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Canada |  In a bid to keep up with inflation, Canada has hiked its federal National minimum wage to $17.30 per hour on an average from the previous $16.65 per hour. It was in 2021 that the Canadian government implemented a federal minimum wage.  It is changed annually to reflect Canadas annual average consumer price index from the preceding calendar year. The wages are applicable to all federally regulated commercial sectors including banking, postal and courier services, and interprovincial air, rail, road, and ocean transportation.  The hike has currently been implemented in five Canadian provinces/territories including Yukon, Nova Scotia, New…

New Delhi | Delhi Minister Atishi Marlena claimed in a press conference.I have been approached to join BJP through someone very close to me. I have been told to save your political career or be prepared to go to jail. Atishi said, I was told that in the coming few days there will be an ED raid on my and my relatives' house. After that, summons will be sent to all of us and soon after that we will be arrested. Apart from me, there are preparations to arrest AAP MPs Raghav Chadha, Saurabh Bhardwaj, Durgesh Pathak. Atishi said that…

New Delhi | Yoga guru Baba Ramdev tendered an unconditional apology to the Supreme Court for not complying with its orders in the misleading advertisement case. The apex court directed him to appear physically during the next hearing, on April 10. Terming Ramdev’s apology in person as mere lip service, a bench comprising of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah gave him another opportunity to file his response to contempt proceedings. Ramdev and Managing Director of Patanjali Ayurved Acharya Balkrishna appeared before the Supreme Court on Tuesday in connection with the show cause notices issued as to why contempt proceedings…

New Delhi | A hearing was held in the Supreme Court on a petition demanding counting of all EVM votes in the elections from VVPAT machine slips. The bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice Sandeep Mehta has issued a notice to the Election Commission and the Central Government and sought their response. The matter will now be heard on May 17. In fact, in the petition filed by activist Arun Kumar Aggarwal in August 2023, it was demanded that all the votes cast in EVMs should be matched with the VVPAT slips. At present only random 5 EVMs of…

New Delhi | The Central Government will file its reply in the Supreme Court today on the Citizenship Amendment Act During the hearing on March 19, the court had ordered the central government to file its reply within 3 weeks. The bench had said, we give the central government time till April 2 to respond to the stay. The petitioners can present their views on it till 8th April. In this way we will hold the next hearing on April 9. #subhead1 237 petitions have been filed against CAA. In 20 of these petitions, there has been a demand to…

Imphal | Lok Sabha elections are to be held in two phases on April 19 and 26 in Manipur, which has been facing violence since May 3 last year. There are two seats, Inner and Outer Manipur. 20,29,601 voters will vote, but the Election Commission does not currently have the data on how many voters are there among the 58 thousand displaced people living in 349 relief camps built here. With 17 days left for voting, thousands of displaced people are facing problems. In fact, the documents of many of those who left their homes during the violence were burnt…

Islamabad | Imran Khan and his wife were sentenced in the case by an Islamabad accountability court on January 31, days before the general elections.A Pakistani high court suspended the 14-year sentence given to former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the Toshakhana corruption case. The two were sentenced in the case by an Islamabad accountability court on January 31, days before the general elections.The Islamabad High Court suspended their sentence in the Toshakhana case. #subhead1 IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq said appeal against the punishment would be fixed for hearing after Eid holidays.In the Toshakhana…

Ankara | President Erdogan, who has been ruling Turkey since 2003, has suffered his biggest political defeat. His party has lost in all the big cities in the local body elections. Erdogan's party has also lost in Istanbul and Ankara. According to a private report, these results are going to have a deep impact on the politics of the country. Just a year ago, Erdogan started his third term and this defeat at this time is a clear indication of strengthening the opposition and weakening President Erdogan.According to private News, the opposition has won 36 out of 81 local bodies.…

Damascus | An Israeli airstrike that demolished Iran's consulate in Syria killed two Iranian generals and five officers, according to Iranian officials. The strike appeared to signify an escalation of Israel's targeting of military officials from Iran, which supports militant groups fighting Israel in Gaza, and along its border with Lebanon. Since the war in Gaza began nearly six months ago, clashes have increased between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants based in Lebanon. Hamas, which rules Gaza and attacked Israel on Oct. 7, is also backed by Iran. Israel, which rarely acknowledges strikes against Iranian targets, said it had no…

New Delhi | India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday reacted to China's move of naming 30 places in Arunachal Pradesh, which Beijing considers part of Southern Tibet. He said changing names won't have any effect and Arunachal Pradesh was, is, and will always be India's part. Addressing a press conference in Gujarat, Jaishankar said, If today I change the name of your house, will it become mine? Arunachal Pradesh was, is and will always be a state of India. Changing names does not have an effect. He added that the Indian army is deployed at the Line of…