Toyota recently announced the winners of the ‘Feeling the Streets’ competition – unearthing six of the world’s greatest unknown street performers and bringing them together to form a Global Band. Indian finalists, Maneswita Jaiswal, Drummer, 19, from Lucknow, India and Chelei Solo, Vocal (Guitar), India are amongst the world’s best street buskers and between […]
By Neena Badhwar Swami Sridharananda in his closing address of the 3-day Yoga Conference held at Western university in Parramatta organised as part of Confluence – Festival of India in Australia by the Government of India, said, “For the last three days we have feasted on infinite ideas and possibilities on the practice of yoga […]
Mind Blowing Films say to the filmgoing community in Australia, “It is our favourite time of the year and we have two amazing movies lined up for you this month. Mirzya is a folklore from Punjab and is the love story of Mirza “The movie releases on 7th October and is directed by Rakeysh Om […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji It was a triple triumph for India. They won the second Test against New Zealand in Kolkata by 178 runs to win the series 2-0. This enabled them to regain their no. 1 Test ranking, overtaking Pakistan. Winning the toss, India scored 316, […]
Remembering Lal Bahadur Shastri, late Prime Minister of India whose birthday falls on 2nd of October as well as the great Mahatma Gandhi. Both were great souls and sons that India produced. This is review of the book written by Sir C.P. Srivastava, an IAS officer who was Shastri’s aide, friend and a biographer. […]
By Rekha Bhattacharjee Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Nehru breathed life into these concepts and gave a practical and patriotic impetus to them during the freedom struggle. It was widely believed that the development of India depends on the development of the villages. “Only a developed and disciplined […]
The Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India will organize the following four Know India Programmes (KIP) from December 2016 to January 2017: KIP No. Dates Partner State 37 17.12.2016 to 10.01.2017 Uttar Pradesh 38 17.12.2016 to 10.01.2017 Kerala 39 27.12.2016 to 20.01.2017 Gujarat 40 27.12.2016 to 20.01.2017 West Bengal 2. […]
Ministry of Tourism is undertaking outdoor branding on different mediums of transportation such as buses, trains, trams etc. for wider visibility of brand Incredible India and the Festival of India in Australia. The objective of this branding is to promote India as a tourism destination along with showcasing the cultural aspects of the country, as […]
IABCA 2016 finalists were honoured at a gala reception at the Australian National Maritime Museum on Friday 23 September ahead of the main awards ceremony that will take place in late October. National nominations this year have produced the highest calibre of nominees, with experts panel of judges felt quite challenged to choose from many […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji India celebrated her 500th Test match by beating New Zealand by 197 runs at Kanpur yesterday. It was India’s 130thTest win since they played their first Test way back in 1932. It was a convincing victory as Indian spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja baffled the Kiwi bats in both innings […]