Washington: From next week, the US is going to end the conditions of the Covid-19 vaccine for Canadians at international air travelers and borders.

On May 11, international air travellers, federal employers and federal contractors will not have to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination, the White House in a statement.

“Due to the conditions of our COVID-19 vaccine and the special campaign launched in this regard, several million lives were saved across the country.” It was also said that now these conditions regarding the vaccine are no longer required as we have reached a different stage.

The statement also said that the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Department of Homeland Security are also going to end the process of requiring vaccination.

The White House also said that more such decisions related to vaccination will be communicated to everyone in the coming days.

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New Delhi: The BCCI is in action after the fierce clash between Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir. The Board has imposed heavy fines on Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir and Navin-ul-Haq. Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir have been fined 100 per cent of their match fees, while Naveen-ul-Haq has been fined 50 per cent of his match fee. After the match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants, both players clashed with each other.

After the match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants, both players clashed with each other. After which the players of both teams had to come to the rescue. Bangalore defeated Lucknow by 18 runs at their home.

Batting first after winning the toss, Bangalore scored 126 runs in 20 overs on the scoreboard. Chasing this target, Lucknow lost 4 wickets in the powerplay itself. Meanwhile, after taking the catch of Krunal Pandya, Virat Kohli looked at the stands and put a finger on his mouth, then signalled the fans to cheer RCB instead of keeping quiet.

Earlier this season, when Lucknow defeated RCB in the last match, Gautam Gambhir had pointed to the fans to keep quiet by putting a finger on their mouth, perhaps Kohli gave a befitting reply to Gambhir by behaving like this.

After this, during the 17th over of Lucknow’s innings, there was a heated fight between Virat Kohli, Amit Mishra and Naveen-ul-Haq. After which there was an argument between Virat Kohli and Amit Mishra. After this, when RCB won the match, Naveen-ul-Haq and Virat Kohli were in the mood to collide with each other while shaking hands.

After this, when Gambhir and Kohli came face to face, there was a long debate between the two. The video of this is going viral on social media.

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New Delhi: On May 3 and 4, air passengers who have booked tickets in Go First Airlines may have to face a lot of problems. GoFirst has cancelled flights scheduled for May 3 and 4.

The airline has taken this decision due to the inability of oil companies to pay their dues.

According to the economic times report, an official of an oil marketing company said that Go First is operating on cash and carry mode. That is, airlines have to pay for air fuel according to the number of flights they have to fly every day. The airlines have agreed that the vendor can shut down the business if payments are not made.

The cash flow of Go First airline has been severely affected. More than half of the airline’s planes are unable to fly because Airbus is unable to supply Pratt & Whitney engines for the A320 neo planes that power the Airbus A320neo planes.

GoFirst airline is looking for strategic investors and is also talking to several investors to invest in the airline.

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Chandigarh: Gangster Goldy Brar, the prime accused in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case, is now officially among Canada’s top 25 most wanted criminals.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) listed him at number 15 among wanted criminals. This has come to light through the website of the Canada-based Bolo program, which disseminates information in the public interest from various law agencies.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has recently chargesheeted Brar and his associates Lawrence Bishnoi (in Bathinda jail), and Anmol Bishnoi (last seen in California, USA), claiming that they have links with terror outfits. India has on several occasions strongly asked the Canadian government not to allow criminals like Goldie Brar to use their soil for crimes and terrorist acts against India.

India has on several occasions strongly asked the Canadian government not to allow criminals like Goldie Brar to use their soil for crimes and terrorist acts against India.

The Bolo programme’s website, which has featured brar’s photo, says the main goal of the Bolo programme is to tell the public about Canada’s most wanted criminals.

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Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said that ‘dawn of new era’ has taken place in the state with the unprecedented pro-people initiative of changing office hours which will save 350 Megawatts (MW) of power daily and around Rs 40-45 crore from May 2-to July 15.

Apart from facilitating the people, the landmark move will also help in enhancing the efficiency of the government employees, asserted the Chief Minister while interacting with the media persons here at the committee room in the Punjab Civil Secretariat I.

CM, who set the example by arriving in his office at 7:28 am, said that this decision has been taken after taking the consent of the majority of the stakeholders in a series of deliberations. He said that this decision will act as a catalyst in saving the people from scorching heat that is expected to be witnessed in the coming months. Bhagwant Mann said that though the tradition of setting watches in accordance with change of weather has been a routine feature in many western nations but in India this historic initiative has been taken for the first time.

Dwelling more details, the Chief Minister said that it will enable a common man to do his work early in the morning without taking leave from his work. Likewise, he said that this will also facilitate the employees as they will be able to attend the social functions after the office hours. Similarly, Bhagwant Mann said that the employees will also be able to spend more time with their children who will also come home at the same time.

