Dec 31, 2024, at 12:02 pm
The global population is projected to touch 8.09 billion on January 1, 2025, as per data released by the US Census Bureau.
US Treasury claims it was hacked by Chinese state-sponsored hackers
Dec 31, 2024, at 11:29 am
The US State Treasury Department on Monday said Chinese state-sponsored hackers were behind the cyber breach which resulted to access employee workstations and some unclassified documents, media reports said.
Suchir Balaji death: Indian-American techie's mother demands FBI probe, Elon Musk responds
Dec 30, 2024, at 12:25 pm
Washington D.C./IBNS: The mother of former Indian-origin Artificial Intelligence researcher at OpenAI Suchir Balaji, who was found dead at his apartment in San Francisco, has demanded a probe by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into her son's death, media reports said.
Jimmy Carter, longest-living US president, dies at 100
Dec 30, 2024, at 11:36 am
Washington D.C./IBNS: Former US president Jimmy Carter, who lived longer than any of his predecessors and successors, died at the age of 100 on Sunday, media reports said.
Trump backs H1-B Visa amid 'MAGA civil war' over immigration policies
Dec 29, 2024, at 06:51 pm
Washington:US President-elect Donald Trump entered the fray on Saturday in a heated debate over H1-B Visa, splitting his core supporters and tech moguls like Elon Musk, media reports said.
Flight catches fire after rough landing in Canada amid South Korean plane crash
Dec 29, 2024, at 02:44 pm
Passengers on a Canadian flight went through scary moments after the plane caught fire while facing landing difficulties at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Goffs region on Sunday.
USA: Oldest Pearl Harbor attack survivor Warren “Red” Upton dies at 105
Dec 29, 2024, at 01:54 pm
The oldest American living survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack died on Wednesday, media reports said.
Dec 28, 2024, at 10:30 pm
Canadian musician and Elon Musk’s former partner, Grimes, has spoken out about the growing anti-India sentiment on American social media, revealing that she was raised in a half-Indian household.
Manmohan Singh was a man of exceptional intelligence, says former Canadian PM Stephen Harper
Dec 28, 2024, at 04:48 pm
Former Canadian PM Stephen Harper consoled the death of Manmohan Singh and described the two-time late Indian PM as an individual of 'exceptional intelligence, integrity, and wisdom'.
US issued over 1 million nonimmigrant visas to Indians for second straight year, says Embassy
Dec 28, 2024, at 03:14 pm
The US Mission in India on Friday said it issued more than one million nonimmigrant visas for the second year in a row, including a record number of visitor visas, underscoring the huge demand of Indians for travel to the United States.
Canada announces change to immigration system, likely to impact Indians seeking permanent residence
Dec 26, 2024, at 12:09 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Canada has announced some significant changes to its Express Entry immigration system which are likely to impact the Indians seeking to migrate to the North American country for better job opportunities.
US: Gay couple sentenced to 100 years in prison for sexually abusing two adopted sons
Dec 24, 2024, at 06:18 pm
Two allegedly gay men in the USA have been sentenced to 100 years in prison without parole for sexually abusing their two adopted sons.
WUC condemns Chinese sanctions against Uyghur and Tibetan organisations in Canada
Dec 24, 2024, at 06:08 pm
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has said it is appalled by the Chinese government’s decision to impose sanctions on the Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project (URAP) and 14 of its staff members and experts.
Wanted Indian drug smuggler killed in the US
Dec 24, 2024, at 12:44 pm
Washington/IBNS: Drug smuggler Sunil Yadav, who is wanted in the Indian state of Rajasthan, has been killed in a shootout at Stockton city of California in the United States, media reports said.
New York: Man arrested after he sets woman on fire in subway train
Dec 23, 2024, at 04:42 pm
Police have arrested a man for allegedly setting a sleeping woman in a New York subway on fire and then watching her burn to death.
