Category: Top News
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Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce president Pranav Patel plans international student wing
TORONTO: Pranav Patel, who took over as the president of the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC)in September, is one of the youngest men to hold this office. And he was also one of the youngest south Asian lawyers to cut his legal teeth in 2011 when he started his own law firm in Toronto East.…
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Dr Subramanian Swamy gets first Global Hindu Award at Hindu Heritage Month celebrations
TORONTO: BJP leader Dr. Subramanian Swamy was given the first Global Hindu Award as Hindus from the Greater Toronto Area and Southern Ontario converged on the International Centre in Mississauga on November 3 to celebrate Hindu Heritage Month. Ontario declared November as Hindu Heritage Month in December 2016 in recognition of the contribution of the community…
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Canada’s AIM for SEVA raises $7.1 million for education of poor kids in rural India
TORONTO: Opening their pockets for the poor children of India, Indo-Canadian expatriates have donated more than seven million dollars to a Toronto-based non-profit organization which builds and runs education hostels in rural India. The non-profit AIM for SEVA (Canada) builds hostels in far-flung, rural areas of India to educate children from poor families. At this…
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Canada-India total trade touched $10 billion in 2017, says Statistics Canada’s Anil Arora
OAKVILLE: Anil Arora, Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada, highlighted the role of Canadians of Indian origin in the Canadian society and especially its economy at an exclusive Speaker Series organised by Canada India Foundation Tuesday 9 October at Oakville. In a session that witnessed unprecedented participation, Mr. Arora also highlighted the modernisation drive undertaken by Statistics Canada…