Looking For Grace is Radha Mitchell’s new movie released in cinemas in Australia on January 26, 2016. Radha plays the character Grace, a mother to a young teenage girl who goes missing in rural Western Australia. The quest brings up not only the search for the girl […]
India’s tennis star Sania Mirza and her Croatian partner Ivan Dodig entered the mixed doubles semifinals at the Australian Open after posting straight-set win over defending champions Leander Paes and Martina Hingis, in Melbourne on Thursday January 27, 2016. Sania and Dodig took exactly one hour and […]
Pallavi Sinha with Stan Grant at the IQ2 debate series held last year organised by the Ethics Centre As part of the IQ2 debate series held by the Ethics Centre, Grant joined immigration lawyer Pallavi Sinha, Herald Sun columnist Rita Panahi and Australian actor Jack Thompson […]
“Journalism in the Age of Terror” – free public lecture Award-winning journalist Peter Greste will deliver UNSW’s 2016 Gandhi Oration tomorrow, Friday 29 January. The annual oration commemorates India’s Martyrs’ Day, the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination on 30 January 1948, and is delivered by a person whose […]
By Vijay Badhwar The Indian President Mr Pranab Mukherjee’s loud and clear message on the nation’s 67 Republic Day was that terrorists sought to undermine order by rejecting the very basis of strategic stability. There was a civilised way to bridge disagreement but, “we cannot discuss peace under […]
The news of an outbreak of the Zika virus* in South America is a grim reminder of the health hazards associated with a warming world, Climate and Health Alliance Executive Director Fiona Armstrong said today. A study published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases this week documents the spread of the virus in Columbia, while […]
Impressive, Harmanpreet Kaur judged Person of the Match as the top scoring cricketer with her 46 runs By Kersi Meher-Homji What a day, what a way to celebrate India’s Republic Day! Cheered on by over 40,000 spectators, many dressed in Indian tricolours, India under MS Dhoni defeated […]
Pat Farmer at the start of his marathon run from Kanyakumari as people run along with him in great spirit By Neena Badhwar Spirit of India run by Australian ultra-marathon runner Pat Farmer started today on 26th of January. This run will help strengthen relations between India and […]
Superstar Rajinikanth, founder of the Reliance empire late Dhirubhai Ambani, Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and media baron Ramoji Rao have been chosen for Padma Vibhushan, country’s second highest civilian award, this year. Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Jagmohan, former DRDO chief V K Aatre, cancer specialist and chairperson of Adyar Cancer […]
For 2015 Doodle 4 Google competition by Google, Aussie kids were asked, in years 1-10 to draw a doodle based on the theme “If I could travel back in time I would…”. Out of more than 24,000 submissions, 320 state and territory finalists, 32 year group winners, […]