World

AUSTRALIA: Australian Sikh Gurudwara Council and World Sikh Parliament Australia held a zoom conference on the current issues of Farm Bills 2020 & Farmer protests in Punjab. The conference was attended by members of various organization & sports clubs from all over Australia.

HAMILTON: A Himachal Pradesh-origin doctor has been elected as a member of parliament (MP) in New Zealand.

WELLINGTON: Jacinda Ardern has been elected as New Zealand’s Prime Minister for the second term.

BEIJING: The Chinese mainland reported 13 new imported COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 3,097, the National Health Commission said Saturday.

VICTORIA: A Indian-origin truck driver died after veering off the Calder Highway at Hattah near Mildura in regional Victoria, police say.

ENGLAND: A Punjab-origin man in England has pleaded guilty of providing unregulated immigration advice, contrary to provisions of a law that regulates advisers, the Office of the Immigration Service Commissioner (OISC) said on Tuesday.

ISLAMABAD: The chief minister of Pakistan’s Balochistan province has tested positive for coronavirus, as the national tally rose to 320,463 cases on Wednesday after 615 new infections were detected in the last 24 hours.

LONDON: India has joined a UK-led campaign against end-to-end encryption of messages by social media giants.

MUZAFFARABAD: Demonstrations took place across Gilgit Baltistan and in major towns in Pakistan demanding the release of rights activists sentenced on “trumped-up” charges.

LIBYA: The seven Indian nationals who were kidnapped in Libya last month have been released, the Indian ambassador to Tunisia said on Sunday.