You are living in one of the best cities in the world as voted by the recent reader’s choice conducted by Conde Nast Traveler USA Reader’s Choice Awards announced in New York on October 17, 2012. Sydney has again been voted one of the world’s best cities in the Condé Nast Traveler USA and has […]
The University of Melbourne will establish a new scholarship in honour of renowned Indian composer and performer, Dr Ravi Shankar. The Ravi Shankar Scholarship for World Music will support an international Masters applicant who is deemed to be an outstanding music scholar or performer with AUD$15,000 in tuition fee help over the durations of their […]
Australia’s refusal to sell uranium to India had been an “obstacle” to getting a larger slice of the benefits of the booming Indian economy, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on her visit to India as reported by The Australian newspaper. Arriving in New Delhi for a three-day state visit, the PM said the rise of […]
Bollywood actors Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor on Tuesday October 16 tied the knot in Mumbai in a quiet affair after a five-year courtship. Saif, 42, son of late Nawab of Pataudi and former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and actress Sharmila Tagore, sealed his relationship with Kareena, 32, at his residence […]
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Brisbane, Australia: Nominees in the sixth annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) were announced today with 34 films from 18 Asia Pacific countries and areas nominated in the region’s highest accolade in film. Manoj Bajpai was nominated for Best Actor award in the movie Gngs of Wasseypur with Vidya Balan being nominated for Best Actress […]
Indian poet-writer Jeet Thayil’s debut novel Narcopolis is among the books chosen for the six-book shortlist for the Booker Prize in London .Fifty-three-year-old Thayil was born in Kerala, who has published four collections of poetry, lives in New Delhi. This is the first time since 2008, when Aravind Adiga won the prize for his debut […]
Melbourne’s Pallavi Sharda is Oz Fest’s ambassador along with cricketer Brett Lee Foreign Minister Bob Carr welcomed the commencement of India’s “Oz Fest,” a four-month celebration of contemporary Australian culture in 18 Indian cities including Delhi, Mumbai and Jaipur. “Oz Fest offers hundreds of thousands of Indians a chance to experience Australian films, literature and […]
Forging closer ties – PM Julia Gillard on way to India on October 15 Australia is close to finalise a uranium safeguards agreement with India that would allow it to sell the yellowcake to the Asian giant, Foreign Minister Bob Carr has said recently. His comments came ahead of Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s maiden 3-day […]
Make an appointment to protect yourself from cervical cancer today. Cancer Council Victoria is running a campaign encouraging all Indian women who have never had or are due for a Pap test to book an appointment today to protect themselves against cervical cancer. All women aged 18 to 70 who have ever had sexual contact […]