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A 21-year-old Indian-origin student was shot dead in Philadelphia, confirmed a local source. The deceased student was identified as Jude Chacko, and was shot by unidentified assailants while he was returning from work and was attacked with a robbery attempt. "The victim's parents migrated to the US around 30 years ago from Kerela's Kollam district," confirmed local reports. This is not the first time, Indian-origin students attacked in… read-more

Under the bizarre law of North Korea, Christian families found with a bible, are sentenced to death or penalties with imprisonment, including children. The State Department's International Religious Freedom Report for 2022 estimates that as many as 70,000 Christians are imprisoned in North Korea, along with people from other faiths. Shockingly, a two-year-old toddler was also jailed for life, after parents were caught with a 'Bible,' holy… read-more

American lawmaker has introduced a bill in the US Congress, asking to make Diwali, a federal holiday in the states.  He mentioned that the festival of lights, a federal holiday, should be a federal holiday, a move welcomed by different communities from across the country. Congresswoman Grace Meng addressed the media after introducing the bill in the House of Representatives, which if passed makes Diwali a federal holiday in US.

A 19-year-old Indian-origin man accused of crashing a truck into a security barrier near the White House and praising Adolf Hitler will remain in custody ahead of his detention hearing on Tuesday, a US federal judge has said. During Sai Varshith Kandula’s brief initial hearing in a federal court on Wednesday, US Magistrate Judge Robin Meriweather ordered the suspect to remain detained until his detention hearing on May 30.

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, issued a warning that the world must get ready for the next pandemic, which might be "even deadlier" than the COVID-19 pandemic, at a time when COVID cases are somewhat stabilising around the world. "The end of COVID-19 as a global health emergency is not the end of COVID-19 as a global health threat," Mr Tedros said.