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The future is here with self-driving cars

            A humour piece by Melvin Durai Tesla Motors, a company that produces high-tech electric cars, recently gave owners of the Tesla Model S the opportunity to make their cars self-driving. They can now sit back, relax and let their cars do all the work, whether it’s steering, switching lanes […]

Pink Ribbon Breakfast in Sydney

                    By Manju Mittal On Sunday morning on December the 13th,  2015, I had the honour of attending Pink Ribbon Breakfast event in Parramatta.  Rekha Rajvanshi has been assisting Pink Ribbon fundraising efforts for the past 4 years with a community breakfast. This year the annual […]

University of Newcastle staff and students campaign against Broadspectrum  

No Business in Abuse and GetUp have today said University of Newcastle staff, students and their unions are leading the way for scores of local campaigns calling on public institutions not to engage with with Broadspectrum (formerly Transfield Services) and other companies associated with the abuse of vulnerable people. No Business in Abuse and GetUp […]

India smashes South Africa to smithereens

              Rejoicing the victory, Man of the Match Ajinkya Rahane By Kersi Meher-Homji   Yesterday was a marvellous day for Indian cricket. It can be compared to India lifting the World Cup in 1983 and in 2011! Not only did India defeated South Africa, currently ranked no. 1 in […]

entrepreneur visa to attract innovative talent

Innovators and entrepreneurs will be encouraged to bring their ideas to Australia with visa reforms to attract talented and highly educated people under the Coalition Government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda. A new Entrepreneur Visa will be introduced to attract innovative talent and changes will be made to retain high achieving foreign students in Australia. […]

Beware, it’s the season to be scamming

  NSW Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe is warning the public to be scam smart and super sceptical in the holiday season, after his personal staff both received accident insurance scam phone calls at work on the same day in the past week. “No one is immune from scammers,” he said. “They are relentless, indiscriminate […]

India’s Daughter who shook the nation

                    By Neeru Saluja The ghastly night of 16 December 2012 destroyed her existence. The gruesome incident gave her the name of ‘Nirbhaya’ meaning fearless. She was Jyoti Singh Pandey, a 23 year old physiotherapy intern who was beaten and gang raped in a private bus […]

Parliament passes citizenship law

  4.12.2015. The Parliament last night passed the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015 which updates and modernises a long standing provision of Australian law to reflect the new age of terrorism. The legislation will strip Australian citizenship from dual citizens who are involved in terrorist conduct overseas or convicted of a terrorism […]

Know India: ‘Bharat Ko Janiye’ quiz for Indian youth

            The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi, is organizing an Online “Bharat Ko Janiye” Quiz for the youth of the Indian diaspora aged between 18-35 years.  It is intended to educate them about India’s progress in various fields like Finance, Science & Technology, Manufacturing Industry, […]

Modi’s book: ‘Convenient Action: Continuity for Change’ released

    3 December 2015: The book Convenient Action: Continuity for Change by Mr. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, was released this week by Mr. Francois Hollande, President of France at COP21-CMP11 in Paris and is available to purchase for AUS$45 from the LexisNexis eStore athttps://store.lexisnexis.com.au. LexisNexis announced the release of Convenient Action: Continuity […]