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The peacekeeper in Afghanistan who made India proud

An Indian police inspector has been named recipient of a prestigious international female peacekeeper award by the United Nation’s police division for her “exceptional......

Canadian immigration law triggers complaints

Immigration lawyer Ravi Jain, a partner with Toronto-based Green and Spiegel, says he has received a number of complaints from highly educated people from the United States, the United Kingdom and......

Indian-Canadian docs donate $1 mn for blind

Drs Daya and Chander Gupta donated $1 million to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind in Manitoba earlier this month. The CNIB renamed the CNIB Winnipeg Building as The Drs Daya and......

US: Sunderesh Heragu wins tech innovation award

The Institute of Industrial Engineers presented the Award for Technical Innovation in Industrial Engineering to Professor Sunderesh S Heragu, the Mary Lee and George F Duthie Chair in Engineering......

US: Indian scientists' body holds 26th banquet

The Association of Scientists of Indian Origin in America honoured seven scientists for their accomplishments at ASIOA's 26th annual banquet, held recently at the Lion's Club of San Diego in......

How vulnerable are bank ATMs?

The war between hackers and banks over ATM security will be dynamically redefined, notes Atanu Biswas.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com At least 22 people of the same locality in Kolkata......

Indian drought: Bonanza for Canadian farmers

Canada is the top supplier of pulses to India, which is expected to import 1 million tonnes more this year. Prices for Canadian pulses typically ease towards the end of the year but a recent dry......

Gujarat aims to tap Canadian investors

Canadian investors have been invited to participate in the fifth biennial 'Vibrant Gujarat' summit, a global investors' meet organised by Gujarat, on January 12 and 13 next year. D J Pandian, the......

From Copenhagen to Mexico: The cycle continues

After failing at Copenhagen, we pinned our hopes on Mexico City; in Mexico, we'll look for some place else, writes Barun Roy. Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. That's how the 2009 United......

US anti-terror controls delayed swine flu response

Tough US import controls on biological materials, introduced after the September 11 2001 attacks, hindered the rapid identification of the H1N1 virus because samples from infected Mexican patients......

Jennifer Lopez is Miss Congeniality

Jennifer Lopez is a beauty with a heart.A report in People magazine mentions how the singer-actress cheered for the Yankees team, who were playing against the Red Sox at a recent Wiffle ball match......

Bollywood/Hollywood hits the US screen. Again!

When a desi distributor released Deepa Mehta's musical comedy Bollywood/Hollywood in America about a year ago, the film reached some 25 screens and mostly drew desi audiences. Unlike in Canada,......

Bravo comes out of retirement; ready to play for WI

'With the current leadership of coach Phil Simmons and captain Kieron Pollard, I am really excited about this come back and about the chance to be part of something really special.' IMAGE:......

Akmal accuses former Pakistan cricketer of match-fixing

Umar Akmal accuses former Pakistan Test cricketer of corrupt approach in GT20 Canada, reports to board's ACU IMAGE: Umar was sidelined by the national selectors during the recent World......

Cricket Buzz: Daggubati to produce Muralitharan biopic

IMAGE: The Mularitharan biopic to be produced by Rana Daggubati will go on floors in December. Photograph: Rana Daggubati/Twitter Actor Rana Daggubati is set to produce the biopic on celebrated......

Cricket Buzz: NZ name spin quartet for Sri Lanka tour

IMAGE: New Zealand spinner Mitchell Santner (right) has been named in the Test squad after 18 months on the sideline. Photograph: ICC/File Mitchell Santner, who last played a Test in December......

Australia's Warner, Bancroft deny rifts with Smith

'We haven't been able to (have a lengthy) catch-up because he's been away and Cameron (Bancroft) has been in Perth and I've been doing my thing with my family at home' IMAGE: David Warner and......

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