[ad_1] Earlier this year, Canada capped the number of international students it will admit, made attestation letters compulsory to obtain study permits, and closed the spousal Open Work Permit, meaning that students cannot be accompanied by their spouses for a majority of undergraduate courses. Yet, the country remains the preferred destination for Indians — particularly…
[ad_1] Plastic waste is everywhere, from the peak of Mount Everest to the floor of the Pacific Ocean, inside the bodies of animals and birds, and in human blood and breast milk. On Tuesday (April 23), thousands of negotiators and observers from 175 countries arrived in Ottawa, Canada, to begin talks regarding the very first…
[ad_1] Israel conducted a strike on Iran early on Friday (April 19) morning, incidentally the 85th birthday of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic. This was in retaliation to Iran’s drone and missile barrage of April 13, which was itself a response to the Israeli attack on an Iranian diplomatic building…
[ad_1] Iranian commandos Saturday seized an Israeli-affiliated container ship carrying 17 Indian crew members, the latest escalation in West Asia’s spiralling tensions which New Delhi has now found itself caught up in. Members of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard rappelled down from a helicopter onto the Portuguese-flagged MSC Aries near the Strait of Hormuz and, according…
[ad_1] Chital, native to mainland India, were introduced to the tiny island (0.3 sq km small) by the British in the early 20th century. Having no natural predators or competitors, and being good swimmers, chital swiftly spread across the Andamans. Over the past two decades, studies have examined the seemingly innocuous herbivores’ deleterious impact on…
[ad_1] The leaders of a slew of parties from countries across the world are set to visit India during the Lok Sabha elections on the BJP’s invitation to witness the scale of the polls and understand the ruling party’s campaign strategies. The BJP has so far sent invites to more than 25 parties of foreign…
[ad_1] Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Wednesday (April 3) threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany. The statement came after Germany, earlier this year, proposed to enact stricter limits on the import of trophies from hunting animals. In an interview with German tabloid Bild, President Masisi said such a move by Germany — one of…
[ad_1] China will use content generated through artificial intelligence (AI) to try and disrupt upcoming Lok Sabha polls in India, along with other elections happening in countries like the United States and South Korea, a report released by Microsoft Friday said. Microsoft said that “at a minimum” China will create and distribute through social media…
[ad_1] The UN Security Council this week demanded an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, after the United States, which has repeatedly used its veto to shield its ally Israel, abstained from the vote. Why is this important, and does it matter? Historically, there has been…
[ad_1] Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge on Thursday for stealing $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded, the last step in the former billionaire wunderkind’s dramatic downfall. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan handed down the sentence at a Manhattan court hearing after rejecting…
