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Canada removes 41 diplomats from India after New Delhi threatens to revoke their immunity

TORONTO (AP) — Canada has recalled 41 of its diplomats from India after the Indian government said it would revoke their diplomatic immunity, the foreign minister said Thursday, in an escalation of their dispute over the slaying of a Sikh separatist in Canada. The moves come after Canada’s allegations that India may have been involved in the June killing of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar in suburban Vancouver. India has accused Canada of harboring separatists and “terrorists,” but dismissed the allegation of its involvement in the killing as “absurd” and has taken diplomatic steps to express its anger over the

Fulfil Maratha quota demand, Chavan tells Centre, Maharashtra govt after activist ends life in Mumbai

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Oct 19 (PTI) The Centre and the Maharashtra government must take note of the suicide of Maratha activists and take all steps to fulfil the community’s demand for reservations, senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan said on Thursday. Chavan’s comment came against the backdrop of a Maratha quota activist hailing from Jalna allegedly committing suicide in Bandra in Mumbai in the early hours of the day. Sunil Kawale, a resident of Chikangaon in Ambad tehsil of Jalna district, was found hanging from pole number 4 of a flyover between Bandra and Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in the western part

Why you feel so sleepy in the autumn?

New Delhi, Oct 19 (Mirror): “In autumn it’s getting darker in the evening, which means melatonin (the sleep hormone) is produced earlier and makes us feel sleepy, It is also darker in the mornings which keeps our melatonin levels high, meaning that we feel sleepy throughout the day,” sleep expert Lisa Artis, deputy CEO of The Sleep Charity told the Metro. Waking up to natural lighting can make you feel more awake, and it gives a signal to your body clock to wake up and “stop producing melatonin.” Lisa suggests that having your alarm out of reach, using a sunrise alarm,

India allows restriction-free imports of laptops, tablets in policy dilution

NEW DELHI, Oct 19 (Reuters) – The India on Thursday decided to allow restriction-free imports of laptops and tablets, and launched a new system of “authorisation” aimed at monitoring shipments of such hardware without hurting market supply. The new “import management system” takes effect from Nov. 1 and requires companies to register the quantity and value of imports, but the government will not reject any import requests and will use the data for monitoring, the officials said. Its purpose is “to ensure that all this provides us with the kind of data and information we need to make sure that

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