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Swami Baba Ramdev to visit Australia in April

  By Manju Mittal Swami Ramdev Baba needs no introduction.   As we all know the yog guru has popularized yoga in India and abroad through his T.V shows and Yoga camps, Baba Ramdev’s yoga has become quite popular with his numerous followers all over India and the world. People’s lives have totally been transformed […]

Minote Apte is winner of 2015 NSW Women of The Year Award

  Minote Apte with  Premier Mike Baird and Minister for Women Pru Goward 2015 NSW WOMEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS Premier Mike Baird and Minister for Women Pru Goward on March 6, 2015  announced the winners of the 2015 NSW Women of the Year Awards during a special reception at NSW Parliament House. Mr Baird […]

BBC goes ahead with screening of ‘India’ Daughter’

  Director of ‘India’s Daughter’ Leslee Udwin The controversial Nirbhaya documentary based on the 2012 Delhi gangrape ‘India’s Daughter’ is scheduled to be aired on British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in United Kingdom (UK) on Thursday night. The film has drawn  controversy and opposition with police securing    a court injunction  blocking    its broadcas in […]

A fanatic’s guide to upcoming World Cup key games and  permutations

  By Amrit Bhatta March 3, 2015 Hi everyone – am enjoying and fascinated by how this cricket can turn out, so see my analysis below”¦ Am assuming PAK beat UAE and Aus account for the superb Afghans on the 4th, further that  Bangladesh  account for  Scotland  on the 5th. An upset by  Scotland won’t […]

Navdeep Singh Suri to join soon as the next High Commissioner of  India to Australia

                Mr Navdeep Singh Suri, presently Ambassador of India to the Arab Republic of Egypt, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Australia. Mr. Suri joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1983 and has served in India’s diplomatic missions in Cairo, Damascus, Washington, Dar-E-Salaam […]

My World Cup 2015 XI as at 2 March

              Brendon McCallum  as the  Captain By Kersi Meher-Homji Kersi Meher-Homji donned the hat of a  selector and chose the Great World XI Cricket Team in his last write up. Here Kersi chooses his Best World Cup XI made up of current players playing from different teams competing for […]

Daniel Mookhey gets elected to NSW parliament

  Daniel Mookhey 5th from left By Harish Velji I was accorded the special privilege to announce Daniel Mookhey from the Labor Party for getting elected into the Parliament of New South Wales. Born in Australia and having Indian ancestry, Daniel Mookhey was introduced to a full packed media function in the month of February. […]

NSW government commits $400,000 more to community languages

  Minister for Citizenship and  Communities  and Assistant Minister for Education Victor Dominello on 28th of February announced an additional $400,000 in funding to support the state’s  community  language  schools network.                 Says the minister who himself is of Italian heritage that language learning is quite important and […]

Cricket legends Sachin and Lara launch BMW 2 Series convertible

  By Manju Mittal The Cricket Legends Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara were at Trivet BMW in Parramatta on Wednesday afternoon 25 February to launch the new BMW 2 Series Convertible. I was surprised by the number of people who had gathered to attend the special event perhaps made special by the presence of Sachin […]

With Visa on arrival: Tourist count up by 1,215%

    NEW DELHI: Number of tourists arriving in India has increased by several times as compared to previous year after the launch of visa on arrival (VoA) enabled Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) scheme for 43 countries. A total of 25,023 tourists arrived in India in January this year using the VoA enabled ETA scheme […]