International - The Purbottar

26 Dec

Recently South Korea becomes ‘super-aged’ society

Ashish MajumderInternational

Recently South Korea has become a “super-aged” society with one in five people aged 65 or older, as per official data. In fact the number of people aged 65 and older stands at 10.24 million, accounting for 20% of South Korea’s population of 51 million. Actually UN classifies countries with over 20% of the population 65 or older as “super-aged” society. This is very important news and from it we can know that today in many countries people are becoming aged. Today population of many countries like India is increasing very fast and it is creating many changes around the…

23 Nov

PM Modi receives award for the welfare of Indian-American minorities

Banasree SarkarInternationalPM Modi

The Association of Indian American Minorities (AIAM), a recently established non-governmental organization, was introduced at the Silgo Seventh-day Adventist Church in Maryland. The goal of this project is to unite and enhance the welfare of minority groups in the Indian American diaspora. During the ceremony, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Global Peace Award for Minority Upliftment. In recognition of his efforts to promote minority support and holistic growth, the Association of Indian American Universities (AIAM) and Washington Adventist University jointly presented the prize. With the help of a seven-member Board of Directors that represented…

15 Nov

The Tripura Pavilion was inaugurated by the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Santvana Chakma

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The 43rd India International Trade Fair commenced at the Bharat Mandap in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, featuring an elaborate opening ceremony. As in previous years, Tripura has made its presence felt at this event. The state's Industries and Commerce Minister, Santvana Chakma, officially opened the Tripura Pavilion at the Bharat Mandap during the fair, which is scheduled to run from November 14 to November 27. Also in attendance were Sameer Ranjan Ghosh, Chairman of the Tripura Tea Development Corporation, along with officials from various state government departments. Various departments and autonomous bodies showcased their exhibitions at the Tripura Pavilion, highlighting…

14 May

Ajay Jain Bhutoria community leader expresses his excitement on seeing White House menu

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Ajay Jain Bhutoria community leader recently attended the AANHPI reception in the Rose Garden of the White House. Bhutoria expressed his excitement about Indian street food enteries into White House menu. India's most popular street food, golgappa which is loved by most of the Indians was served during the event. Earlier, only samosa had made its appearance internationally, now golgappa. Bhutoria expressed, "A lot of US administration officials, whether people from the State Department or the White House, have travelled to India many times. I'm sure the counterparts over there say that out of all the street foods, you need…

03 May

In Canada Indian students can’t work unlimited hours

Ashish Majumder0 CommentsInternational

Recently Canada has updated its regulations, allowing foreign students to work off-campus for up to 24 hours per week, up from the previous limit of 20 hours. Actually this change aims to provide students with additional financial support and work experience without compromising their studies. However, exceeding 28 hours of work per week may actually negatively impact academic performance. This is actually good news for the Indian students as they will find better facility while studying in Canada with this new rule. Today in India people has huge craze to go abroad specially places like Canada. For this reason they…

27 Apr

It could take over 14 years to clear debris in war-ravaged Gaza

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A senior official with the UN Mine Action Service told on Friday (April 26) that there are around 37 million tonnes of debris to clear away in the war-ravaged Gaza once the Israeli offensive is over and it could take over 14 years to get done. Pehr Lodhammar of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said that it was impossible to clearly state how much of the ammunition fired in Gaza remained live. Lodhammar, who has run mine programmes in countries such as Iraq, further noted that unexploded ordnance buried in the rubble would increase the difficulty in the…

18 Apr

Many Indians come on the TIME magazine’s 100 ‘Most Influential People’ list

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Recently actress Alia Bhatt, wrestler Sakshee Malikkh, Yale University Astronomy and Physics professor Priyamvada Natarajan are among the Indians on the TIME magazine’s 100 ‘Most Influential People’ list. Actually Actor-Director Dev Patel, World Bank President Ajay Banga and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella are the Indian-origin individuals on the list. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wrote Banga’s TIME profile. This is actually very good news as today Indians are getting their name in the TIME magazine’s 100 ‘Most Influential People’ list and making India very proud. Today India is developing very fast and people all over the world respects India a…

15 Apr

Recently second batch of Indian military troops left Maldives

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Recently Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu has said that the second batch of Indian military personnel, who were manning a helicopter gifted by India, has left the island nation. Actually he added that the remaining personnel on the last aviaton platform will also leave before the May 10 deadline. Notably, Maldives actually signed a military assistance deal with China earlier. This is actually bad that both country India and Maldives today are having bad relationship and having lots of difficulty for this. Today in every corner of the world tension is going on and for this reason people need a peaceful…

07 Mar

anti-India propaganda in Bangladesh, like Maldives

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The Modi government has rushed to export onion due to the supply crisis in the Indian market and the fear of rising prices due to it. Since last year, India stopped sending onions to two friendly countries Bangladesh and United Arab Emirates. Hasina's ministers and government officials repeatedly appealed on the matter. The foreign ministry is also not aware of the recent wave of hatred for India in that country. So Delhi has sent 50 thousand tons of onion to Dhaka before Ramadan and Eid.Last month, some shops in Panthpath area of Dhaka refused to carry Indian products. But there…

05 Mar

Nikki has defeated Trump,He was winning one after another

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He was winning one after another. However, the chariot of former American President Donald Trump stopped in the capital. Nikki Haley won the presidential race for the first time. He is Trump's main opponent in the Republican Party.The Republican presidential primary election was held in the US capital Washington on Sunday. Nikki has defeated Trump. Washington is a city of staunch Democrats. There are few Republicans. According to CNN statistics, there are only 22,000 registered Republicans in Washington.In Washington, the Republican candidate against Trump won 63 percent of the vote. It should be noted that the current President Joe Biden…