Pink Sari Inc proudly launched two new projects namely ‘Beyond Pink’ and ‘Cervical Screening for Survival’ through a digital event on Friday January 29th, 2021 funded by the Cancer Institute NSW. Pink Sari Inc. President, Ms Shantha Viswanathan, said she wants people in her community to know how important it is to participate in screening programs. […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Cricket lovers in India, Australia and all over the world are still talking about the magical Brisbane Test last week which an injury-ridden India won by 3 wickets in the final pulsating minutes. May I remind readers that India had recorded similar unexpected victories over Australia; at Kolkata and Adelaide in the […]
By Neeru Saluja In their introductions, Anurag calls himself as the gentle giant while Jaskirat is the undercover nerd. But the team ”˜Super Sikhs’ who are participating in the Amazing Race Australia are much more to this. These bright two adventurous young boys are here to place Sikhs on the world map. With a strong […]
By Vijay Badhwar In the end Mr Trump went quietly, unceremoniously, even disgracefully: impeached twice. His social trumpet snatched away from him, he holed himself in the White House for his last few days as the 45th one-term US president. Donald Trump did not attend the Inauguration Ceremony, the first time an outgoing president doing […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji I have witnessed many Test victories in my 60 years of match reporting, but the Brisbane see-sawing Test which ended yesterday when India won in the final over as the greatest. I am tempted to write, grammatically incorrect but emotionally accurate, “greatestest”! Call it magical, marvelous or magnificent, it was fantastic. I […]
University of South Australia (UniSA) scientists have developed the world’s first test to accurately predict mood disorders in people, based on the levels of a specific protein found in the brain. Links between low levels of mature brain-derived neurotrophic factor (mBDNF) and depression are well known but, until now, it hasn’t been possible to distinguish […]
Professor John Shine, world-renowned biochemist and President of the Australian Academy of Science, clears some of the confusion to do with Covid-19 vaccine: On the goal of the vaccines: “With these first-generation vaccines, the whole attempt was to provide reduction in the seriousness of the disease, to keep the hospital systems from being overloaded, to […]
“It is harder to become a teacher than a doctor if you have overseas qualifications” Sydney Institute for Community Languages Education (SICLE) has developed and initiated programs for some 2,000 professionals with overseas qualifications to help them become accredited in Australian schools. Sixty have already begun Master of Teaching programs that will see them work […]
Book Review by Kersi Meher-Homji India’s 71-year Test ”“ The journey to triumph in Australia by R Kaushik. Foreword by Ravi Shastri. Churchill Press, Australia, 2020. 196 pages. Price: A$ 60.00. The coffee-table book is a magnificent presentation with eye-catching colour pictures, brilliant match reports and player profiles, memorable scoreboard photos and comprehensive statistics. The […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji I have never missed a Sydney Test since 1970. I cannot wait to watch the current one about to start on Thursday. They have produced drama, controversies and brilliant batting especially by maestro Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman. The “monkeygate bollyline” Sydney Test involving Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds in January 2008 […]