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Rohit – Rahul brilliance leads to India winning the T20 series

By Kersi Meher-Homji The brilliant partnership between Indian openers Lokesh Rahul and Rohit Sharma sure exudes six appeal. Between them they hit seven sixes in the second Twenty20 International early this morning. India’s victory by 7 wickets against New Zealand in the second T20 International at Ranchi enables them to win the three match series […]

Suryakumar and Ashwin brilliant as India beats New Zealand in a thriller

By Kersi Meher-Homji In the end it was touch and go for both teams. Any result was possible in the final over. But India won by 5 wickets with only two balls remaining. This thriller ended India’s seven match losing streak across all formats to New Zealand. The first international match in India after a […]

Australian Consulate General in Bengaluru to strengthen technology partnership with India

Australia is strengthening its technology partnership with India through the establishment of a new Consulate-General in Bengaluru and a Centre of Excellence for Critical and Emerging Technology Policy, also to be based in India. Bengaluru is the world’s fourth-largest technology cluster, and home to a third of India’s unicorn companies. Bengaluru and its vibrant business […]

Weddings galore in Bollywood and here!

Post Covid Weddings are happening all over. It is as if couples who had gone in hiding during Covid were waiting for the pandemic to get over which it is not really. Yet the recent wedding of actor Rajkumar Rao with Patralekhaa after a decade long relationship happened in Chandigarh.. Perhaps Covid decided it for […]

Ismat Chugtai’s Dozakh and Mughal Bachcha by Adakar on January 15,16

Two classic short plays Dozakh and Mughal Bachcha which were postponed in July due to Covid 19 lockdown are now being rescheduled in January next year on the 15th and the 16th. These are bittersweet stories of a bygone era that capture the plight of women forced to live a life of dependency and oppression within the confines of the domestic […]

New NSW plastic laws ban singe-use plastics including plastic bags, plates, bowls & cutlery

16 November 2021. Australia”™s leading ocean conservation organisation has congratulated the New South Wales government for passing legislation to ban single-use plastics next year, including the last minute addition of plastic plates and bowls. Under the new laws passed today (Tuesday 16 November), lightweight plastic shopping bags will finally be banned in approximately six months, […]

Statue of Gandhi vandalized a day after it was installed in Melbourne

On November 12 a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi was installed in presence of community leaders the statue unveiled by the Prime Minister Scott Morrison. The statue was installed at the Australian Indian Community Centre in Rowville donated by the government of India and handed over by the Melbourne Consul General Rajkumar. Its a pity […]

Veena Sahajwalla is 2022 NSW Australian of the Year

The 2022 NSW Australians of the Year have been announced at a ceremony at Luna Park, Sydney this evening. Premier Dominic Perrottet congratulated Professor Veena Sahajwalla, the 2022 NSW Australian of the Year, and NSW’s three other inspirational recipients in the categories of NSW Senior Australian, Young Australian and Local Hero. “Each of the NSW […]

Marsh and Warner go berserk and Australia wins the T20 World Cup

By Kersi Meher-Homji Australia won her first T20 Cricket World Cup beating New Zealand by 8 wickets this morning. Dubai has proved a favourite venue for the Aussies as they won both the semi-final last week and the Final this morning on this ground. Sent in to bat New Zealand scored 4 for 173 in […]