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Nina Duvulari an Indian wins Miss America beauty title

Ecstatic Nina Duvuluri   An Indian beauty studying to become a doctor in America has won  ‘Miss America’ beauty title. Nina Davuluri being the first ever Indian to win the title, in a yellow canary gown, won  the coveted title along with $50,000 in scholarship as the prize. Contestants, who came from varied cultural background […]

Lisa Sthalekar presents Premier with signed Australian team shirt

  (L to R) NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell, former Australian captain Lisa Sthelekar, Cricket NSW Chairman John Warn NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell was today presented with a signed Australian women’s cricket shirt by Indian-born World Cup-winning captain Lisa Sthalekar as thanks for his  support of the team. The Premier sent each member of the team […]

Modi fielded as Prime Ministerial candidate

13.9.2013.   Narendra Modi  has been nominated by BJP as its prime ministerial candidate in parliamentary elections set for next year in either April or May. The choice of Modi, chief minister of the western state of Gujarat, was long expected but opposed by many even within his Bharatiya Janata Party. Several weeks of internal […]

Death sentence for Nirbhaya’s rapists

Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur and Pawan Gupta who had gang raped  Nirbhaya in a most brutal manner last year in December in Delhi have been sentenced by the judge at Saket district court today with death penalty. Nirbhaya survived for 13 days after the attack as whole of India gathered to protest and […]

Air India launches services between Australia and India

  Rohit Nandan ( third from left – Chairman and Managing Director Air India) with  Air India officials at the dinner cum launch   Air India launched its service between Australia and India with its state-of-the-art Dreamliner aircraft. The first flight on the Sydney – Melbourne – Delhi route took place on August 30, 2013. […]

Telstra offers International Calling Pack with unlimited calling to selected destinations during Diwali

  With Diwali around the corner, we all want to talk to our families overseas more than ever during this festive time. Telstra provides an amazing deal which gives one unlimited international calls to 32 countries for just $15 per month. Telstra GM of Niche Marketing,  Alister Park said customers can make the most of […]

Information about Subclass 485 Visa (Skilled Graduate Visa)

  The 485 visa is for international students that have studied in Australia and want to live and work within Australia. Who can apply for the 485 Visa? If you are younger than 50 years of age and hold a student visa (subclass 572, 573 or 574) and in the past  6 months have completed […]

A UN study on why men use violence against women

A UN study of 10,000 men in Asia and the Pacific, released on September 10, 2013, found that overall nearly half of those men interviewed reported using physical and/or sexual violence against a female partner, ranging from 26 percent to 80 percent across the sites studied.   Nearly a quarter of men interviewed reported perpetrating […]

Seniors targeted in computer virus scam

Savvy teller saves senior $550 An 81 year old Woolgoolga man has been saved from sending $550 to a ruthless scammer by  a National Australia Bank teller at his local Woolgoolga branch. Senior citizen John Scott was contacted by telephone on Friday by scammers with foreign  accents who claimed to be representatives from Windows. They […]

A decisive victory for Abbott!

Beaming Mr Abbott with  wife Margaret and daughters Bridget, Frances and Louise By Rekha Bhattacharjee Prime Minister Tony Abbott has won with a decisive victory!  Labor has avoided the rout it had feared. Currently the Australian electoral commission (AEC) has the  Coalition with 88 seats  in the lower house,  Labor on 57, one for the […]