Archive for: May, 2018

More jobs created as BMT Australia opens new Adelaide office

In yet another sign of the growing local defence industry, BMT Australia has opened its doors in Adelaide. Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, today formally opened the company’s Adelaide office. BMT Australia,  a subsidiary of BMT Group, is a maritime engineering, science and technology consultancy which has key roles in many […]

I would have not made Raazi without Alia Bhatt: Meghna Gulzar

By Neeru Saluja Sensitive filmmaker Meghna Gulzar has once again delved into narrating a true life story with ”˜Raazi’. As the much anticipated film has been receiving raving reviews, the director was both excited and nervous when we talked to her a day before the film’s release. The daughter of filmmaker-lyricist Gulzar and actress Rakhee […]

Angry Kangaroo, Defiant Tiger

Pokhran II 20th Anniversary By Rekha Bhattacharjee Sydney 11th May 2018 “We can also say the date has been engraved in the history of India as a demonstration of its military power,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his monthly radio address “Mann Ki Baat” a few weeks back. The Indian PM was referring […]

Tennis star of the future ”“ Zachary Viiala

By Kersi Meher-Homji Two 12-year-old Australian elite junior tennis players – Zachary Viiala from Perth and Hana Sonton from the Gold Coast ”“ have been announced as Australia’s representatives for the 2018 Longines Future Tennis Aces tournament in Paris from 31 May to 2 June. Zach’s mother Sharan Dogra is of Indian descent. Zachary and […]

Hillary won Sydney with her insightful sum up of world affairs and about the constant vitriolic barrage targeted at women

By Neena Badhwar It was a packed theatre around 9000 in all who cheered as she walked on to the stage. She looked small from afar with the audience sitting right up to the auditorium roof. Hillary Rodham Clinton came to Sydney and Melbourne earlier, a neon colourful sign proudly displaying her name outside the […]

Casting call for Indian kids for an upcoming Australian series

National Indigenous NAIDOC Art Fair returns to Sydney

The National Indigenous NAIDOC Art Fair will return to Sydney across two days in 2018, with the event set to kick off celebrations ahead of this year’s NAIDOC Week. Presented by Blak Markets, a social enterprise arm of First Hand Solutions, the National Indigenous NAIDOC Art Fair offers remote Indigenous art centres and artists the […]

New grants program to strengthen migrant integration

Community groups will be able to help migrants better integrate into Australian life with funding from a new grants program. The Turnbull Government will introduce a new $5 million grants program for measures that support social cohesion and integration of migrants into the Australian community. The Coalition’s 2018-19 Budget establishes the  Fostering Integration Grants  program […]

Some exciting innovative ideas developing in Australia

Switzerland is number one in innovation, Sweden second and United Kingdom third in the world. Australia stands at nineteenth position. Still a lot of innovative ideas come by combining engineering with medicine and trying to find solutions to medical problems. Acoustic Wearable Belt to diagnose gut disorders Current methods for diagnosing IBS typically include invasive […]

Films to watch out for in this years’ Sydney Film Festival from June 6 – 17

Movies you may like to watch at this year’s Sydney Film Festival when Sydneysiders gather to watch world’s best new films come in June 6-17 for 12 days and nights of inspiring and entertaining premieres, talks and parties. Be among the first in Australia to see the greatest, strangest and most exciting work that cinema […]

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