By Rekha Bhattacharjee April 18, 2017. This afternoon Prime Minister announced to the media “We are an immigration nation, but the fact remains Australian workers must have priority for Australian jobs. We’re abolishing 457 visas, the visas which bring temporary foreign workers into our country.” It will be replaced by a new Visa program “ […]
By Rekha Bhattacharjee It was a 2008 review of the Indo-Australian bilateral relations by two University of Adelaide academics (Peter Mayer and Purnendra Jain) which gave us this apt descriptive phrase – silence punctuated by hiccups. If the media reports, and Australian government press releases, are to be believed, the hiccups would be soon […]
By Manju Mittal Sydney get ready! This is the biggest line-up of Bollywood stars who will be walking the red carpet and receiving awards for all the fine work Indian film industry has produced over the years. Not only Indians in India, Sydneysiders and other places worldwide have equally enjoyed Bollywood cinema for over […]
By Rekha Bhattacharjee The FTA has been stalled since 2014 – both prime ministers have conceded – it has been slow. PM Turnbull says there is no guarantee for a formal FTA in the near future – thus business houses have been recommended to look for new ways to work with India. Both Prime Ministers […]
By Melvin Durai India’s Minister of New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal recently told the Rajya Sabha that the country added 5,525 MW of solar power generation capacity in the last fiscal year and now boasts a total of 12,288 MW. I wasn’t sure exactly what MW stands for, so I checked with Kellyanne Conway, […]
By Manju Mittal Srijani Dan, the melody queen of Sydney from Kolkata, won Colors Singing Megastar Australia ‘ Let your voice fly’ competition on Sunday April 9. The competition was held at Parra Villa Function Lounge, Parramatta by Colors Television and their event partner The Elegant Creations. Recently Colors Indian TV channel has signed director […]
Rekha Bhattacharjee The chairman of Adani Group and executives discussed with Prime Minister Turnbull On India’s growing need for energy. Adani group is seeking a $900 million dollar Federal government loan for a railway link to the Port. Malcolm Turnbull clearly told the group – even as prime minister it is outside his control –”That’s […]
By Neeru Saluja It’s always a pleasure to talk to actress Pallavi Sharda, but this time it was special. Riding high on the success of her Oscar nominated film Lion, Pallavi is now excited about her forthcoming film ‘Begum Jaan’. Playing the most challenging role in her Bollywood career as Gulabo in Begum Jaan, Pallavi […]
By Rekha Rajvanshi This year, on International Women’s Day, a prominent women leader of Indian community, Mrs Sue Advani was awarded 2017 Woman of the Year Award for Strathfield. The award was conferred on her at the Women’s NSW International Women’s Day Function at International Convention Centre, Darling Harbour. During the award ceremony Mrs Jodie […]
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was accorded a ceremonial welcome on Monday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Mr. Turnbull. He was then accorded the ceremonial guard of honour. Prime Minister Turnbull told reporters in New Delhi on Monday 10th April 2017 – “Prime Minister Modi has got a massive […]