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Canada should not give political space to separatists
India expressed strong protests on Tuesday against the display of violent depictions in tableaux in Moulton, Canada. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked the Government of Canada to stop providing safe haven and political space to criminal and separatist elements in its country.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, in response to a question from journalists, said that we have repeatedly and strongly raised our concerns about violent images. Last year, a tableau depicting the assassination of our former prime minister was used in a procession. Posters threatening violence against Indian diplomats were also put up in Canada.
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Jaiswal said that celebrating and glorifying violence should not be a part of any civilized society. Democratic countries respect the law and should not allow intimidation by fundamentalist elements in the name of freedom of expression.
The ministry said that we are concerned about the safety of our political representatives in Canada and hope that the Government of Canada will ensure that they are able to carry out their responsibilities without any fear.
Awaiting Indian investigation into conspiracy to murder Pannu
America is waiting for the results of the investigation being conducted by India on the allegations related to the conspiracy to murder Sikh separatist leader Gurpat Vant Singh Pannu in the United States of America.
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said at a press conference on Monday, the Government of India has formed a committee to investigate the matter, and the investigation is ongoing. We will wait for the outcome of the investigation, but we have made it clear that this is something that we’re taking seriously, and we think they should take it seriously too.
Canada’s Immigration Minister Mark Millen rejected Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar’s comments that Ottawa is lax in issuing visas to people, and Millen said the records of people entering Canada are checked. Jaishankar said on Saturday that visas should not be given to people who are creating problems.
Israeli army captures Rafah crossing by attacking in Gaza
The Israeli army said it had established operational control of the Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza Strip from Monday to Tuesday night.
In footage broadcast on Israeli media, an Israeli flag is seen waving from the Gaza side of the crossing. However, she has refused to comment on this flag.
Israel said on Monday night that it was carrying out targeted attacks in eastern Rafah. It said twenty Hamas militants were killed in the operation, and three shafts were discovered in the tunnel. An Israeli service officer said that most of the people present in the evacuation zone left. Israeli Defense Forces and Palestinian officials said tanks had taken control of the crossing just south of Gaza City, a development that followed the Israel-Hamas war.
Palestine supporters again occupy MIT
The police team had given a deadline to the Palestine supporters to leave the camp on Monday, but the state authorities again took possession of it. The protest actions at MIT were given a deadline of noon, due to which the students were asked to leave the protest site, but the students did not do so. According to an MIT spokesperson, many people left the protest site, but camped again outside the university. Israeli police arrest two Palestinians in East Jerusalem.
Israel’s 401st Brigade entered the Rafah crossing on Tuesday morning and took control of operations at the key border point. The army launched attacks and bombardments in Rafah overnight, killing at least 23 Palestinians, including at least six women and five children.
Migrants filled India’s treasury and sent 111 billion dollars
Non-resident Indians have sent more money home than people from any other country in the world. NRIs have sent more than US$111 billion to India in 2022. Whereas the rest of the country is nowhere near this,. This was revealed in the report released on Tuesday by the International Organization for Migration. According to the report, India is the first country to cross the $100 billion US dollar mark. People living abroad have sent more money through FDI.
In the World Migration Report 2024 released by the organization, it was said that the money sent home by the people who have migrated is more than the foreign direct investment in developing countries. Migrants will send home $831 billion in 2022, which is 650 percent more than in 2000. In 2000, people sent only 102 billion dollars home. The big thing is that out of these, 647 billion dollars have been sent to low- and middle-income countries.
Migrants’ money is a major source of revenue in poor countries. The International Organization for Migration said in the report that despite many analysts’ predictions of a decrease in remittances due to Corona, people have sent money to their homes, which means that the Corona epidemic has not had much impact. is.
The report said that money sent home by people who have fled their countries has long been a major source of revenue for low-income countries. The increase in remittances recorded by the World Bank and researched by the IOM shows how important migration is for poor economies.
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