Here is the community invite for 2018 Republic Day Flag Hoisting: “Consulate General of India, Sydney cordially invites you to celebrate “69th Republic Day of India” on January 26, 2018(Friday) from 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM at Level 2, 265 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, 2000. Doors will open at 9:00 AM. We look forward to […]
By Vijay Badhwar The Indian community in Australia will welcome the name change! Also, just for the sake of a change, you cannot move the Day earlier – it will cut short the holiday period, or later, (although some will like it). The break is just right. Seriously though, it does hurt feelings of the […]
Sudhir Warrier ”“ from vegetable business owner to CEO of a cruise company! 22.1.2018. New research released today shows that migrant business owners are innovative, ambitious and creating jobs in Australia 1/3 of Australian small businesses are run by migrants, and the CGU Migrant Small Business Report reveals they are over-performing across a range of […]
21.1.2018. 100,000 business customers, including taxi owners, will be the first to receive their CTP Green Slip refunds this week, with cheques going out from today. Last year the NSW Government overhauled the old CTP Green Slip Scheme to create a more affordable, lower cost scheme. In addition to lower premiums in 2018, the […]
Eddie Woo, Prof. Simmons, Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Macinley Butson (far right) Premier of NSW Gladys Berejiklian in her Australia Day speech at a lunch prior to Australia Day on January 26, celebrated the people of Australia and their achievements as she said, “We recognise with honour that our national story begins with the […]
Virat Kohli with Ravichandran Ashwin By Kersi Meher-Homji India may have lost the Test series against South Africa 0-2 on Wednesday but three of their players Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravichandran Ashwin have been voted in the ICC Men’s Test XI of 2017. Also three Indians, Rohit Sharma, Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah have […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji The theory that India rules like a king in the sub-continent but falters like a pauper overseas was proved again when they lost to South Africa by 135 runs in the second Test at Centurion yesterday. As they had lost the first Test at Cape Town a week ago by 72 runs, […]
A free booklet is educating young people about their legal rights and responsibilities when using social media, and how to stay safe online. The Cyber bullying, Sexting and Facebook: Know the law, know your rights booklet is helping young people to better understand the legal consequences of their online behaviour and where to get […]
Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, will travel to India and Singapore from 16 to 19 January 2018, to promote Australia’s world-class defence capabilities for export and strengthen regional defence industry relationships. In India, the Minister will attend represent the Australian Government at the third annual Raisina Dialogue to discuss the region’s […]
By Manju Mittal An extremely talented young Ghazal and Sufi singer Jaswinder Singh has established himself as a versatile performer through a varied range of ghazals and sufi songs. He has been awarded “The young Ghazal Maestro” by Indian Music Academy. The title was presented by Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia in the presence of the former […]