By Vijay Badhwar Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, took his detractors by surprise by successfully holding a meeting on June 24, without agenda, to break ice with 14 Jammu & Kashmir leaders, many among them who had been held in virtual house arrest for significant times since Article 370 was abrogated on August 5, 2019. […]
27.6.2021. NSW Health has been notified of a number of new venues of concern across Sydney visited by confirmed cases of COVID”‘19. Anyone who attended the following venues at the times listed is a close contact and must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result, and call 1800 943 553 unless […]
The Government of lndia has launched the “Global Pravasi Rishta Portal ” as a dynamic portal to establish an effective communication channel to connect with the Indian diaspora worldwide. The portal would enable communication with diaspora on a real-rime basis. The portal has been created to enable the registration of Indian diaspora members i.e. NRIs, […]
To protect the people of NSW from the evolving COVID-19 outbreak, new restrictions have been introduced for Greater Sydney since yesterday (23/06/21) 4pm, for one week. Following updated health advice from the Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant about the growing risk to the community, the following restrictions have been introduced yesterday for Greater Sydney, […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji India’s lower order batsmen threw away their wickets in a hurry to lose an exciting Test. Where was the hurry? Captain Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri should have advised Rishabh Pant and Ravi Ashwin to slow down and not go gung ho and bat as if playing in a T20 match. […]
The New South Wales Government has made a significant re-commitment ($10.18m) to the teaching of community languages across the state. In a video message to the Annual Gala Dinner of the NSW Federation of Community Language Schools, the Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, said she was incredibly proud of the teachers, the volunteers, the parents and students […]
The 68th”¯Sydney Film Festival announced a sneak peek of 22 new films to be featured in this year’s 18-29 August 2021 event. The announcement is in advance of the full program launch on Wednesday 21 July. “With this first look at our 2021 program we invite audiences back into cinemas to explore our times through film,” said Sydney Film Festival Director Nashen Moodley. “The […]
By Neena Badhwar A Domestic and Family Violence Awareness Evening was organised together by Harman Foundation in partnership with Multicultural Health Services, Western Sydney (MHSWS) at NSW Parliament House on June 9, 2021. The evening was attended by Kevin Conolly MP, Member for Riverstone; Jodi McKay, Labor MP Strathfield; Gurumesh Singh, Liberal MP Woolgoolga; Dr.Geoff […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji The inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) starts this Friday between India and New Zealand at Southampton in England. It is a five day Test with a difference. The winner will decide the world champion in Test cricket. India finished on top of the WTC ladder, going by the results of Test matches […]
By Neeru Saluja When two poetic musical souls unite to celebrate love, solace and relationships, the music created has to be rich and aesthetic. Meet husband and wife duo – guitarist/composer Gavin Libotte and multilingual Indian singer/songwriter Niyati Libotte from Sydney’s pop band Goldfynch, who navigate the complexities of human nature to find love and wisdom in their newly […]