India ranks poorly in Commonwealth youth index

LONDON: India has ranked very poorly at 133 in a new Global Youth Development Index compiled by the Commonwealth Secretariat on the countries' prospects for young people in employment, education, health, civic and political spheres. 

India ranked 133rd in the index covering 183 nations, below neighbouring countries like Nepal (77), Bhutan (69) and Sri Lanka (31) and trailing behind the South Asian average. 

However, the report released last week found that it has register .. 

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Pakistan spy game busted: Women, money used to lure Indian officers

Pak high commission staff involved The Delhi Police crime branch detained a staffer of the Pakistan high commission and arrested two Indians for spying and stealing defense-related documents. The police said honey traps and handsome money used to lure Indians.


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Calais Jungle: France to shut migrant camp 'by nightfall'

Calais, France (CNN)French officials have said they will officially close the migrant camp known as "The Jungle" by nightfall Wednesday and will begin bulldozing the settlement.

France on Monday began the process of registering thousands of migrants living at the camp after vowing for months to shut it down. By Wednesday morning, more than 4,400 migrants had been processed and bused out of Calais to other regions of the country.

French riot police officers hold back migrants Monday as an operation began to clear the camp.

"It really is now the end of the Jungle. We will finish at the time needed, but no matter what, tonight the Calais Jungle will shut down," Calais prefect Fabienne Buccio told reporters.

"So it shows that we have arrived at the goal, and that our mission, which was to give shelter to the immigrants of the camp, is complete. We are proud, and it is an exceptional moment that we have experienced."

Calais prefecture officials said all of the camp's migrants will have been resettled by the end of Wednesday. But a CNN team at the camp said hundreds of migrants were still there by late afternoon, and that many were refusing to register and be moved to other cities.

Some had cleared out of the camp for a few hours as fires tore through the settlement's center, from dozens of tents, huts and shipping-container shelters torched by migrants.

Four Afghans were arrested in connection with the fires, Buccio said.

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Donald Trump speaks Hindi in Indian American campaign ad

In a thick American accent, the Republican tries to woo Hindus by adopting Narendra Modi’s winning message: ‘This time Trump government’

Donald Trump may have insulted Mexicans, Muslims and women but to woo Indian American voters he’s even dabbling in Hindi for Diwali.

The bombastic New York businessman is seen uttering “Ab Ki Baar Trump Sarkaar” – adapting Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s 2014 vote-winning catchphrase as his own – in a presidential campaign ad released on Thursday.

“This time Trump government,” translates the ad on the screen.

Trump may speak in a thick US accent, but the 30-second ad is the Republican nominee’s latest attempt to win votes among Indian Americans ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights which falls on the weekend.

The video opens with the message “Happy Diwali” and borrows from footage of Trump speaking at a Hindu gathering in New Jersey this month, lighting an oil lamp and promising close US-Indian relations.

“The Indian and Hindu community will have a true friend in the White House,” he says in the ad. “We love the Hindus, we love India,” he adds, saying that he looks forward to working with Modi.

The candidate’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump visited a Hindu temple this week in Virginia, the home state of Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s running mate Tim Kaine which is expected to vote blue on 8 November.

Trump trails 5.4 points in the latest poll average compiled by tracker RealClearPolitics in a national race against Clinton and two outsiders – pointing to a likely electoral college victory for the Democrat.

There are an estimated four million Indian Americans living in the United States according to 2015 census figures. They are among the most educated ethnic groups and generally well off, according to the Pew Research Center.

Only about half are Hindu and 65% are Democrat, or Democrat-leaning, the think tank found in a 2014 report.

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