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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits the makeshift memorial erected in honor of the 215 indigenous children remains found at a boarding school in British Columbia, on Parliament Hill June 1, 2021 in Ottawa. (AFP file photo)World
Report: over 600 bodies found at Indigenous school in Canada

The bodies were discovered at the Marieval Indian Residential School, which operated from 1899 to 1997

25 Jun 2021 11:02 AM IST

H1B visa denials are at a record level, while quotas for H2B visas have been raised, according to the report.World
US allows some H-1B visa seekers to re-submit their applications

Such petitions must be re-submitted before October 1, 2021

24 Jun 2021 1:32 PM IST

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (AP)World
Delta COVID-19 variant greatest threat to U.S. pandemic response:...

Fauci said that the vaccines authorized in the United States, including the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, are effective...

23 Jun 2021 12:38 PM IST

Two-thirds received two doses of the vaccine, three weeks apart, and the rest got dummy shots. (Photo: AP/File)World
Novavax holds vaccine trials in US, Mexico, says shot 90% effective...

Novavax's study involved nearly 30,000 people aged 18 and up in the US and Mexico

14 Jun 2021 4:19 PM IST

Many universities are only accepting the students who have been vaccinated with a WHO-approved COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo: Representational/PTI)World
US students who took India's Covaxin, Russia's Sputnik V, asked to get...

American students have access to the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines

4 Jun 2021 2:46 PM IST

US President Donald Trump delivers an update on \Operation Warp Speed\ in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. (AFP)World
Trump says he was right about 'China Virus coming from Wuhan Lab'...

He also called for imposing fine on China for the death and destruction they have caused due to this 'lab leak

4 Jun 2021 9:37 AM IST

Authorities believe the shooting was targeted. (Photo: Representational/AP)World
Two dead, over 20 injured in banquet hall shooting in South Florida:...

The banquet hall had been rented out for a concert

30 May 2021 5:14 PM IST

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne. (Photo: AFP)World
Antigua PM accuses Opposition UPP of supporting Choksi to secure...

The Opposition reminded Prime Minister Gaston Browne that every citizen is entitled to constitutional protection and due...

30 May 2021 1:59 PM IST

Emergency responders gather at the scene of a shooting where a mass shooting was reported. (Photo: AFP)World
Eight killed by employee in California rail yard mass shooting

Multiple victims were also wounded in the attack

27 May 2021 9:15 AM IST

\Weve sent seven air shipments, including health supplies, oxygen, oxygen supplies, and 95 masks, rapid diagnostic tests and medicine\, said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. (AP/Evan Vucci)World
US has provided over USD 500 million in COVID relief to India, says...

The Biden administration, she said, is now working to extend that assistance to other South Asian countries that have...

20 May 2021 10:22 AM IST

US President Joe Biden dialled up Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday.World
US President Joe Biden tells Netanyahu he backs 'ceasefire' in Israel:...

Biden has so far resisted joining other world leaders and much of his own Democratic party in calling for an immediate...

18 May 2021 12:28 PM IST

Medical supplies from the United Kingdom reach Delhi Airport, in New Delhi on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (PTI file photo)World
US to send COVID-19 supplies worth $100 million to India

The first shipment includes 960,000 rapid tests, which can detect Covid in 15 minutes, and 100,000 N95 masks for...

29 April 2021 9:44 AM IST

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