Assam: NIT Silchar to reconsider awarding degree to Bangladeshi students posting anti-India remarks | Education

Assam: NIT Silchar to reconsider awarding degree to Bangladeshi students posting anti-India remarks | Education

The authorities of National Institute of Technology (NIT) are reconsidering if the students from Bangladesh, who allegedly posted anti-India remarks on social media, should be awarded their degrees. ASSAM: NIT Silchar to reconsider awarding degree to Bangladeshi students posting anti-India remarks Some students from the neighbouring country, who have completed studies here, were found posting … Read more

Swifties gather in Vienna streets after concerts cancelled over apparent attack plot

Swifties gather in Vienna streets after concerts cancelled over apparent attack plot

The cancellation of three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna over an apparent attack plot didn’t stop the U.S. pop star’s fans from taking to the city’s streets to unite in celebration of her music.  Massive groups of Swifties gathered Thursday and shared friendship bracelets. The bracelet trend became popular at Swift’s concerts in response to her song You’re on Your … Read more

PCO says it didn’t search new human rights chief’s online aliases, blames ‘administrative oversight’

PCO says it didn’t search new human rights chief’s online aliases, blames ‘administrative oversight’

The Privy Council Office (PCO) says it did not search the aliases Birju Dattani, the new head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, used to make controversial social media posts.  A spokesperson for the PCO said in a statement to CBC News on Monday that “an administrative oversight resulted in the aliases not being searched by PCO.” … Read more

Conservatives, NDP sling mud as they squabble over Speakers’ neutrality

Conservatives, NDP sling mud as they squabble over Speakers’ neutrality

A third member of the House of Commons leadership team is in the hot seat as accusations fly over allegedly partisan online posts featuring MPs who sit in the Speaker’s chair. The squabbles over chair-holders’ neutrality — and parties’ hypocrisy — have been dominating the lead-up to a parliamentary summer break. Conservatives are chiding the … Read more

Montreal-based musician awarded $1.5M in Alberta defamation lawsuit

Montreal-based musician awarded .5M in Alberta defamation lawsuit

A Quebec-based electronic music artist hopes to get his career and life back on track after triumphing in an Alberta defamation lawsuit tied to social media posts accusing him of being a sexual predator. “It was terrible. The whole thing was like pure nightmare and hell,” Frederik Durand said in an interview from Montreal. “I … Read more

Have you seen viral videos of long lineups of people looking for work? Here’s the possible reason for them

Have you seen viral videos of long lineups of people looking for work? Here’s the possible reason for them

Videos and pictures of hundreds of people lined up outside businesses in Ontario in efforts to land jobs have gone viral on social media. The videos, taken in Waterloo region and other cities, include ones on the social media platform Reddit, where users reported seeing lineups at a Dollar Tree in Windsor in October and a Food Basics in Hamilton … Read more