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There was a time when people used to travel from one province to another even during the middle of the night safely. Despite the insecurity they face, the Sikh man said, “But still we love Afghanistan.”

Kansas became the 14th state in the Midwestern United States to incorporate Sikhism into its social studies curriculum. This historic decision comes nearly a week after the Indiana Board of Education approved to incorporate Sikhism as a subject in five distinct locations in Indiana state standards on March 4, 2020.

According to the most recent Federal Bureau of Investigations report of 2020, anti-Sikh violence in the United States has increased by 200 %

Gurudwara Chowa Sahib, located near river Jhelum in Pakistan, commemorates the site where Guru Nanak Dev Ji stopped on his way from Tilla Jogian. The 19th Century Sikh shrine re-opened after years of partition in 2019 and is being restored to its original magnificence.

As per a report in 2020, a total of 450 food care boxes were made by the Kitchener-Waterloo Gurudwara.

According to the Sikh Doctors Association (SDA), at least five Sikh doctors have been pulled from their regular shifts in NHS hospitals.

In Smethwick town of England, a colourful display of martial arts by Sikhs helped in raising the spirits of the community.

In 2020, the updated U.S. Navy’s religious accommodations policy cited that Sikh sailors can wear turbans. This was followed by the Air Force’s decision to do the same in early February of the same year. Earlier, religious head coverings such as Muslim hijabs and Jewish kippahs were permitted because they did not interfere with uniform covers.

They worked with Canadian Blood Services to raise awareness of the dire situation the Canadian health care system has been in due to blood shortage.