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European Union changed visa rules for Indians

New Delhi | The European Union has implemented the rules for multiple entry Schengen visa for Indians with a validity of 5 years. With this Schengen visa you will be able to visit 29 European countries. #subhead1 A Schengen visa is a 'short stay' visa issued for up to 90 days. This visa allows to travel freely to any European countries.Earlier, visa had to be taken twice in 3 years. But now according to the rules applicable from April 18, Indians will get multiple entry Schengen visa. This will also save the cost of visa. Currently a short stay visa…
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4 dead, 10 missing due to rain and flood in China

China | 4 people have died in rain and floods in South China. More than 10 people are missing. Heavy rains have been continuing in many cities here since April 16. More than 44 rivers are flowing above the danger mark. #morepic1 The local administration is continuously running rescue missions to evacuate people safely. Till now, more than one lakh 10 thousand people have been evacuated to safe places. Emergency services are on alert mode. There has been a loss of Rs 165 crore so far due to the flood. #subhead1 The maximum impact was seen in Guangdong. Four bodies…
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Israel's Military Intelligence Chief resigns

Tel Aviv | Major General Aharon Haliva, Chief of the Israeli Army Intelligence Department, has resigned. He resigned from his post, taking responsibility for not being able to foil the Hamas attack on October 7. He is the first senior officer who has resigned from the post, taking responsibility for not being able to foil the attack. The army has accepted the resignation of Aharon Haliva. Major Haliva has written in his resignation letter to the army, On October 7, 2023, Hamas carried out a deadly attack on Israel. The team working under my leadership failed to detect that attack.…
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Tax credit fuels investments in bioprocessing industry

Alberta | Alberta will be home to the largest renewable diesel facility in Canada as Imperial qualifies for the Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit program.Alberta is an agricultural powerhouse with diverse and innovative industries, including a thriving bioprocessing sector. When companies set up operations here, they experience a welcoming, business-friendly regulatory environment and one of North America’s most competitive business tax systems. Alberta’s government introduced the Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit in spring 2023 to support economic growth and diversification. The tax credit is attracting large-scale investment in value-added manufacturing with Imperial’s $720-million project to build the largest renewable diesel facility in…
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Making utility bills more affordable

Alberta | Alberta’s government is taking action to protect Alberta’s ratepayers by introducing legislation to lower and stabilize local access fees.Affordability is a top priority for Alberta’s government, with the cost of utilities being a large focus. By introducing legislation to help reduce the cost of utility bills, the government is continuing to follow through on its commitment to make life more affordable for Albertans. This is in addition to the new short-term measures to prevent spikes in electricity prices and will help ensure long-term affordability for Albertans’ basic household expenses. Albertans need relief from high electricity costs and we…
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Police trying to identify suspect in fatal hotel shooting in SE Calgary

Calgary | Calgary police are working to identify a suspect in a Fatal Hotel shooting  in the city’s southeast last month.Officers were called to a Super 8 hotel on Shawville Road SE, near Macleod Trail and 162 Avenue SE, on Mar. 25 for reports of a shooting. A man was found injured inside a fourth floor suite and was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim was identified as 29-year-old Liban Abdirahman.Evidence has led investigators to one suspect who is believed to have been involved, reads a police release. After exhausting all investigative avenues to identify the suspect, we are…
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Wrong body sent back after father died in Cuba : Quebec family

Montreal | A Quebec family from Laval, north of Montreal, is searching for answers after the body of their father they say hasn’t been sent back to them and they don’t know where it is. Faraj Jarjour, 68, died in Varadero, Cuba after having a heart attack while swimming in the ocean on March 22. It was the second day of their family vacation. Last Friday, the family got a call from the Urgel Bourgie funeral home in Montreal, which was to receive their father’s body. That’s when they discovered the body of a Russian man about 20 years younger…
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Manish Tewari is election tourist, voters will give return ticket on June 4: BJP President

Chandigarh | Attacking INDIA bloc candidate Manish Tewari, Chandigarh BJP president Jitender Pal Malhotra today said the Congress leader is an election tourist and voters will give return ticket to him on June 4. He said so while mentioning about Tewari's previous constituencies in Anandpur Sahib and Ludhiana.President Malhotra said his election tour in Chandigarh is till June 1, 2024. After this, on June 4, the voters of Chandigarh will issue him a return ticket from the counting centre, so that he can contest for the parliamentary election in 2029 from his next constituency. Malhotra has given this reaction to…
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Tandon addresses Indian Medical Association members

Chandigarh |  BJP Lok Sabha candidate for the Chandigarh constituency Sanjay Tandon addressed members of Indian Medical Association (IMA) at IMA Complex at Sec 35 here.Dr Neeraj Nagpal from IMA apprised Tandon about several issues facing the medical community. The main demand was the amendment of the law governing criminal proceedings against doctors, the prevention of violence against doctors, and the demand to ensure that a case if filed against a doctor is done so only in one forum and not in multiple. In response, BJP Chandigarh candidate Sanjay Tandon said, I sympathise with these issues and with God's grace…
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BJP lambasts Tewari for flimsy comments on Tandon

Chandigarh | The BJP today asserted that the party’s Lok Sabha nominee Sanjay Tandon has  had a long innings in politics and political management.In a statement  here, Ravinder Pathania, UT BJP leader and former media incharge of the party, ridiculed Congress candidate Manish Tewari for describing Tandon as a political novice and said that his unsavoury  and uncalled for comments about Tandon ignore the fact that Tandon has a long political experience and standing in the BJP. Tandon  has been born into a prominent political family of Punjab and as such, has been associated with electoral politics right from his…
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