By Zile Singh – Ambassador (Retd.) “Yesterday is gone, Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin ‘an introspection’. – St. Mother Teresa. COVID-19 is a ruthless hard taskmaster. It is a Master because it has taught a lesson to the whole world across political, economic, social and […]
Prime Minister used his daily COVID-19 update to thank Canadian Sikhs for their contribution to the Virus fight by providing free food and other essential services to Canadians. He also took the opportunity to wish all Canadians Happy Sikh Heritage Month, which kicked off on Wednesday, April 1. Surrey-Newton MP’s Private Member’s Bill C-376 to […]
The benchmark price of a home in Metro Vancouver rose by 2.1 percent in March compared to the same month last year. But the vast majority of sales happened in the first two weeks of March, when the spring market was still booming. By the final 10 days of the month, sales had dropped off […]
Gita Ramjee, 64, was the Clinical Trials Unit Principal Investigator and Unit Director of the HIV Prevention Research Unit of the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) offices in Durban. JOHANNESBURG – World-renowned virologist Gita Ramjee has become the first Indian-origin South African to have died after contracting the novel coronavirus that has killed five […]
The focus of the special session will be on a stimulus package to help workers and businesses survive the devastating blow from the coronavirus crisis. OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to call an emergency session of the country’s Parliament to pass legislation required for measures to counter the impact of the Covid-19 […]
“In the last 24 hours, we are saddened to report six deaths in the Vancouver Coastal, Fraser and Island health regions. There have been 31 COVID-19 related deaths in British Columbia. The majority have been residents of long-term care. We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost their loved ones,” said Health Minister Adrian […]
Help For Stuck Students The Indian Embassy in Kazakhstan on Wednesday appointed a nodal officer to assist around 300 Indian students stranded at the Almaty airport for the past 2-3 days without food and medical aid due to coronavirus pandemic. This came hours after the Delhi High Court asked the authorities to expeditiously provide the […]
By Zile Singh Ambassador(Retd.) “Better a little loss now than a long sorrow” With the advent of COVID-19 – a viral Pandemic – the whole world is in the grip of an emergency situation. All human beings are at war with it. For all countries, it is an internal as well as […]
Four ISIS attackers killed in 6-hour operation; ISIS claims attack. KABUL – At least 25 worshippers were killed and eight others injured when a heavily armed suicide bomber stormed his way into a prominent gurdwara today in the heart of Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul, in one of the deadliest attacks on the minority Sikh community […]
The coronavirus attacks people’s lungs, in some cases compromising their ability to breathe as they develop pneumonia. Ventilators, which deliver air to the lungs through a tube placed in the windpipe, are crucial to keep these patients alive. NEW DELHI – India has an estimated 40,000 working ventilators, a number experts said will be inadequate […]
