Gujarat Times

UBC president - Consul general of India

Consul General of India Discusses Educational Collaboration with UBC President

India’s Consul General Masakui Rungsung met today with Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia (UBC), to discuss potential areas of increased collaboration in research and higher education. Consul General Rungsung emphasized the value of fostering educational efforts to deepen links between UBC and India during their meeting at the…

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FAANG

Liberal government enacts controversial digital services tax, raising trade concerns

The federal government has passed a controversial digital services tax that would generate billions of dollars but jeopardize trade relations with other countries by charging the money that foreign companies make in Canada. The tax was suggested by the Liberal administration in its 2019 platform. In order to negotiate a compromise with other OECD countries…

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Trudeau

In the Toronto by-election, Liberals suffered a significant upset, raising doubt onTrudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he hears Canadians’ “concerns and frustrations” asquestions mount about his future as Liberal leader following his party’s stunning by-electionloss. Conservative Don Stewart won the longtime federal Liberal stronghold of Toronto-St.Paul’s in a dramatic win, ending a race that was largely viewed as a referendum on Trudeau’sleadership. “This was obviously not…

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farmers

કેન્દ્ર સરકારની ખેડૂતોને મોટી ભેટ, 14 ખરીફ પાકો પર MSP વધારવાની કેબિનેટની મંજૂરી

કેન્દ્ર સરકારે 19 જૂને 14 ખરીફ પાકો પર મિનિમમ સપોર્ટ પ્રાઈઝ (MSP) વધારવાની જાહેરાત કરી છે. આ પાકોમાં રાગી, બાજરી, મકાઈ અને કપાસનો સમાવેશ થાય છે. કેન્દ્રીય માહિતી અને પ્રસારણ મંત્રી અશ્વિની વૈષ્ણવે કહ્યું કે, ‘અગાઉ ડાંગરની MSP રૂ.2183 રૂપિયા હતી, જોકે તેમાં વધારો કરીને 2300 રૂપિયા કરવામાં આવી છે. કપાસની નવી MSP રૂ.7121 જ્યારે…

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foreign interference

Canada agrees to probe of lawmakers who allegedly worked for other nations

The government’s decision to look into claims that some MPs are working as foreign agents is intensifying the political environment in Canada. This comes following a parliamentary committee’s critical report and weeks of pressure from opposition parties. Concerns about the involvement of certain elected officials in foreign influence operations were brought up by a security-focused…

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Canada

Canadian Dream on Hold: Protests Erupt as Temporary Migration Slowdown Targets Foreign Workers and Students

As Canadian governments pursue early efforts to bring down the country’s unprecedentedly high rate of temporary migrants, it’s not being taken well by the thousands of students and foreign workers who are effectively being told to leave. Foreign laborers have been staging daily protests in the capital of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, after the Maritime Province…

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