Diaspora

HAMILTON: A Punjab-origin city councillor says voice mails from a resident who threatened violence against Black people after far-right rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol is a reminder that Hamilton isn’t immune to racism.

LONDON: An Indian-origin expert at the University of Birmingham has led an international study that finds that patients’ chances of survival after cancer surgery is strongly linked with the standard of post-operative hospital care.

WASHINGTON: For the first time ever, a turban-wearing Sikh has been appointed as a Special Agent at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

CHANDIGARH: Australia’s High Commissioner to India Barry O’Farrell on Thursday called on Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and the two had a “great discussion” on several issues.

LONDON: Two British Sikh men in their 20s have been charged following what in Southall, west London.

LONDON: First turbaned Sikh member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, Tanmanjit Singh Dhesi, on Tuesday raised the issue of National Investigation Agency (NIA) sending notices to a number of people who are associated with the farmers’ andolan at New Delhi in India.

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden has named Indian-American Rohit Chopra as the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The Bureau seeks to safeguard the interest of consumers from large financial institutions.

LONDON: The United Kingdom-based non-government organization Khalsa Aid has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for its humanitarian work.

NEW YORK: A Punjab-origin man in the US shot and his 14-year-old daughter and his mother-in-law before turning the gun on himself, police said.

UNITED NATIONS, JANUARY 16: The Indian diaspora, one of the most “vibrant and dynamic”, is the largest in the world, with 18 million people from the country living outside their homeland in 2020, the UN has said.