The Canadian government has announced a two-year cap on new study permits for international students, which is expected to result in approximately 3,60,000 approved study permits this year a 35 per cent reduction from 2023.Asserting that international students...

Canada is set to reduce the number of international students coming to the country for post-secondary education.The cut in study visas will likely come later this year.After the Covid-19 pandemic, Canada issued a record 579,075 study visas in 2023. As a result,...

'Sarabha,' a Punjabi film that chronicles the life of Indian revolutionary Kartar Singh Sarabha, who was executed by the British at the age of 19 in Lahore in 1915, has received an overwhelming response from audiences in Canada and the US as it made its global...

While Canada is set to welcome 500,000 new immigrants annually from 2025 onwards, a recent study titled 'The Leaky Bucket,' conducted by the Institute for Canadian Citizenship (ICC) and the Conference Board of Canada, has raised concerns about the increasing...

Canada will continue its commitment to welcoming newcomers by maintaining its annual intake of 485,000 new immigrants in 2024, just as it did in 2023. However, the country has ambitious plans to increase these numbers to 500,000 by 2025, as revealed in its...

Canada has said that out of the 38,000 visas for Indians, it will only be able to process 20,000 by the end of December this year due to recent reduction of staff on the ground.At a meeting of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration this week,...

Canadian researchers have identified an amino acid that may play a key role in predicting poor clinical outcomes and also aid in the treatment of long Covid.The study, published in Cell Reports Medicine, showed that lower levels of taurine a semi-essential amino...

Actor Raghav Juyal is brimming with excitement as he arrives in Toronto to make his debut appearance at an international film festival for his remarkable film "Kill." The highly anticipated action-packed thriller is set to make its world premiere at the esteemed...

Space travel alters gene expression in white blood cells, weakening the immune system, making astronauts more susceptible to infections and skin rashes while in space, according to a study.Astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) are commonly...

With new Indian students increasingly becoming victims of ignorance about Canadian laws, the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) is taking up the matter with the Immigration Minister to address the problem. Murarilal Thapliyal, president of the oldest...

Canada is the favourite destination for Indian students - mostly from Punjab - for the simple reason that this country is home to the largest Punjabi diaspora in the world.Of about 800,000 international students currently studying in Canada, 320,000 are from...

Canadian researchers have identified how vitamin K helps prevent diabetes, a finding that could lead to new therapeutic applications for a disease that affects one in 11 people worldwide and has no cure.Several studies have previously suggested a link between...

A Canadian-Sikh poet, whose Twitter account was withheld in India last month over the Khalistan issue, now has her debut work among the 11 most banned books in the US classrooms for the first half of the 2022-23 school year.Rupi Kaur's 'Milk and Honey',...

Nearly 3-5 per cent cases of onset of diabetes is due to Covid-19, in other words roughly one person in 20 is a diabetic, according to an alarming study.The study, led by a team of researchers at the University of British Columbia, found that SARS-CoV-2 infection...

While overindulgence could dig you an early grave, a daily alcoholic drink may neither be harmful nor offer any health benefits, according to a new study of 4.8 million people.The benefits and drawbacks of alcohol have been much debated. While some studies...

Researchers have identified a protein found in superbugs that enhances SARS-CoV-2 replication by 10- to 15-fold. Global data shows nearly 10 per cent of severe Covid-19 cases involve a secondary bacterial co-infection with Staphylococcus aureus, also known as staph...

People with hybrid immunity are the most protected against severe illness and reinfection, a new study has found. Results from global data show vaccination and a prior Covid-19 infection offer the best defence against severe illness and reinfection, according...

A 17 year-old Indo-Canadian student died after he lost control of his vehicle due to bad weather conditions and crashed into a utility pole, media reports said. Taren Singh Lal was driving home when his Tesla crashed into a utility pole near the intersection...

Five people were killed in a shooting incident in Canada's Toronto city, authorities said, adding the suspect was shot dead by the police. Police found a "horrendous scene" on Sunday at a condo unit in Vaughan where the five people were killed, Xinhua news...

Most people infected with the SARS-CoV2 virus recover within 12 months, irrespective of the severity, say researchers, including one of Indian origin.The study, published in the European Respiratory Journal, showed that although 75 per cent had recovered...