Badminton World Federation has officially announced the names of the players making up Team India for the upcoming Sudirman Cup 2017 to be held on the Gold Coast from May 21-28 2017. The Sudirman Cup is the world’s premier mixed badminton championships and the historic Gold Coast event marks the first time it has been […]
By Manju Mittal Tamil Arts and Culture Association ( TACA, Sydney ) Inc. ( a not-profit-community organisation) held a successful Tamil New Year ‘Sydney Chithirai Festival’ on Sunday, 7th May, 2017 at Rosehill Racecourse. The bright sunny day was perfect for Sydneysiders to enjoy Tamil New Year celebrations. Chithirai festival is very popular festival for […]
By Neeru Saluja Comedian-actor Vir Das is ready to board Sydney for his Boarding Das World Tour”. And in his suitcase he has packed lots of funny jokes, politics, travel and personal stories along with his Indian accent! India’s highest selling comedian Vir Das who is part of the Sydney Comedy Festival is now the […]
Organisers Sarika Sahgal and Dolly Arora and MC’s Sakshi Kapoor, Sahil Sood. Photo credit: Jindeep Photography and Hemu Negi By Manju Mittal As rain played hide and seek in the evening of autumn month May, I walked into Parravilla’s function lounge on Saturday 6, 2017 and was surprised to see the place packed to capacity. […]
We are approaching winters down under. But mango lovers can enjoy our tasty Indian crop of mangoes right here in Sydney. They have arrived here from India on popular demand. Mangoes from India have been exported to Australia for the first time, with the inaugural consignment of around 400 trays landing in Sydney this week. […]
An international team of researchers has demonstrated how people can be ‘inoculated’ against misinformation and fake news on topical issues such as climate change. An inoculation message exposes people to misinformation in a weakened form to make them more resistant to misinformation they encounter later. It achieves this by explaining a flawed argumentation technique […]
Using the Ekta Shankh (unity conch shell) as its symbol and relying on the motto Sanghe Sakthi Kaliyuge (organisation is strength), representatives from various cultural, spiritual and educational groups in Melbourne came together for the HOTA (Hindu Organisations, Temples and Associations) Forum on Sunday, 23rd April 2017. Facilitated by Vishva Hindu Parishad of Australia (World […]
Kersi Meher-Homji asks I appreciate electronics and their advantages. But I am thinking of job situations. Earlier this week 115 journalists were made redundant by Fairfax. It is an ongoing problem across many professions. Let’s peep to year 2050. Only job securities will be for architects, surgeons, biological scientists, engineers, doctors, lawyers and teachers. However, […]
By Vijay Badhwar The International Film Festival and Awards of Australia (IFFAA) scheduled to be held in Sydney on May 13 has been cancelled following an uproar in the community alleging the platform will be used for anti-India propaganda and in support of extremist views on Kashmir. The festival was replete with top Bollywood stars […]
May 5, 2017. It took five years for Nirbhaya (her real Name Jyoti Singh Pandey) to get justice, the 23-year-old medical student gang-raped and tortured on a moving bus in Delhi, today when Supreme Court confirmed death by gallows for the four convicts. Doctors in a Singapore hospital where Nirbhaya was flown for treatment said […]