Category: Indians Abroad
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Harjit Sajjan, Navdeep Bains among four Sikh ministers in Trudeau Cabinet
News East West TORONTO: The Indo-Canadian Punjabi community made history on Wednesday when two turbaned Sikhs were sworn as cabinet ministers as Justin Trudeau, 42, took oath as the country’s 23rd prime minister at a grand public ceremony in Ottawa. While 42-year-old Harjit Sajjan was appointed Canada’s defence minister, Navdeep Bains, 38, got the portfolio…
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Canada India Foundation urges Trudeau to fast-track free trade agreement with India
News East West TORONTO: Welcoming the incoming Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau whose Liberal Party was swept to power yesterday, major Indo-Canadian organizations have urged him to speedily conclude the long-pending free trade agreement with India. Ajit Someshwar, chairman of the Canada-India Foundation (CIF), urged Trudeau to make a state visit to India as one…
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Punjabi actress Harveen Sandhu shines in Pygmalion at Shaw Festival
By Prof Sehdev Kumar TORONTO: In a multicultural and multiethnic world, such as exists in Canada, what should Juliet look like? Or Cinderella? Or Eliza Doolittle in Bernard Shaw’s much celebrated play, Pygmalion?
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Bhim Asdhir scripts Canadian super success story with Excel Funds
News East West MISSISSAUGA: Toronto-based Bhim D. Asdhir ranks among Indo-Canadians whizkids who have scripted super success stories in the Canadian financial sector. Asdhir, whose family comes from Ludhiana in Punjab, is the founder and CEO of Excel Funds which was Canada’s best performing mutual fund last year. “We are also doing well in India…