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TORONTO: The number of Indian students seeking admission to Canadian institutions is increasing very rapidly.
The University of Toronto alone has reported a 57 percent jump in applications for admission from students from India, says a report by the BBC.
Overall, Canada’s premier university has reported a 20 percent jump in foreign students seeking admission.
By Surekha vijh
WASHINGTON: On a big great demand from the Indian diaspora and the American business community, Air India started a direct flight between Washington DC to New Delhi.
The first flight which came from New Delhi, carrying Indian Ambassador Navtej Sarna and other dignitaries, was felicitated by the Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe,
By Gurmukh Singh
MISSISSAUGA: Kuldip Deepak is a familiar Punjabi radio voice among Indo-Canadians. He is the man who runs North America’s longest-running Punjabi programme called Punjab Di Goonj.
“We have completed 37 years and we could possibly be the longest-running Punjabi radio programme outside of India,’’ says the man with the booming voice.
By Surekha Vijh
WASHINGTON: India’s Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar and Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia were in Washington DC to meet their counterparts in the Capital for the first time since the Trump administration took over.
They met with Speaker Mr. Paul Ryan, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
By Gurmukh Singh
At the age of 90, Washington-based Dr Shamsher Singh Babra is the grand papa of the three-million-strong Indian community in the US.
Indeed, when young Babra landed in Washington DC in September 1955, there were not even one hundred Indians in the US, barring the old Punjabi settlement of Yuba City in California.
By Surekha Vijh
WASHINGTON: A highly-spirited gathering of more than 200 members of the diaspora, Indian embassy personnel and their families celebrated India’s 68th Republic Day on the Indian Embassy premises here in Washington DC.
New Indian Ambassador Navtej Sarna paid floral tribute to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in front of the Embassy.
MISSISSAUGA: Rich tributes were paid to actor Om Puri here by a large number of theatre artists and writers from India and Pakistan at a gathering organized by the Parvasi Media group on Sunday.
They recalled his deep association with Toronto as some of Om Puri’s English movies such as Such a Long Journey and West is West premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
By Gurmukh Singh
VANCOUVER: Indian (read Punjabi) food is going mainstream in Canada thanks to the growing diaspora in this country.
Not surprisingly, tandoori kebab, butter chicken, dal makhani, etc, are increasing become the delicacies of choice for Canadians. And the ever mushrooming Indian restaurants in cities are a testament to the popularity of desi food.
