We are approaching winters down under. But mango lovers can enjoy our tasty Indian crop of mangoes right here in Sydney. They have arrived here from India on popular demand. Mangoes from India have been exported to Australia for the first time, with the inaugural consignment of around 400 trays landing in Sydney this week. […]
An international team of researchers has demonstrated how people can be ”˜inoculated’ against misinformation and fake news on topical issues such as climate change. An inoculation message exposes people to misinformation in a weakened form to make them more resistant to misinformation they encounter later. It achieves this by explaining a flawed argumentation technique […]
Using the Ekta Shankh (unity conch shell) as its symbol and relying on the motto Sanghe Sakthi Kaliyuge (organisation is strength), representatives from various cultural, spiritual and educational groups in Melbourne came together for the HOTA (Hindu Organisations, Temples and Associations) Forum on Sunday, 23rd April 2017. Facilitated by Vishva Hindu Parishad of Australia (World […]
Kersi Meher-Homji asks I appreciate electronics and their advantages. But I am thinking of job situations. Earlier this week 115 journalists were made redundant by Fairfax. It is an ongoing problem across many professions. Let’s peep to year 2050. Only job securities will be for architects, surgeons, biological scientists, engineers, doctors, lawyers and teachers. However, […]
By Vijay Badhwar The International Film Festival and Awards of Australia (IFFAA) scheduled to be held in Sydney on May 13 has been cancelled following an uproar in the community alleging the platform will be used for anti-India propaganda and in support of extremist views on Kashmir. The festival was replete with top Bollywood stars […]
May 5, 2017. It took five years for Nirbhaya (her real Name Jyoti Singh Pandey) to get justice, the 23-year-old medical student gang-raped and tortured on a moving bus in Delhi, today when Supreme Court confirmed death by gallows for the four convicts. Doctors in a Singapore hospital where Nirbhaya was flown for treatment said […]
Rahul Mehrotra with Dean of the Faculty of Built Environment at UNSW, Helen Lochhead By Vijay Badhwar Renowned Indian architect, urban designer and professor, Rahul Mehrotra, is in town and delivered an interesting talk last night, May 2, 2017, as part of Utzon Lectures at the University of NSW. The talk was not about permanent […]
(Dubai, UAE) Actor Dev Patel, who catapulted to success in 2009 when he starred in the Academy Award winning film SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, will be the guest of honour at the Chivas Icons event on 2nd May 2017, at Play in the H Hotel. The Chivas Icons was launched in October 2016 to recognise and celebrate […]
Saroo and Sue Brierley Sydney Writers’ Festival will be held from 22-28 May 2017. Comprising of more than 300 events SWF is a literature rich festival in the month of May as winter sets in. It is accessible to a wide range of audiences with an objective that presents many events for free and some […]
The Turnbull Government on 2nd May 2017 confirmed that it will build Western Sydney Airport. Details of the Turnbull Government’s plan to build Western Sydney Airport will be announced by the Treasurer in the Budget next week. This follows announcement by Sydney Airport Group, the owner of Kingsford Smith Airport, that it will not […]