Sri Lanka is grappling with what is said to be its worst economic crisis since independence from the UK in 1948. It is caused in part by a lack of foreign currency, which is used to pay for fuel imports. People are languishing in long queues for fuel, cooking gas and endure power cuts lasting multiple hours.
The state-owned oil marketing companies (OMC) hiked the fuel prices again on Sunday for the fifth time in the last six days.
The protest, which was first aimed at a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers but also encompassed fury over the range of COVID-19 restrictions and hatred of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, reflected the spread of disinformation in Canada and simmering populist and right-wing anger.
The Indian high commission has been in close contact with the federal government of Canada, the provincial government of Quebec province as well as elected Canadian representatives from the Indian community to provide support to the affected students.
Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly lost his job after failing to move decisively against the bumper-to-bumper demonstration by hundreds of truck drivers.
The tense standoff at Ambassador Bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, eased somewhat early in the day when Canadian police persuaded demonstrators to move the trucks they had used to barricade the entrance to the busy international crossing.
Several Muslim women, students staged protest across the nation in solidarity with the Muslim students of southern state (Karnataka) over the issue of prohibition on wearing of hijab.
In the aftermath of Canada’s biggest pandemic protest to date, the demonstrators have found little sympathy in a country where more than 80% are vaccinated. Many people were outraged by some of the crude behavior.
Some parked on the grounds of the National War Memorial and danced on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, others carried signs and flags with swastikas and some used the statue of Canadian hero Terry Fox to display an anti-vaccine statement, sparking widespread condemnation.
The Gurugram Police detained around 10 people for trying to disrupt Friday Namaz at Sector-37, an industrial area in Gurugram.
In view of the upcoming polls, the AAP supremo under 'Mission Punjab' will visit various places in Punjab in the next 1 month and announce the party's programmes for the state and its people.
The march came as Sri Lankan Parliament debated the national budget for 2022.
The protest will witness events like 'Padayatra' being taken out by the Congress leaders in their respective areas.
The protesting organisations included the All India Forum for Right to Education (AIFTRE), All India Revolutionary Students Organisation (AIRSO), AISA, DYFI, SFI and the Youth for Swaraj.
Israel is 1st country to make a booster shot a requirement for its digital vaccination passport. The move is widely seen as a step to encourage booster vaccination among those who have yet to receive 3rd dose.
Hassan Abu al-Neil, a 12-year old boy was shot on August 21 during the demonstration organized by Gaza's Hamas rulers to protest the crippling blockade imposed by Egypt and Israel.
Hundreds of these demonstrators, both male and female drawn from Delhi and neighboring cities, started gathering in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Vasant Vihar since morning.
BJP workers on August 23 held a protest in Jammu against PDP President Mehbooba Mufti over her controversial 'Article 370' remarks.
The protesters gathered at Teen Murti area of diplomatic enclave Chanakya Puri were stopped by the police at a barricade near Pakistan High Commission compound.
The protest was organised as part of the party's events held across the country to mark the anniversary of 'August Kranti' -- the 'Quit India' call by Mahatma Gandhi in 1942.
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