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India expels Canadian diplomat, citing interference concerns
The High Commissioner of Canada to India (Cameron Mackay) received summons on Tuesday during which the Government of India conveyed its decision to expel a senior Canadian diplomat currently stationed in the country. The concerned diplomat has been officially instructed to depart from India within the next five days, a statement issued by the external affairs ministry said.
'Absurd, motivated': India rejects Canada's allegations over killing of Khalistani terrorist
Terming them as "absurd and motivated" the external affairs ministry in a statement said, "We have seen and reject the statement of the Canadian Prime Minister in their Parliament, as also the statement by their Foreign Minister. Allegations of Government of India's involvement in any act of violence in Canada are absurd and motivated."
Relations nosedive as Canadian PM suspects India's involvement in killing of Khalistani terrorist
Canada also expelled "a senior Indian diplomat" for India's alleged involvement in the killing.
Khalistan outfit calls for Indian consulate ‘shutdown’ in Canada over Nijjar's killing: Report
Nijjar, who was spearheading the Khalistani referendum in Canada, was gunned down in the parking lot of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey city of British Columbia after evening prayers on June 18 this year.
Russia withstands unprecedented sanctions pressure: Putin
"We have withstood the absolutely unprecedented external pressure, the sanctions onslaught of some ruling elites in the ... Western bloc ... in individual countries that we call unfriendly," Putin said on Monday during a meeting on the federal budget for 2024-2026, Xinhua news agency reported.
Pitted against China & Russia, US fast losing out on global opinion on its policies
US media reports claimed that the analysis is based on the situational awareness of the US, which is increasingly at odds with both the world's other major nuclear-armed countries as Russia continues its war in Ukraine.
Covid origins probe: WHO 'willing' to send mission if China cooperates
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged Beijing to offer more information on the origins of Covid-19, the Financial Times reported.
China flies 103 military planes towards Taiwan in a new high of activity
The planes were noticed between 6 a.m. on Sunday and 6 a.m. on Monday, the ministry said. As is customary, they turned back before reaching Taiwan.
New York City hides away homeless living on pavements ahead of UNGA session
The dozens of homeless people, who live under tarps, cardboard boxes, umbrellas and construction sheds for most of the year along First Avenue, where the UN is located, and Second Avenue and the side streets in the area, were out by Sunday evening.
'People annoyed by my rise', says Indian-American presidential aspirant Ramaswamy
The remarks came after a Fox News Poll showed that unfavorable views of Ramaswamy have risen 12 per cent since August, just after he took the center stage at the maiden Republican presidential debate where rivals Chris Christie and Nikki Haley gave him a tough fight.
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