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Vivid Sydney wins international award

  Vivid Sydney has been recognised as a world leading event, taking out one of the top honours at the 2015 Pacific Asia Travel Association Grand and Gold Awards. Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres said Vivid Sydney won the Gold Award in the Marketing – State Government Destination category, recognising State […]

Call for more schools to teach Hindi

              Dr Peter Friedlander The Australian National University (ANU) South Asia Research Institute is calling for more Australian schools to teach Hindi or risk Australia falling behind in its relationship with India. The Institute will hold a workshop for education and language specialists on Friday to help develop a […]

Australia takes a step back on immigration policy

              An international study has found Australia’s performance has slipped backwards in terms of how well migrants integrate in their new countries. Between 2010 and 2014, Australia’s score on the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) dropped by one point overall. Jessica Kinsella from The Australian National University (ANU) helped […]

The mystical life of Jesus

            By S. Sunder Das The Birth of Jesus is recorded in the Gospel according to St. Matthew thus:   “Behold a virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.”   Soon after […]

New Grant for Western Sydney Arts

  The NSW Government has established a new $50,000 annual fellowship to support professional development of artists in Western Sydney. “This is great news for arts in Western Sydney, and is in addition to $30 million over the next four years to grow Western Sydney’s arts and cultural sector” Geoff Lee MP, Member for Parramatta […]

Ist Chapter of Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set a Watchman’

                        Go Set A Watchman is set during the mid-1950s, some twenty years after To Kill A Mockingbird, and features many of the same characters.  Scout (Jean Louise Finch) has returned to Maycomb from New York to visit her father Atticus. She is forced […]

Reform of strata laws in NSW

              Minister responsible for Fair Trading Victor Dominello today released two exposure draft bills for final consultation, to reform strata living in NSW. Mr Dominello thanked the state’s strata community, strata dwellers, academia and industry for working with the government to bring the bills to fruition. “The over-riding objective […]

Nomination for ‘Australian of the Year’ close on August 3, 2015

            Rosie Batty, Australian of the Year 2015, with her son son Luke australianoftheyear.org.au   Time is running out to have your say on who you think should be considered for the 2016 Australian of the Year Awards, as nominations will close on Monday 3 August 2015. There are four […]

India’s second XI beat Zimbabwe 3-0

                    By Kersi Meher-Homji What, no MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravi Ashwin, Suresh Raina, Cheteshwar Pujara, Umesh Yadav? I had shouted to myself when I first read the Indian squad for the cricket tour of Zimbabwe. And my fears were justified when India under […]

Indian companies account for $15 Billion in investments, 91,000 Jobs in U.S.

New Jersey, California, Texas, Illinois and New York are top investment destinations for Indian firms WASHINGTON, D.C., July 14, 2015. Indian based companies are responsible for creating tens of thousands of jobs and $15 billion in investments across the United States, according to a new report released by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and […]