By Kersi Meher-Homji Pakistan, ably captained by Babar Azam, won their second match out of two to lead Group 2 teams in the Twenty20 World Cup. After thrashing India by 10 wickets on Sunday the 24th October at Dubai, they kept the momentum going by beating New Zealand by five wickets last night at Sharjah. […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Get ready to stay late nights and early mornings to watch the Cricket World Twenty20 on TV from today onwards. We saw many preliminary matches and warm up clashes. Now starts the REAL Twenty20 World Cup in United Arab Emirates. Tonight Australia takes on South Africa at Abu Dhabi followed by England […]
India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive has achieved a historic milestone of administering 1 billion vaccine doses. Around 75% of the eligible population (18+) has been given the first dose, while around 30% has been given both doses. India has achieved this mark of 1 billion vaccine doses in less than 40 weeks. This milestone exemplifies India’s […]
On 6 May 2021, a 16-year-old boy was stabbed during lunchtime at Glenwood High School in Sydney’s north-west. NSW Police charged a 14-year-old boy with two counts of wounding a person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. Government tried to ban the kirpan in schools but Sikh community was not happy with the ban. […]
Fifteen men have been charged after a brawl involving at least 50 people that erupted in the southern Brisbane suburb of Runcorn on September 13, 2021.. A victim of the violence, named in court documents as 36-year-old father-of-two Naginda Singh, suffered a near-severed left hand, and neck and head injuries, and remained in Princess Alexandra […]
By Madhulika Liddle Every year, come October, a relative of ours says, “The festival season has begun.” She goes on to list every single celebration coming up over the next several months. Dussehra/Durga Puja, Govardhan Puja, Karva Chauth, Diwali, Bhai Dooj, and a gazillion smaller festivities, some which I didn’t even know about a few […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Indian girls are dominating the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) in Australia. As many as eight Indian girls are representing different franchises in WBBL this season. Last night teenage sensation Shafali Verma was the Player of the Match in the WBBL thriller for Sydney Sixers against Hobart Hurricanes at Hobart. She outshone […]
Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 12 students across Greater Sydney return to the classroom today, with more than 148,000 students leading the first stage of the 800,000 public school students returning over the next week. To help students catch up on any learning loss experienced due to COVID-19 lockdowns and learning from home, the NSW […]
The Sydney Opera House will be the backdrop for a special tribute to frontline workers and those who have been vaccinated as NSW passes the 80 per cent double vaccination milestone. Premier Dominic Perrottet said images would be projected onto the sails of the famous landmark, to celebrate the efforts of so many throughout the […]
Artists, musicians, theatres, venues, festivals and cultural organisationsin NSW will be supported with $86 million in funding from the NSW Government to reopen with confidence and welcome back audiences. Treasurer Matt Kean said the stimulus would support individuals and businesses to bounce back quickly and reignite the economy through their cultural offerings. “We have all […]