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UK Police probing migration racket behind 360 sham marriages

London, July 30 (ANI): Police in Britain are reportedly investigating an international multi-million-pound racket to help thousands of illegal immigrants stay in the country after a vicar was found guilty of conducting hundreds of sham marriages. The Reverend Alex Brown, of St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, joined Ukrainian Vladymyr Buchak and Nigerian Michael Adelasoye is reported [...]

Newsweek magazine up for sale to curb down losses

London, May 6 (ANI): The Washington Post Company owners of the struggling current affairs magazine, Newsweek, has put it for sale after efforts to refocus the publication failed to curb down heavy losses. The Washington Post has owned Newsweek since 1961. It announced today that it was calling in an investment bank, Allen and Company, [...]

Is Swiss mountain girl, Heidi, of German origin?

London, April 30(ANI): The character of Heidi, the mountain girl living with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps, in author Johanna Spyri’s classic Swiss tale, may actually have been inspired from a German story written 50 years earlier by Adam von Kamp. The suggestion, made by an expert in German literature and culture, Peter Buettner, [...]

Unique ID project renamed as AADHAAR

New Delhi, Apr 26 (ANI): The Union Government”s ambitious Unique Identity project aiming to give an exclusive 16-digit number to all its citizens was renamed ”AADHAAR” The new logo was unveiled by Nadan Nilekani, Chairman of the Unique Identity Authority (UIDAI) of India on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, Nilekani said the biggest challenge the [...]

Australia”s new migrants policy may hurt its lucrative education sector

Canberra, Feb.8 (ANI): The Australian Government””s move to overhaul its skilled migration program could affect its chances of remaining an attractive hub for pursuing higher education, feel political leaders and experts. Canberra has announced that it will give priority to migrant doctors, nurses, school teachers and students who speak good English and have jobs already [...]