Wednesday 18 November, 2015 Surgeons from around the country are meeting today in Melbourne to explore the correlation between distractions such as using a mobile phone while commuting and the epidemic of road trauma. Scientific co-convenor of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) Trauma Symposium, ‘Fatal Distraction’ Dr Valerie Malka is a trauma and […]
Applications are now open for the Australian Government’s Business Partnerships Platform for international development, inviting businesses to develop new initiatives to reduce poverty in developing countries. The Business Partnerships Platform will help implement the Ministerial Statement on Engaging the Private Sector in Aid and Development, which aims to collaborate with the private sector to boost […]
As the world celebrates the birth of the author and poet Rudyard Kipling in Bombay (Mumbai) India in 1865, a wonderful textile commissioned by his father, Lockwood, has emerged for sale at Indar Pasricha Fine Arts in London. Not many people realize that many of […]
Sadako was two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. She was two kilometers away from where the bomb exploded. Most of Sadako’s neighbors died, but Sadako wasn’t injured at all, at least not in any way people could see. Up until the time Sadako was in the seventh […]
November 12, 2015 A rare holey dollar unearthed by a farmer ploughing a paddock in 1961,which he promptly sold for forty-seven-pounds ten shillings, ($95), is about to be sold for $100,000. The coin, which goes under the hammer at a Sydney auction next week, was found when the farmer spotted something shiny in his tilled […]
Correctly spelling an 11-letter word ”” ‘clairvoyant’ ”” won 10-year-old North Sydney Public School student Sri Vaishnavi Kolluri the title of NSW’ s best speller. The aspiring year 4 student and a gymnast said she had practised lots of words with her mother. “Mum’s a big help, my memory is good and I knew all […]
Shyam Saran, former Indian foreign secretary, and now joining as 2015 Telstra Distinguished International Fellow of the Lowy Institute, will be delivering Owen Harries lecture on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 in Sydney. Saran is a career diplomat who has served in Beijing, Tokyo and Geneva. He has advised the Indian Prime Minister on foreign […]
Tickets to one of the best value events on Sydney Harbour go on sale this week You are invited to share in Sydney’s brand new view of one of the world’s most spectacular fireworks displays. The Barangaroo Delivery Authority, on behalf of the NSW Government, will release 10,000 tickets this week for Sydneysiders and visitors […]
The British monarchy is facing legal challenge for the return of famous Koh-i-Noor diamond. A group of powerful businessmen and Bollywood film stars want it back who call themselves the ‘Mountain Of Light’ group and have hired a British law firm to take action. Actress Bhumika Singh […]
Ravichandran Ashwin congratulated by Virat Kohli By Kersi Meher-Homji What a start for the Gandhi-Mandela Trophy! Yesterday on a turning tract India defeated South Africa by 108 runs in the first Test at Mohali with more than two days to spare. There were many heroes but […]