The University of Melbourne will establish a new scholarship in honour of renowned Indian composer and performer, Dr Ravi Shankar. The Ravi Shankar Scholarship for World Music will support an international Masters applicant who is deemed to be an outstanding music scholar or performer with AUD$15,000 in tuition fee help over the durations of their […]
Australia’s refusal to sell uranium to India had been an “obstacle” to getting a larger slice of the benefits of the booming Indian economy, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on her visit to India as reported by The Australian newspaper. Arriving in New Delhi for a three-day state visit, the PM said the rise of […]
Melbourne’s Pallavi Sharda is Oz Fest’s ambassador along with cricketer Brett Lee Foreign Minister Bob Carr welcomed the commencement of India’s “Oz Fest,” a four-month celebration of contemporary Australian culture in 18 Indian cities including Delhi, Mumbai and Jaipur. “Oz Fest offers hundreds of thousands of Indians a chance to experience Australian films, literature and […]
Forging closer ties – PM Julia Gillard on way to India on October 15 Australia is close to finalise a uranium safeguards agreement with India that would allow it to sell the yellowcake to the Asian giant, Foreign Minister Bob Carr has said recently. His comments came ahead of Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s maiden 3-day […]
Foreign Minister Bob Carr has congratulated Australia’s High Commissioner to India, Mr Peter Varghese AO, on his appointment as Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Senator Carr said Mr Varghese knows India, and the region, extremely well. “His appointment will help generate further momentum in Australia’s growing relationship with India and position […]
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen MP India has outpaced China and the UK as a source of permanent migrants to Australia. For the first time, India is Australia’s largest source of permanent migrants, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen MP, announced on July 19. Indian migrants comprised a total of 29,018 […]
A new strategy aimed at tapping into the future tourism potential of India has been unveiled today at the Australia Tourism Exchange (ATE) in Perth. The India 2020 Strategic Plan, developed by Tourism Australia in consultation with industry and Government stakeholders, is seeking to secure a greater share of the 50 million Indians expected to […]
Tourism Australia launched its global ‘There’s Nothing like Australia’ campaign phase two on June 13 at Sydney Opera House. Having launched the initial campaign in May 2010 which has appeared in 25 countries and has been translated in 17 languages, it will now roll out in China, UK, the US and Australia initially and will […]
Gurmeet, Mahima, Joe, Radhika and Amer with ‘do you want to pash an Indian sign’ in Melbourne Series premiere Wednesday 20 June at 9.30pm on ABC2 Are Australians dumb, drunk and racist as they have been portrayed since the spat with Indian students a couple of years ago when Indian media went berserk reporting cases […]
GVK’s Vice-Chairman Sanjay Reddy By Rekha Bhattacharjee Sydney, May 29, 2012 (IANS) Hours after winning the nod for one of the largest coal mining projects in Australia, India’s GVK Group has joined the raging debate on using foreign workers in various Australian resources projects. “Our priority is offering locals and other Australians the opportunity […]