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चंडीगढ़ के औद्योगिक क्षेत्र के विकास को गति देने के उद्देश्य से प्रशासन ने अहम कदम उठाया है। प्रशासन ने नीति में बदलाव करते हुए एफएआर बढ़ाने का फैसला लिया है। शहर के औद्योगिक क्षेत्र फेज-1 और फेज-2 में फ्लोर एरिया रेशियो (एफएआर) को 0.75 से बढ़ाकर 2 करने के …
Read More »Death toll from flooding in Southeast Asia surpasses 1,500, calls to fight deforestation increase
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. The death toll from last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides in parts of Asia surged past 1,500 on Thursday as rescue teams raced to reach survivors and …
Read More »When will Trump’s tariff increase hit Canada? Not even he knows
As Canadian officials scramble to find clarity on Donald Trump’s social media post announcing a 10 per cent increase to what he called “the Tariff on Canada,” the U.S. president himself appears to be thin on the details. Nearly two days after posting to social media the words “I am …
Read More »World Cup hotel tax increase could hurt larger tourism industry, Toronto hotel association says
The Greater Toronto Hotel Association says a hotel tax increase introduced for Toronto’s FIFA World Cup games next year might be having a negative effect on tourism and travel to the city unrelated to the tournament. A 2.5 per cent increase to the Municipal Accommodation Tax (MAT) started in June …
Read More »About 1/3 of Canadians are obese, and researchers saw a steeper increase during the pandemic
About one-third of Canadians have become obese — with more weight gain happening during the pandemic, according to a new study. The research, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) Monday, found that 32.7 per cent of Canadians (10.6 million people) were obese in 2023 — an increase of …
Read More »After Zelenskyy-Trump row, British PM says allies must increase ‘share of the burden’ to help Ukraine
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer rallied his European and NATO counterparts Sunday to shore up their borders and throw their full weight behind Ukraine as he announced outlines of a plan to end Russia’s war. “Every nation must contribute to that in the best way that it can, bringing different …
Read More »Study found increase in RSV-associated hospitalizations in premature babies in N.S.
A new study is showing a policy change in 2016 related to the vaccination of some premature babies for RSV in Nova Scotia led to a tenfold increase in the number of infants in that group that were hospitalized with the respiratory virus. The policy was reversed in 2023. Halifax pediatric …
Read More »The scope of reservation will increase in Jharkhand, said Rahul Gandhi | राहुल गांधी बोले- झारखंड में आरक्षण का दायरा बढ़ेगा: हम जाति जनगणना कराएंगे, बीजेपी हमें रोकने की कोशिश कर रही – Ranchi News
रांची में बोले राहुल गांधी, झारखंड में बढ़ेगा आरक्षण का दायरा रांची में राहुल गांधी ने कहा झारखंड में भी हम जाति जनगणना कराएंगे। यहां भी आरक्षण के दायरे को बढ़ाएंगे। एसटी के आरक्षण को 26 से 28 परसेंट, एससी आरक्षण 10 से 12 परसेंट, ओबीसी रिजर्वेशन 14 से 27 …
Read More »Representation, strategy or both? Sask. election sees increase in racialized immigrant candidates
Saskatchewan’s 2024 provincial election features an increase of racialized immigrant candidates, which an expert says makes strategic sense. In the 2020 provincial elections, the NDP ran many racialized immigrant candidates in Saskatoon and Regina. This time the Sask. Party has 13 such candidates to the NDP’s three. Those numbers don’t include Indigenous candidates …
Read More »Ontario’s minimum wage will become 2nd highest in Canada after increase
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s minimum wage will increase next month to become the second highest of all the Canadian provinces, the government says. The minimum wage will boost to $17.20 an hour on Oct. 1, up 3.9 per cent from the current rate of $16.55 …
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