opposition. Draupadi Murmu, the NDA candidate for the… Continue reading Politics: Margaret Alva is joint Opposition Vice-Presidential candidate

Peru has every reason to feel jubilant as 20 km walker Kimberley Garcia won country’s first ever medal in the World Athletics championship. Other than Kimberley’s feat, the opening day of the World Athletics Championships at Eugene saw the Dominic Republic winning 4X400 mixed team’s relay pushing the hosts and favourite the US to the… Continue reading Sports: Peru, Japan, Dominican Republic make golden start in World Athletics

Amazing, is not it! Are you wondering at what links “Olympiad”, “Torch Relay” and “Canada” to each other. If your answer is “Chess”, you got it right. India will hold the 44th Chess Olympiad at Chennai. Going by the past history, there was no Torch Relay  in any of the previous editions of the Chess Olympiad. Since… Continue reading Chess: Olympiad, Torch Relay and Canada

The attack has come for widespread criticism Minorities – Hindus and Sikhs – in Afghanistan were shocked to their bones when a Sikh Gurdwara at Kart-e-Parwan was attacked by the ISIS activists at 6 in the morning leaving two persons, including a Sikh, dead. A large number of Hindu and Sikh families had taken shelter… Continue reading Sikh Gurdwara in Kabul: ISIS attack on Kart-e-Parwan historic temple leaves two dead, attackers also killed

At the end of day 1 in the US Open Golf, Adam Hadwin  of Abbotsford, British Columbia (Canada), was leading the pack . Interestingly, Hadwin, who  was not sure of his participation in the US Open until last week, has recorded his best ever score in a major golf tournament. He had to come through 36-hole qualifier.… Continue reading US Open Golf: Adam Hadwin of Canada holds the opening day limelight

When Canada starts its campaign in water polo event for women in the FINA World Championships in Budapest on June 18, Olympian Gurpreet Sohi, will be an active member of the team. The championships will continue till July 3. Canada plays Italy in its first game on June 20. Gurpreet Sohi is a Canadian of… Continue reading Olympian Gurpreet Sohi for Canada in FINA World Championships

The Union Government was on the defensive as protests against its much touted Agnipath scheme  has run into severe opposition from youth of different parts of the country. Protesting against the scheme of recruiting 46,000  Agniveers to serve the defence forces for specified term of four years each, the protesters are challenging the basis of the scheme… Continue reading Agnipath: Government goes defensive as protests spread and turn violent

 For the British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis, the massacre of the innocent people on the Vaisakhi Day in 1919 at Jallianwala Bagh was “shameful”. Regretting it during his recent visit to the historic Bagh, Mr Alex Ellis said that the Vaisakhi Day massacre was a dark (black) day  in the history of UK and… Continue reading Jallianwala Bagh episode: “Shameful”, says British High Commissioner

Vancouver will be another Canadian host city Toronto burst into celebrations as FIFA announced host cities of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Thursday evening. Besides Toronto, Vancouver also figures in the list of 16 cities chosen for holding the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The mega soccer event will be organized jointly by the United States,… Continue reading FIFA Names Toronto as one of 2026 World Cup Host cities

South Africa is continuing to strengthen its claim of becoming a hockey destination by offering to host the 2026 World Cups for men and women at Potchefstroom. It recently organised the FIH Women’s Junior World Cup besides playing host to some matches, both men and women, of the FIH Pro League. It has developed a… Continue reading Hockey: South Africa, Belgium-the Netherlands combine offer to host 2026 World Cups