The News Bureau Canada needs 30,000 permanent immigrants over the next decade to either start up their own farms, or take over existing ones, to address a looming labour crisis in the agriculture industry, says a new study. According to a Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) research, 40 per cent of Canadian farm operators will retire by 2033, placing agriculture on the cusp of one of the biggest labour and leadership transitions in the country’s…

The News Bureau Australia’s University of Wollongong (UOW) on April 20 said that it has not imposed restriction on applications from Indian students. It was reported that UOW was one of the five universities that had placed ban or restriction on students from some Indian states in response to a surge in fraudulent applications seeking to work, and not study, in the country. The other universities mentioned by The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald…

The News Bureau Andhra Pradesh born academic Neeli Bendapudi has been appointed as one of five co-chairs of an Association of American Universities (AAU) task force focused on the expansion of research and academic partnerships among higher education institutions in the US and India. Neeli, president of the Pennsylvania State University, comes with a 30-year career as a leader in higher education and business, a Pennsylvania State University release said. “I am honored to be…

The News Bureau As many 44 Indian-American organisations under the banner of Indian Diaspora Against Hate last month called on all civic officials, federal, state and local law enforcement to ensure the safety of Indian-American community. Condemning the repeated attacks and instances of vandalism at various Indian institutions and the recent attacks on Indian diplomatic missions in San Francisco, London, and Brisbane, the organisations said the attacks have left the community in a state of…

The News Bureau India needs to nurture the knowledge of the Vedas and the ancient language of Sanskrit to become a ‘vishwa guru’, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat. India was created on the values of the Vedas, which have been followed by generation after generation, Bhagwat said at the ‘Ved Sanskrit Gyan Gaurav Samarambh’ event organised by Shree Bhagwan Yagyavalkya Vedtatvagyan Yogashram Trust on April 23. “Therefore, today’s India has to grow but not…

The News Bureau India witnessed a significant increase in patent filings in FY22 with a 13.6 per cent growth rate (year-on-year), the highest annual increase in the last decade, a report showed. Further, the year witnessed a rise in the share of domestic filings to 44.4 per cent of total patents filed, compared to 41.6 per cent in FY2021, according to Nasscom which released the report on the occasion of World Intellectual Property Day. Out…

The News Bureau The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted search and seizure operations at three premises of Raveendran Byju and his company ‘Think & Learn Private Limited’ in Bengaluru under the provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). The company runs a popular online education portal by the name of BYJU’s. During the searches, various incriminating documents and digital data were seized. “FEMA searches also revealed that the company has received foreign direct investment to…

The News Bureau The hospitality sector in India saw a 60 per cent rise in job postings from March 2022 to March 2023, with Delhi-NCR emerging as the top city for such jobs, a report showed. Hotel manager, travel consultant, resort manager, hospitality manager and travel agent were the most in-demand jobs. While Delhi-NCR led with a 20.37 per cent increase in hospitality job postings over the past year, Mumbai and Bengaluru were second and…

The News Bureau National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is working towards development of around 10,000 km of Optic Fibre Cables (OFC) infrastructure across the country by FY2024-25. National Highways Logistics Management Limited (NHLML), a fully owned SPV of NHAI, will implement the network of Digital Highways by developing integrated utility corridors along the National Highways to develop OFC infrastructure. Around 1,367 km on Delhi – Mumbai Expressway and 512 km on Hyderabad – Bengaluru…

The News Bureau The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all universities across the country to allow students to write exams in local or regional languages. The UGC has said even if the course is offered in English medium, students should be given the option to write answers in local languages during exams. UGC chairman Professor M. Jagadesh Kumar has said that translation of original writing in local languages and use local language in the…