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Pink Ribbon Breakfast in Sydney

                    By Manju Mittal On Sunday morning on December the 13th,  2015, I had the honour of attending Pink Ribbon Breakfast event in Parramatta.  Rekha Rajvanshi has been assisting Pink Ribbon fundraising efforts for the past 4 years with a community breakfast. This year the annual […]

India smashes South Africa to smithereens

              Rejoicing the victory, Man of the Match Ajinkya Rahane By Kersi Meher-Homji   Yesterday was a marvellous day for Indian cricket. It can be compared to India lifting the World Cup in 1983 and in 2011! Not only did India defeated South Africa, currently ranked no. 1 in […]

Beware, it’s the season to be scamming

  NSW Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe is warning the public to be scam smart and super sceptical in the holiday season, after his personal staff both received accident insurance scam phone calls at work on the same day in the past week. “No one is immune from scammers,” he said. “They are relentless, indiscriminate […]

India’s Daughter who shook the nation

                    By Neeru Saluja The ghastly night of 16 December 2012 destroyed her existence. The gruesome incident gave her the name of ‘Nirbhaya’ meaning fearless. She was Jyoti Singh Pandey, a 23 year old physiotherapy intern who was beaten and gang raped in a private bus […]

Parliament passes citizenship law

  4.12.2015. The Parliament last night passed the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015 which updates and modernises a long standing provision of Australian law to reflect the new age of terrorism. The legislation will strip Australian citizenship from dual citizens who are involved in terrorist conduct overseas or convicted of a terrorism […]

Know India: ‘Bharat Ko Janiye’ quiz for Indian youth

            The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi, is organizing an Online “Bharat Ko Janiye” Quiz for the youth of the Indian diaspora aged between 18-35 years.  It is intended to educate them about India’s progress in various fields like Finance, Science & Technology, Manufacturing Industry, […]

Pat Farmer to run in India next year

                  The next challenge for Pat Farmer, ultramarathon runner former federal MP, is 4,600 kilometres across India. Yes, he is taking the challenge running starting from the south of India to the north in 60 days. Having run around Australia several times and even run from North […]

Australia to contribute $1 billion to build climate resilience and reduce emissions

              Speech by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at  2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference,  Paris   Mr President, Secretary General, Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen. From Australia we come with confidence and optimism. We are not daunted by our challenge. It inspires us. It energises us. We do […]

Pink ball Test a big success but DRS proved to be a disgrace

                By Kersi Meher-Homji I had my doubts about the historic Day – Night pink ball Test in Adelaide which concluded on Sunday. Was it a gimmick to pull more spectators in? Will the pink ball in night as hurled by fast bowlers be visible to the batsmen […]

Turkey issues stamp featuring Modi

ANTALYA: A personalised postage stamp featuring Prime Minister Narendra was issued by Turkey in remembrance of the just concluded G20 Leaders Summit here. The stamp of 2.80 Turkish lira bears a picture of Modi and the Indian national flag. It has ‘Narendra Modi – Prime Minister of Republic of India’ written at the bottom. Personalised […]