Surbhi Misra, a student of Hornsby Girls’ High School topped in Accounts in the HSC results declared by the Board of Studies on Tuesday. Vice captain of her Primary School and then of the High School, Surbhi devoted four hours each Tuesday of the week towards her favourite subject. She owes her success to her [...]
Information is power. This was the opening remark by Dr. Yadu Singh, Cardiologist while giving a lecture at the Health summit organised by the Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) in Castle Hill on Sunday last. Dr. Singh apprised the 100-strong audiences of ways to deal with a heart attack or a cardiac [...]
Christmas calls to family and friends overseas will be cheaper with Telstra’s launch of improved International Value Packs. Telstra Consumer Executive Director, Rebekah O’Flaherty, said the reduced international call rates meant calls to overseas landlines and mobile services in more than 70 countries, will cost as little as two cents per minute (plus call connection [...]
Australia, with the much publicised multiculturalism, is miles away from implementing it in true letter and spirit. The communities, especially from the South Asia, are yet to see a Member of Parliament from among them. A classical example of this is Mr. Susai Benjamin of Indian background, who, despite serving the community for the last [...]
New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally and Education Minister, Verity Firth today announced the NSW Government will more than double the funding for Community Language Schools – ensuring the children of migrants retain the language of their parents. It is the most generous support package for Community Language Schools in Australia. There are more than [...]
A leading Indian education provider will invest $45 million to set up a new education campus in western Sydney – creating 150 jobs. The NSW campus will be established by S P Jain Center of Management and will take its first students in 2012. It is expected 50 full-time jobs and 100 part-time jobs will [...]
Popular Hindi poet Rekha Rajvanshi along with Swechchha Kulshreshtha organised on 11th Sep 2010, a Kavi Sammelan in Sydney to celebrate Hindi Diwas. Over 20 poets from Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne participated in this programme. Deputy Consul from Indian Consulate in Sydney,Mr Vivek Kumar inaugurated the Kavi Sammelan by lighting the lamp. Subhash Sharma from [...]
14 December was Hindi Diwas and Bhavan Australia celebrated the day in the New South Wales Parliament by honouring people from the community for their contribution towards the development of Hindi language. Among the persons honoured were Mr. Anuj Kulshreshtha, Editor of the newly launched Hindi online newspaper “Hindi Gaurav” and its patron and noted [...]
It was a great and proud moment for the Indian community, more particularly Indian students, when NSW Minister Eric Roozendaal, MLC, UNSW VC, Professor Frederick G Hilmer AO, and Indian Consul General, Mr Amit Dasgupta unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi at the grounds of University of New South Wales [UNSW], Sydney early this week. The bust is located in front of the [...]
A lone ranger, Anuj Kulshreshtha, translated his burning desire to popularise Hndi among the Indian community in Sydney by launching his first Hindi internet paper Hindi Gaurav in the presence of small but distinguished gathering. Here’s a paper that has a wider agenda of catering to Hindi language needs of all sections of the community. [...]
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Budget Preview: Productivity: Surplus to requirements?
>By Megan Motto, CEO Consult Australia: The pressure on the Federal Budget to deliver a surplus whilst preserving existing services and supporting future productivity is considerable. Slashing bureaucrats’ consulting budgets is often seen as an easy-win to help achieve this balance. In recent weeks, following the election of Campbell Newman, and with a fiscally conservative [...]
Abbot vision for secure borders, cohesive society
As well as an occasion to reflect on the valour and self-sacrifice of Australia’s military personnel, Anzac Day, which we commemorated this past week, should also be a reminder of the role that our country has played in the wider world. Australia is an influential middle power and, whether we quite appreciate it or not, [...]
Bob Carr views a world with ‘overlapped’ cultures
Last month, US soldiers burned copies of the Koran at Bagram air base in Afghanistan. Days later, young people destroyed 238 war graves in Benghazi, Libya.Intentional insult or error of judgement, such acts can look like cultures at war as did the Taliban when it dynamited the Buddhas of Bamiyan, carved in stone 15 centuries [...]
Several Aus & Asian Universities in top 50 world ranking, but none from India
An Opinion by Dr. Yadu Singh: The latest ranking from The Times Higher Education World University ranking in 2012 places Harvard University at number 1, MIT at number 2, Cambridge at number 3 and Stanford at 4. Melbourne University, Australian National University [ANU] and University of Sydney are in the top 50. Many more are [...]
Multiculturalism in Australia: a policy, we can’t do without!
An Opinion By Dr. Yadu Singh: Australia is a great place where one can meet people from all backgrounds, cultures and religions. They can enjoy food from diverse backgrounds-Indian, Chinese, Italian, Sri Lankan, Thai and many more, including, of course, Australian. People can and do enjoy festivals from diverse backgrounds. I myself have participated in [...]