Dec 23, 2024, at 11:38 am
New York: Barron Trump, the youngest son of former President Donald Trump, has started his freshman year at New York University’s Stern School of Business, media reports said.
Who is Sriram Krishnan, an Indian-American picked by Donald Trump as US AI policy advisor?
Dec 23, 2024, at 10:51 am
Washington/IBNS: US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Indian-American internet-entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcaster and author, Sriram Krishnan, as the senior policy advisor on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the White House.
US: Father accused of beheading his one-year-old child with knife in Northern California
Dec 23, 2024, at 10:28 am
US Police have arrested a man for allegedly beheading his one-year-old son with a knife in Northern California, officials said on Monday.
US President-elect Donald Trump appoints Chennai-born entrepreneur Sriram Krishnan as AI advisor
Dec 23, 2024, at 09:36 am
US President-elect Donald Trump, on Sunday, named Indian-origin entrepreneur Sriram Krishnan as Senior Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Canada: Jagmeet Singh's NDP, a key ally of Trudeau, says he will vote to bring down his government
Dec 21, 2024, at 03:08 pm
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's government inched further towards uncertainty after key ally New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh said he would introduce a motion to topple him next year.
Chinese man arrested on charges of acting as Beijing's agent in local US polls
Dec 20, 2024, at 02:58 pm
A Chinese man has been arrested for allegedly acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) while serving as the campaign manager for a political candidate who was elected in 2022 to the city council of a California city, the US Department of Justice said on Friday.
White House official says Pakistan is developing missiles that can eventually hit the US
Dec 20, 2024, at 09:49 am
A top White House official has said Pakistan is developing long-range ballistic missiles which have the potential to hit targets outside South Asia, including the USA.
Canada: Manitoba govt announces new safe house for Brandon’s Indigenous women
Dec 18, 2024, at 12:22 am
Winnipeg/IBNS: In order to keep Bandon's Indigenous women safe, Manitoba's Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine, who is responsible for women and gender equity, has announced a grant of $500,000 for providing a 24x7 safe space to support Brandon’s indigenous women.
Congress should act now against gun violence, says Joe Biden following Wisconsin school shooting
Dec 17, 2024, at 06:00 pm
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to act after a shooting incident at a school in Wisconsin left at least three people, including the shooter, dead.
US school shooting leaves 5 including suspected shooter dead
Dec 17, 2024, at 03:00 am
At least 5 people including the suspected accused were killed in a shooting incident that occurred at a Christian school in US' Wisconsin, media reports.
Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigns from Trudeau's cabinet ahead of economic update
Dec 16, 2024, at 09:45 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: In a shocking move, Canada's Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, who also holds the finance portfolio, resigned from her cabinet position on Monday just before she was set to deliver an economic update.
Antony Blinken discusses Syria, ISIS while meeting Turkish President Recep Erdoğan
Dec 14, 2024, at 06:52 pm
Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently met Turkish President Recep Erdoğan over the developments in Syria and ensured that the coalition kept the terror group ISIS defeated.
USA: Lawmakers tell Apple, Google CEOs to prepare for ban on TikTok
Dec 14, 2024, at 02:40 pm
Two US lawmakers have sent a letter to the CEOs of Apple and Alphabet asking them to be ready to remove the Chinese-owned app TikTok from the American app stores on January 19.
Donald Trump intends to end 'inconvenient' and 'very costly' Daylight Saving Time
Dec 14, 2024, at 01:33 pm
Washington D.C./IBNS: US President-elect Donald Trump has intended to put an end to the Daylight Saving Time, a biannual practice of changing clock time seasonally in the country.
Dec 14, 2024, at 12:35 pm
The Hindu community of Canada recently demonstrated outside the Bangladeshi Consulate in Toronto to seek justice and protection of minority communities in Bangladesh where they have been facing atrocities ever since the former PM Sheikh Hasina-led regime toppled and the Interim government took charge.