Mann said that this decision is likely to save 350 MW of power daily in government offices thereby curtailing the power expenditure of the government offices considerably. He said that as per statistics of the POWERCOM 1:30 pm to 4 pm is the peak hour of the power usage but as now the offices will be closed at 2 pm so it will help in cutting power usage. Bhagwant Mann said that on an average Rs 16- Rs 17 crore will be saved every month adding that from May 2- July 15, the state government is expected to save Rs 40- Rs 42 crore.

He said that the new time table will also ensure that maximum sunlight is utilized in the government offices. He said that after July 15 the decision will be reviewed after taking feedback from all the stakeholders, especially the common man. Bhagwant Mann assured the people that the state government will take more such citizen centric decisions in the coming days too for which advance planning has already been done.

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New Delhi: In the Delhi liquor scam case, a supplementary charge sheet has been filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Delhi Excise Policy case. In this charge sheet, name of AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha has also come up. Many big revelations have been made in this charge sheet of the ED.

According to the ED charge sheet, Manish Sisodia’s former secretary Arvind has named Raghav Chadha in his statement.

According to the charge sheet, Arvind in his statement said that a meeting was held at the residence of Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, in which Raghav Chadha, Excise and Taxation Officers of Punjab and others were present. Raghav Chadha has been named in the charge sheet but he is not named as an accused.

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Toronto: According to a new survey, Olivia Chow has gone far ahead in the race for the post of Mayor of Toronto. But still the voters have not been able to make up their minds.

According to a survey conducted by the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada (NEPMCC), Chow currently enjoys support from 16 per cent of voters.

With this modest increase, Chow has overtaken former Toronto police chief Mark Saunders and counselor Josh Matlow, who is getting 12 percent support. Councillor Brad Bradford and former Liberal MP Mitzie Hunter are currently backed by six percent of voters.

26 per cent of the voters who have already made up their mind are with Chow, with Saunders having the support of 20 per cent and Matlow with 19 per cent. 39 per cent of the voters are yet to decide which candidate they want to vote for and only 18 per cent of the voters say that they will vote for their candidate.

Meanwhile, a survey conducted by Mainstreet Research also shows the wind direction towards Chow. According to this survey, 26 percent of the voters are ready to vote in favor of Chao. Former councillor Ana Bailão, a close political aide to former mayor John Tory, is said to be second only to Chow with 21 per cent support.

Tory resigned in February 2023 after an affair with his own staff member came to light. Toronto’s by-election will be held on June 26.

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Toronto: Acting on a search warrant last week, Toronto police recovered stolen vehicles worth $1 million.

According to a release issued on Monday, Durham police said that at 11:45 p.m. on Thursday, police received reports of lexus theft.

Police officers then reached Hopkins Street on Warren Road in Whitby. The release stated that when the police officials conducted further investigation they also found other stolen vehicles.

The next day, a search warrant was issued on Friday and investigators recovered 11 stolen vehicles. Of these, 10 were Lexus SUVs and one was a Range Rover.

The recovered vehicles are said to have been stolen from Durham, York, Halton, Toronto and Niagara. The police say that the investigation is still going on by them.

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Chandigarh: The Punjab Cabinet Minister Lalchand Kataruchak has termed the allegations of Congress leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira as baseless and false. He said that my son has never been my official phone attendant. There is no truth to Khaira’s words.

Minister Kataruchak said that for the last 11 months my official phone attendant is Sandeep Kumar. His father’s name is Shiv Lal. He is a resident of Sharna village of our assembly constituency Bhoa. And my cook’s name is Lekh Ram Sunar. His father’s name is Maun Singh. He is a resident of Dinanagar in Gurdaspur district.

He said that Sukhpal Khaira is making false allegations against me by taking the name of my son with the intention of defaming me. I have never misused my position for the benefit of my family.

He said that Khaira’s main job is to remain in the media by creating sensationalism and take political mileage out of it. I appeal to the people of Punjab not to take his words seriously.

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Jalandhar: The Aam Aadmi Party has raised serious questions over Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Harjinder Singh Dhami campaigning for the Akali Dal (Badal) candidate and seeking votes in the Jalandhar Lok Sabha by-election.

In a press conference held in Jalandhar on Monday, senior leader of Aam Aadmi Party and Agriculture Minister of Punjab Government, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said that SGPC’s job is to propagate Sikhism, not to promote any political party.Therefore, SGPC chief should not do anything to hurt the dignity of his position.

He said that the top leadership of the Akali Dal, for whom SGPC chief Harjinder Singh Dhami is campaigning, has faced serious allegations like sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib and firing at Sikh Sangat. By propagating such a party, he has hurt the sentiments of the Sikh Sangat.

Questioning the SGPC head, he said “Why does he remain silent on the sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib and the incident of firing on Sikh Sangat in Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan?” Dhaliwal said that he has not spoken anything on this matter till date. He always kept his silence. While both these incidents have hurt the sikh sangat deeply.

He said that the duty of SGPC is to provide religious and social education to the children of Sikh community and to protect Sikh culture. It is quite wrong to use such an organization for political gains. He appealed to the SGPC chief that he should fulfill his responsibility honestly as per the laws of SGPC and should stay away from political activities

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