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Sunny Leone stays backstage yet charms Sydney!

Sunny Leone at the UIA Mela! Sydney community was angry that a former porn star and now actress in her own right Sunny Leone, of Indian Punjabi  heritage from Canada, was advertised as the star attraction on UIA Mela’s Australia-India Friendship Fair at Olympic Park on August 25. Sunny was here in Sydney to check […]

India country strategy – Australia’s blueprint for future engagement

    27 August 2013. The Prime Minister today outlined Australia’s blueprint for future engagement with India through the Australia in the Asian Century Country Strategy for India. Australia’s relationship with India has perhaps the greatest potential to grow out of all of Australia’s significant bilateral relationships in Asia.  There are 450,000 people of Indian […]

India’s easy-forex trader Shivanand Swami to kick for a $1 million dollar at NRL

  Shivanand Swami of Parbhani from India won a competition with easy-forex to kick in Sydney for the grand NRL for Us $1 million prize! The winner of the world’s biggest ever global trading competition, created by online group easy-forex ® has been announced and will be flown to Sydney, Australia to kick for the […]

Indian -Australians one of the fastest growing community in Australia

  Senator Lisa Singh Tasmanian Labor Senator Lisa Singh on August 15 recognised the contributions of Indian Australians to Australia’s future in a ceremony marking the 66th anniversary of India’s  independence at Yarralumla. “There are more than 450 000 people of Indian descent living in Australia, making the  Indian-Australian community one of the fastest growing […]

Maharaja is back in Australia from August 30!

By Neena Badhwar Ravi Bodade, Manager, Air India did not realise when he came to Sydney that he will be under the spotlight after a long long time as many managers of Air India to Sydney came and went. Almost Nearly 16 years since 1997 when  India’s national airline ‘Air India’ shut its services to […]

A play on Swami Vivekananda

  Oneness – Voice Without  Form – a play on the life of Swami Vivekananda Sydney Opera House Playhouse 17 and 18 September 2013 The story of one man’s search for enlightenment that changed the world”¦ On the 150th anniversary of Vivekananda’s birth comes an extraordinary play about his extraordinary life.  The 19th century Indian […]

Next Australian Government urged to stay the course with India

A former Australian High Commissioner to India has warned that Australia will be making a serious mistake if it dilutes efforts to improve ties with India. John McCarthy, who is one of Australia’s most accomplished diplomats, made his remarks in a speech to the Australia India Institute, based at the University of Melbourne on India’s […]

Regional PBD in Sydney Registration open now!

Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas   (Overseas Indian Day) Convention in   Sydney – November 10-12, 2013 The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs of the Government of India and the High Commission of India in Canberra will host the 2013 Regional Pravasi   Bharatiya Diwas (PBD) Convention in Sydney over three days from November   10-12, […]

Building Stronger Ties between India and Australia

  Message from Mr Biren Nanda, Indian High Commissioner  to Australia on the occasion of India’s Independence Day On August 15, 2013, I extend my greetings to Indian nationals and Personas of Indian Origin who have made Australia their home on the occasion of India’s 66th Independence Day. India’s relations with Australia have  grown from […]

The making of an Asia literate teaching workforce

Children and teachers of IABBV Hindi School in Thornleigh West Public School in NSW. IAABV’s co-ordinator, Mrs Mala Mehta OAM, has been involved with India Calling Program in seven public schools in the east Sydney region for the last two years with curriculum designed to teach Indian cultural studies, language and about India in general. […]