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NASA’s Osiris-Rex mission to collect asteroid samples from Bennu culminates September 24 with a soft landing in Utah. The samples will provide insight into the formation of our solar system and how Earth became habitable. The capsule will be airlifted to a clean room and the sample sent to mission…

India has suspended visa services in Canada citing security threats and asked Ottawa to prune its diplomats in Delhi, further escalating a diplomatic row over the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil.

The Hindu’s Morning Digest brings readers a select list of stories to start the day

What are the allegations levelled against India? Why does India accuse Canada of providing safe havens to pro-Khalistan extremists? How have other countries reacted? Why have visa services been suspended? What is the status of the Free Trade Agreement? 

The U.S. ambassador to Canada has said that information shared from members of an intelligence-sharing alliance was part of what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used to make public allegations of the Indian government's possible involvement in the assassination a Sikh Canadian

India responds to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s claim that Canada had shared with India “many weeks ago” evidence that it might have been behind the killing of the Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing on Canadian soil.

England women’s rugby team won their first match against Canada 50-24

Despite strained India-Canada ties, 15.10 lakh Indians have gained Canadian citizenship, highest after US. Punjabis are main immigrants, Keralites joined in late 90s. Canada is like UAE for Malayalis, but few return to India. Reverse remittances likely in future. NoRKA-Roots estimates thousands migrated to Canada for edu/career, but only 200…

In Punjab, parties are attempting to garner different vote banks — in the State itself, in other parts of the country, and among the diaspora.