Ottawa: The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced today the opening of a NEXUS/Free and Secure Trade (FAST) enrolment centre at the Houlton, Maine port of entry.

NEXUS and FAST applicants are now able to schedule an interview at the Houlton enrolment centre ahead of its opening on February 10, 2023. CBSA and CBP officers will work together to conduct joint interviews, Canada officials said in a statement.

The centre will be open two days a week, on Fridays and Saturdays, from 9am to 5pm (AST). Applicants can schedule their interview on the CBP’s Trusted Traveler portal.

Officials said that the opening of this enrolment centre builds on measures that the CBSA and CBP have taken to expand the program’s capacity to enrol applicants and is in addition to plans to extend further enrolment options to air travellers by Spring 2023, as announced on January 25, 2023.

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Hyderabad: A software engineer from Telangana was shot dead by an unidentified man in the Maryland state, US.

Nakka Sai Charan (26), a resident of Tilangana, died on Sunday evening when the black man opened fire on him. His friends living in the US informed the family about the incident.

Sai Charan was shot while he was travelling in his car near Ketonsville in Maryland.

He was returning home after dropping one of his friends at the airport. He was shot in the head. The software engineer had been working for two years at the company in Baltimore, Maryland.

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SACRAMENTO: In many parts of the United States, people are facing severe heat and humidity in this summer. Matt Lara, director of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment Communications, has said that at least 2,000 animals have died due to humus at increased temperatures in recent days.

He said that the situation has become such that cows in particular are finding it difficult to keep themselves cool.

Lara said several people looking after the animals have approached the department seeking help in burying the dead bodies of the animals. It may be mentioned here that there has been a sudden rise in temperature in the last week and there has been an increase of 10 to 14 degrees in the temperature of southwest Kansas. According to Lara, due to the sudden rise in temperature, animals are not ready to tolerate it, and suddenly their health deteriorates. He said additional water supply is being ensured to deal with the situation.

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Washington: US law enforcement authorities have arrested an Indian national in Virginia who is accused of being involved in a scam targeting seniors across the country.

Anirudh Kalkat, 24, was produced before a magistrate in Houston on Friday in this connection. Kalkat is accused of conspiracy and cheating.

The other accused in the case is MD Azad (25), who was living illegally in Houston and was first made an accused in 2020. The duo is alleged to have harassed people several times and threatened to attack them if they did not pay the money. Three accused Sumit Kumar Singh (24), Himanshu Kumar (24) and MD Haseeb (26) are already facing trial and are to be sentenced in this scam of running the fake scheme. All of them are Indian citizens.

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Washington: The shooting sequence in the US is seems not going to slow down following another mass shooting incident Oklahoma.

Four people, including a gunman, were killed and several others injured in a shooting at a hospital complex in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Wednesday.

The Tulsa police department said on Twitter that the authorities were still working to vacate the St Francis Hospital complex. Later the police also killed the attacker. The investigation into the matter is going on.

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Washington: The US Presidential Commission has recommended translating the White House and other federal agencies’ websites into the languages spoken by people in the Asian-American and Pacific region.

These languages include Punjabi, Hindi and Gujarati. The President’s Advisory Commission on Asian American (AA), Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders recently approved recommendations for the inclusion of these languages.

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Ottawa: Following reports of monkeypox virus spread in many countries, cases are being investigated in several European countries and in Canada as well as in US, Australia.

According to the information, new cases of this virus were reported in Germany, Belgium, Australia and France.

While Canada, Italy, US, Spain and United Kingdom reported the virus in their countries.

On Thursday, Canada confirmed first two cases of this virus and it has put health authorities on the alert. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) confirmed that two cases of monkeypox detected in Quebec and all measures are being taken to avoid spread of the virus, officials said.

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Washington: In an important decision today, the US President Joe Biden administration announced an automatic extension of work permits issued to certain categories of immigrants by one-and-a-half years. Thousands of NRIs will benefit from this major announcement made by the Department of Homeland Security today.

It also includes spouses of H-1B visa holders seeking green cards in the US who get employment authorisation cards (AAD). Now, those whose permit has expired i.e. upto 4th May, will automatically extend the period to 540 days by automatically granting extension up to 180 days.

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New Delhi: More US Democratic Party lawmakers including four senators and a House member would visit the India to convince the country to support the sanctions against Russia announced by the West.

US Senator Mark Kelly said in an email that he would visit the India soon, however, he did not give additional details.

Another Democrat Congresswomen Ilhan Omar will arrive in Pakistan on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, they would also visit to Poland, Germany and the UAE on a nine-day trip to gather support for Ukraine against Russia.

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New Delhi: The export of maize has touched USD 816.31 million in the first ten months of current fiscal 2021-22 (April-January), already exceeding the USD 634.85 million achieved during the last financial year, Union ministry said.

From an exports realization of USD 142.8 million in 2019-20, the export of maize increased nearly six fold, taking the total value of shipment to USD 1593.73 million in the last three years despite logistical challenges posed by the COVID19 pandemic outbreak.

Neighbouring countries like Bangladesh and Nepal are the major importers of maize from India. Bangladesh has imported maize worth USD 345.5 million in the current fiscal (April-January), while Nepal has imported maize worth USD 132.16 million during this period.

With initiatives of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry to explore and diversify new markets, Vietnam has emerged as a major destination for export of maize. India exported maize worth USD 244.24 million to Vietnam in the first ten months of current fiscal (April-January 2021-22). Other prominent importing countries are Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Taiwan, Oman, etc.

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