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US immigration policy to hit 4.50 lakh Indian ‘immigrants’
Friday, 24/02/2017
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Washington: A South-Asian rights group has opposed the Trump administration’s immigration plans, claiming that over 450,000 illegal Indian immigrants who are living in the US could be targeted by authorities. The group said the ‘undocumented’ Indian population is the fourth such largest in the US after Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala.
Indiabased ‘contract cheating’ hits UK varsities
Wednesday, 22/02/2017
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LONDON: The quality of degrees from British universities is being undermined by a large number of online “essay mills” and India-based “contract cheating” that enables students to acquire assignments – from essays to PhD dissertations – for a fee, officials and academics say.
UK gurdwara to remove screens separating disabled worshippers
Wednesday, 22/02/2017
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LONDON: A gurdwara in the UK which had put screens to separate disabled people and other worshippers have agreed to remove the partition, in a first of its kind case that could impact practices at gurdwaras across the country. Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Wolverhampton had been accused of discrimination as disabled worshippers were segregated from the main prayer congregation as they could not observe the custom of sitting cross-legged on the floor.
How Indian immigrants in Canada were not allowed to vote for 40 yrs
Wednesday, 22/02/2017
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
A NEW EXHIBITION LOOKS AT A DARKER PART OF CANADA’S HISTORY WHEN FOR 40 YEARS, INDO-CANADIANS WERE DENIED THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
Sikhs, Kashmiris in UK census now
Wednesday, 22/02/2017
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=173608&boxid=65086&uid=&dat=2017-02-22
London: Sikhs and Kashmiris are among new categories being considered for additional ethnicity tick-boxes on the 2021 census form by the UK’s Office of National Statistics (ONS). “We are a long way off as there is still a lot of research that needs to be done to ensure that the census held every 10 years collects all the right information. Ethnicity is just one aspect of this research and Sikhs and Kashmiris are among a number of requests we received,” an ONS spokesperson said.
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