New York: Technology firm Meta, the parent company of social media websites Facebook and Instagram, is set to lay off thousands of employees starting soon, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Mississauga: Despite vocal protest by Narendra Modi’s government and fierce opposition from Canadian Hindutva groups, more than 75,000 Canadian Sikhs voted in Khalistan Referendum Phase II for the secession of Punjab from India to create an independent Sikh homeland.
Lahore: Around 2,600 Sikh pilgrims arrived from India via Wagah-Attari border to attend 553rd birth anniversary celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of their religion.
Bengaluru: Hindu right wing organisation Hindu Janajagruti Samiti has filed a police complaint against comedian Vir Das demanding that his show scheduled to be held on November 10 be cancelled.
New Delhi: India's oldest voter Shyam Saran Negi died at the age of 106 in his home in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur area.
Srinagar: The discovery of mass graves by several human rights bodies revealed that India had been consistently committing gross human rights violations and war crimes in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
Moscow: Russia has become India’s top oil supplier during the month of October, surpassing traditional sellers Iraq and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
Chattisgarh: A cobra snake died after an eight-year boy from India's Chhattisgarh state bit it twice to fight off the reptile when it attacked him, Indian media reported.
Muzaffarabad: United States (US) President Joe Biden has said that “promoting freedom, human rights, respecting the rule of law and treating everyone with dignity are the important part of core values of the foreign policy of the United States and American (USA) society”.
Tallinn, Estonia: Poland’s border service reported an increase in the number of Middle Eastern migrants trying to illegally cross into the European Union at the border of Poland and Belarus. In the past 24 hours, border agents detained 117 migrants from Syria, Yemen, Egypt, Iraq, Cameroon,