Well known playback singer Alka Yagnik is on her way to Australia and will perform live in Sydney in UIA’s Freedom Concert a pre event that UIA is involved in with Showbizz before their August 19 Friendship Fair on Sunday. The famous ”˜Ek do Teen’ and ”˜Mere Angne Mein’ singer Alka will croon her famous […]
Education is the best gift you can give to a child “If the poor children cannot come to the school, then school must go to them”. -Swami Vivekananda Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of Australia (EKAL) is one of seven overseas chapters of parent NGO, Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation, in India. This is a unique concept bringing […]
Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello with Nihal Gupta, Chairman of NSW Multicultural Business Advisory Panel and member of Ministerial Consultative Committee NSW is in an ideal position to reap the benefits of its cultural diversity, with analysis of yesterday’s Census results revealing rapid growth in the local Chinese and Indian communities, Minister for […]
India the leading place of birth for people arriving from overseas since 2006 Australia’s annual population growth rate was 1.4% for the year ending 31 December 2011, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) results released today on June 21. Australia’s population increased by 302,600 people to 22.5 million (22,485,300) people. And the Indian […]
Radhika Budhwar, Gurmeet Chaudhary, Mahima Bhardwaj and Amer Singh go through an Australian tour to examine stereotypes While SBS’ Bollywood Star Reality show takes on the Indian community and tries to turn some of the Bollywood hopefuls down under into a Bollywood star as the finalists four Gautam, Tiegan, Sarah and Sharon go through their […]
The after hours GP helpline is a service that provides reassurance and practical advice to the members of the community when they are in need of health assistance. Australian Minister for Health Tanya Plibersek said that the after hours GP helpline “means everyone across Australia will be able to call and also speak to a […]
The Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing, Catherine King, on June 15 announced the availability of $533,000 in Community Awareness Grants to support community-based activities held during DonateLife Week 2013 (Sunday 24 February ”“ Sunday 3 March 2013). DonateLife Week is the national awareness week to promote organ and tissue donation coordinated by the Organ […]
A new strategy aimed at tapping into the future tourism potential of India has been unveiled today at the Australia Tourism Exchange (ATE) in Perth. The India 2020 Strategic Plan, developed by Tourism Australia in consultation with industry and Government stakeholders, is seeking to secure a greater share of the 50 million Indians expected to […]
Senator Kate Lundy with Indian community The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen MP, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Senator Kate Lundy, Senator for Tasmania, Lisa Singh, and Member for Greenway, Michelle Rowland MP, announced the Government is inviting members of the Sub-Continent community to join its new Ministerial Consultative Committee. “The Sub-Continent is a […]
Tourism Australia launched its global ”˜There’s Nothing like Australia’ campaign phase two on June 13 at Sydney Opera House. Having launched the initial campaign in May 2010 which has appeared in 25 countries and has been translated in 17 languages, it will now roll out in China, UK, the US and Australia initially and will […]