Premier Mike Baird has sent this message to the readers of The Indian Down Under: “It is my pleasure to wish readers of The Indian Down Under all the very best as you celebrate Diwali. It is a testament to our multicultural society that this ancient Hindu festival of lights is now celebrated right […]
Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli has unveiled some of the innovative technology and teaching practices being trialled for new and refurbished classrooms across NSW. Mr Piccoli visited the Department of Education’s Futures Learning Unit at Australian Technology Park to see students and teachers testing prototyped flexible […]
Hindu Council of Australia is delighted to announce that Deepavali celebration has been organised at the Great Hall of the Federal Parliament, Canberra, Australia, on Monday 23 November 2015 from 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm by the Hindu Council of Australia. This marks the significance of the Indian Diaspora and Deepavali festival in […]
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance today unveiled the first glimpse of Sydney’s new metro train, with a life-size train model delivered for customer testing on Sydney Metro Northwest. The 13-tonne life-size train model has been delivered to the Showground Station site and is a […]
NEW YORK: Asserting that cricketing ties can help improve relations, batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has urged the governments of India and Pakistan to resume the bilateral series which has been stalled due to political tension. “These are issues which the two countries’ governments need to decide. I […]
November 3, 2015. CSIRO will today launch a massive eight-person energy generating swing at one of the nation’s most prominent locations to kick start a conversation about energy sustainability in Australia. During November, thousands of Australians will hop on the swing and see their movements turned into energy to power a stunning light and […]
Indian Support Centre team at fundraising event The recently formed Indian Support Centre Inc (ISC) launched its first Fund Raising event on Saturday 17th October 2015. The event was held in the Roselea Community Hall in Carlingford. In spite of the many Indian Australian community events occurring on that day, the ISC event was well […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Virender Sehwag who recently announced his retirement from cricket was a spectators’ delight, a six-o-maniac who skied balls for sixes whether he was on naught or 99 and had the twenty-twenty vision to see the ball a fraction earlier than most batsmen. I […]
A series of writers have returned awards conferred on them by the Sahitya Academy in protest against what they said was growing intolerance against writers and free thinkers. Gulzar reacted on returning of these awards in an interview with ANI. ANI tweeted, “”‹Ab kahan lautaye jaa rahe hain? Ye humare Akademi kay awards the, […]
More counselling and support services will be provided to students in NSW schools and staff will have access to additional training to assist our schools in countering violent extremism (CVE), NSW Premier Mike Baird announced today. Training will be available for counsellors and other school staff for the start of the 2016 school year to […]