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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
TopicUniversity of British Columbia

Topic: University of British Columbia

As top Indian-origin politician puts pressure, UBC to probe why Hartosh Bal talk was cancelled

Former British Columbia premier Ujjal Dosanjh, an alumnus of UBC, called the decision to scrap the event ‘most ill-considered’ and not behoving of a world-class university.

Canada’s UBC cancels journalist Hartosh Bal’s event amid ‘pressure’ from Sikh activists

Bal was scheduled to speak at UBC’s Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial programme. But alleged pressure from 'radical' Sikh activists forced the university to cancel it.

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No one should have to choose between a roof and two meals. But India’s migrants do, every day

India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India’s air defence system foiled 1,000 Pakistani drone attacks on 9 May—Modi tells Parliament

New Delhi: India’s air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 1,000 drones and missiles launched by Pakistan on 9 May during Op Sindoor, Prime Minister...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.