TORONTO (Diya TV) — In a heartbreaking tragedy, a family of four Indians, including a baby, has died from exposure to extreme cold weather on the Canadian side of the border with the US in an apparent human smuggling operation. The Indian government says it’s ambassadors in the US and Canada are responding to this situation.
Federal authorities are investigating a couple who cashed in on the COVID testing boom. Akbar Ali Syed and his wife Aleya Siyaj are being accused of fraud by many customers at the Center for Covid Control testing sites, who say they never received results or got negative test results via email before they had even taken the test. Several attorney generals have already filed lawsuits against the couple.
According to the latest Benevity survey on causes and giving, Nonprofits supporting India’s COVID-19 crisis received a groundswell of support, including Sewa International ranked 10th overall. The crisis in India also drove additional giving to UNICEF
Ravi Kapur contributed to this report.
