North America

OTTAWA: Canada has warned its citizens against travelling to the Chinese province of Xinjiang, saying they face the “risk of arbitrary detention” on doing so.

OTTAWA: Two-thirds of Canadians say they are concerned about becoming sick with COVID-19, a four-point increase from March, according to a survey issued by Canada’s Angus Reid Institute on Friday.

NEW JERSEY: An Indian IT professional and his pregnant wife were found dead at their apartment in New Jersey in the US. Neighbours alerted the police after spotting the couple’s four-year-old daughter crying alone on the balcony of their home.

CHANDIGARH, (AVTAR SINGH): Punjabi Diaspora in Canada and NGOs in India have put forth the call for introducing direct air connectivity from Vancouver & Toronto to Amritsar in order to facilitate travel keeping in view of the yearlong 400th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Teg Bahadur, the Ninth Sikh Guru …

WASHINGTON: The United States won’t issue “vaccine passports”, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday.

ORANGEVILLE: Unknown to many Canadians, those of Sikh faith and heritage have a rich history in Canada.

LOS ANGELES: An Indian-American from California has pleaded guilty to the charges of defrauding elderly people.

WASHINGTON: The United States has recorded more than 13,000 infection cases of coronavirus variants, according to the latest data of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

WASHINGTON: The US Department of Labour has sought feedback from the public in the next 60 days on determining the wage levels for the employment of various immigrants and non-immigrants, including those on H-1B visas, the most sought-after work visa among Indian professionals.

WASHINGTON: Johnson & Johnson has started testing its Covid-19 vaccine on adolescents, beginning with those ages 16 and 17.