Toronto, Nov 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) To address acute labour shortages in its healthcare sector, Newfoundland and Labrador will set up a recruitment office in Bengaluru to bring internationally trained and registered nurses to the Canadian province….
New York, Nov 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pavithra Prabhakar, an Indian-American professor of computer science at the Kansas State University, has received an Amazon Research Award to design a tool that minimises negative user experiences. Prabhakar, who…
Hong Kong, Nov 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) As Sikhs world over gear up to celebrate Guru Nanak Jayanti on Tuesday, the only Gurdwara in Hong Kong has reopened its doors after a HK$230 million (Rs 2.4 billion)…
New York, Nov 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Singapore-based Sikh researcher and documentary filmmaker Amardeep Singh has been honoured with the ‘The Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize’ for the year 2022. Administered by Hofstra University, New York, the $50,000…
Toronto, Nov 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Immigrants in Canada, including Indians, have been successful in finding jobs, and are filling up gaps in the country’s labour force, according to a new survey released by the national statistical…
New York, Nov 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ahead of the November 8 mid-term elections in the US, Indian-American candidate and businessman Vibhuti Jha has apologised for his anti-Muslim and anti-Sikh tweets, saying he wants to “bring people…
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Nov 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) A central bank digital currency (CBDC) can play a key role in providing access to digital payments without the requirement of a bank account and the access…
By Animesh Singh New Delhi, Nov 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the RBI has kick-started a pilot project from November 1 to launch digital rupee in the wholesale segment and subsequently plans to roll out another one…
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Nov 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) can coexist and thrive with cryptos in the future and such a system, applied to several other sectors on a…
By Sathvik Vishwanath India has made impressive strides towards innovation in digital payments. The country has enacted a separate Payment and Settlement Systems Act, which has enabled the proper development of the payment ecosystem in…
New Delhi, Nov 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Both the cryptocurrencies and the central bank digital currency (CBDCs) have attracted the interest of millions across India. However, despite their common position as “digital assets”, there are some significant…
By Animesh Singh New Delhi, Nov 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had, last week, announced that it will commence a pilot project of digital rupee (eRs) for specific use cases in the…
New Delhi, Nov 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) As India embarks on its journey towards a digital rupee controlled by the Reserve Bank of India, concerns about cybersecurity and privacy loom large. US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell…
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Nov 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) As India embarks on its e-rupee journey, central banks of other countries are not behind and have kicked off plans for their own digital currencies to help…
New York, Nov 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian-American student Indeveer Madireddy has become the first person to successfully sequence the genome of a freshwater angelfish after his pet fish Calvin died in earlier March this year. Madireddy,…
New Delhi, Nov 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court has sentenced an Indian-origin Kenyan to one year imprisonment besides slapping a fine of Rs 25 lakh for civil and criminal contempt of court in a decade-long…
New Delhi, Nov 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former Indian diplomat Amit Dasgupta has been appointed Honorary Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) for tirelessly promoting India-Australia bilateral relationship. “Congratulations Mr Amit Dasgupta…
London, Nov 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) King Charles III welcomed members of the Asian community, including Indians, who came to the UK some 50 years ago after they were expelled by Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. The first…
By Meenakshi Iyer New Delhi, Nov 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The US risks losing talented foreigners, particularly those married to other skilled professionals, to Canada, which grants work authorisation to spouses of all skilled foreign workers, says…
Wellington, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) An Indian-origin man in New Zealand, who murdered his wifes lover in a savage hammer attack, challenged the length of his sentence at a court in Christchurch on Thursday. Months of…