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Malcolm’s women’s safety package to stop the violence

            Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has given  domestic violence agenda the utmost priority by assigning $100 million package for the cause.   He said in his media release, “Women and children in Australia have the right to feel safe and live without fear of violence. Yet, one in six Australian […]

Which Indian films from these would make it to the Oscars!

    The Film Federation of India will soon announce India’s official entry to the 88th Academy Awards. Films which have been nominated in the past for the best Foreign Film category include Mother India (1957), Salaam! Bombay (1988) and Lagaan (2001). While names of several films from Bollywood and South India are being tossed […]

GOPIO NW present another fun-filled evening full of good spirit!

                      Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) Sydney North West Chapter organised a Caring & Sharing Event on 19th  September 2015, their sixth  Annual Caring & Sharing Dinner n’ Dance event at Blacktown in great splendour and with pride and success.     […]

India-U.S. Joint Declaration on Combatting Terrorism

                Washington, DC September 22, 2015. India and the US on Tuesday kicked off the first strategic and commercial dialogue with a focus on boosting trade ties and enhancing regional security ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with President Barack Obama. US secretary of state John Kerry […]

Hindi Diwas poetry at the NSW Parliament House

                    Manish Kumar‘Rasik’ with  Minister for Multiculturalism Mr. John Ajaka Hindi Diwas is celebrated all around the world on 14th of September because the Hindi language (written in Devanagari script) was first adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India as an official language of the Republic […]

Revenge takes toll of another PM

    By Vijay Badhwar Australia has a new Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, its 29th and fifth in as many years. It’s, indeed, become extremely difficult for PMs to survive their full terms being under constant media gaze with media cycle running non-stop 24 hours a day, looking for and also creating news. With the […]

Sunjeev Sahota’s ‘The Year of the Runaways’ in Man Booker 2015 shortlist

                    15 September 2015 Marlon James, Tom McCarthy, Chigozie Obioma, Sunjeev Sahota, Anne Tyler and Hanya Yanagihara are today, Tuesday 15 September, announced as the shortlisted authors for the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. The six names were announced by Chair of judges, Michael Wood, […]

Mysterious cases of Shivlings found across the world!

              Shiva Lingam: Some unknown truths A look at the curved, oval, iconic representation of Shiva Lingam placed on a globular base, which is found in the Sanctum Sanctorum (Garbhagraha) of all Shiva temples, has given rise to diverse explanations, without comprehending the scientific truths revealed by the ancient […]

Malcolm Turnbull is Australia’s new Prime Minister

  New era of leadership and new style of government starts with Prime Minister Designate Malcolm Turnbull who won leadership challenge defeating Tony Abbott by 54 to 44 votes yesterday on September 14, 2014. He will be sworn in as the 29th Prime Minister of Australia today. Julie Bishop was favoured as the deputy leader […]

Is Roti healthier than bread?

                                      While we know that roti is nothing but another form of bread, we have always been told that it is a far healthier option to consume. In the days when bread was white, there was a […]