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India going to be global source of skilled manpower by 2022: MoS MEA

10:14 pm January 8, 2021

New Delhi: India is going to be the global source of skilled manpower by 2022, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said, noting that Skill India programme is aimed towards making the country ready to become the skill capital of the world by then. Muraleedharan made the comments at the Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Conference on ”Bringing together Young […]

Indian-origin man jailed for robbing elderly woman in UK

12:03 am January 8, 2021

London: An Indian-origin man has been jailed for six years after an elderly woman was injured in a roadside robbery in Bexleyheath in south-east London. Jay Makwana, 40, pleaded guilty to the robbery at Woolwich Crown Court on Wednesday and was also ordered to pay a 190 pounds victim surcharge. ”This was a truly shocking assault on a woman who […]

British Indian postal worker wins harassment case in UK

11:56 pm January 7, 2021

London : A British Indian postal worker has been awarded nearly 230,000 pounds as compensation and loss of earnings after an employment tribunal in the UK accepted his claim of harassment and discrimination on the grounds of race and religion. Mathan Shunmugaraja had taken his former employer, Royal Mail, to the tribunal over unfair dismissal and allegations that […]

France backed India on Kashmir, didn’t allow China to play procedural games at UNSC: Macron advisor

11:37 pm January 7, 2021

New Delhi: France has been supportive of India on Kashmir and has not allowed China to play any ”procedural games” at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), an advisor to the French president said on Thursday. On a visit to India for the annual strategic dialogue between France and India, Emmanuel Bonne, the diplomatic advisor to French President Emmanuel Macron, said, ”When China breaks the […]

Bike Bot scam: Noida court rejects bail plea of mall owner

11:52 pm January 6, 2021

Noida: A Gautam Buddh Nagar court on Wednesday rejected a bail application of Satendra Singh Bhasin alias Montu, owner of Grand Venice shopping mall and an accused in the Rs 3,500-crore Bike Bot scam. Bhasin, a resident of Delhi, had moved the District and Sessions Court for bail in eight cases in connection with the […]