NRI News
Jagmeet lands in row for refusing to condemn Kanishka attacker
Thursday, 05/10/2017
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TORONTO: Newly-minted leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) Jagmeet Singh has already attracted controversy with his refusal to condemn the practice at some Canadian gurdwaras of displaying portraits of a man considered the “mastermind” of the Air India flight bombing in 1985 that claimed 329 lives.
Sikh student banned from wearing kara to school in UK
Tuesday, 03/10/2017
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London: A primary school in the UK has come under fire for banning an eight-year-old British Sikh student from wearing his kara to school because it breaches the uniform policy. Kaiden Singh, who has worn Sikh religious bangle since birth, was asked to remove it after he started at his new school, Summerhill Primary School in Tipton, in the West Midlands region last month.
38-yr-old Sikh man set to lead major party in Canada
Tuesday, 03/10/2017
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Toronto: Jagmeet Singh, a 38-year-old Sikh criminal lawyer, was on Monday elected the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, becoming the first non-white politician to head a major party in the country. Singh, the Ontario provincial lawmaker, was elected on the first ballot to lead the party into the 2019 election against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals.
Jindal, Verma in race to be next US health secy
Monday, 02/10/2017
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WASHINGTON : Two Indian Americans — top healthcare official Seema Verma and former governor Bobby Jindal — have emerged as leading contenders for the post of the US health secretary in Donald Trump’s cabinet, vacated by Tom Price earlier this week. If either of them gets the nod,it would be a record second cabinet-rank position from the Indian-origin community after Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN.
UK’s Punjab-origin ‘chicken king’ faces inquiry after factory ‘fudges’ safety dates
Sunday, 01/10/2017
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LONDON:An Indian-origin head of a sprawling UK food empire is facing a parliamentary and other inquiries after an undercover investigation found safety dates of chicken being allegedly manipulated in his factory.
Indian-American couple pledges $200 mn to healthcare
Wednesday, 27/09/2017
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Florida : An Indian American doctor couple has pledged $200 million to a Florida university to advance healthcare in the state and internationally to the underserved communities in India and Africa. Zambia-born India-educated cardiologist Dr Kiran C Patel and his wife, paediatrician Dr Pallavi Patel announced the single largest donation made by an Indian American individual or family in the US at a press event here Monday.
Historic India Club in London fights for survival
Thursday, 21/09/2017
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London : The India Club in London, a hub for Indian nationalists in the UK during the independence movement in the 1930s and 40s, is fighting for its survival after plans emerged for the building to be demolished internally.
Sikh boy wins right to wear turban to school in Australia
Wednesday, 20/09/2017
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Melbourne : A Sikh family in Australia today won a legal battle against a Christian school which refused to enrol their five-year-old son because of his turban.
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