Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Mr. Chris Bowen and the Minister for Sport and Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Ms Kate Lundy who visited India early this week had fruitful discussions with Indian Ministers on issues of skilled migration, Indian students’ issues and visas, multiculturalism, sport, prospective marriage visas. Here are the excerpts form a joint [...]
By Sheridan Rogers: Packed with delicious easy to follow recipes for edible gifts covering Mother’s Day, Christmas, Easter, Father’s Day, birthday parties and everything in between, A Sweet Little Book is a must have in your kitchen. Recipes include tempting treats such as luscious marshmallows, chilli chocolate truffles, cake pops, candied popcorn balls and ever [...]
By Asha Chand: Fiji born Rooty Hill based businesswoman Anita Kumar has reached out to women from Fiji who are cooking up a storm in Sydney with their pickles and chutneys. Kumar’s Fiji Island Supermarket on 63 Rooty Hill North Road, Rooty Hill, has become the supply chain for the pickles made by Foundation for [...]
Stockton City Council in California (USA) will reportedly have its first Hindu invocation on July 10, which is nearly 162 years since the city was incorporated. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will deliver invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before the City Council. After Sanskrit delivery, he then will read the English translation of the prayer. [...]
PUNE: Putting to rest all speculation about his joining politics following his nomination to the Rajya Sabha, Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday said he was not quitting cricket to join politics and will always remain a sportsman, reports The Times of India. Speaking for the first time after he was nominated for a Rajya Sabha seat, [...]
WASHINGTON: Hundreds of internal al-Qaida documents embedded inside a pornographic movie on a memory disk have revealed plots of carrying out attacks in Europe similar to the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, reports IANS. Terrorist training manuals in PDF format in German, English and Arabic were among the documents found, according to intelligence sources cited by [...]
WASHINGTON: The Sikh Coalition, a US based community group, has launched FlyRights, an innovative mobile application that allows users to report instances of airport profiling in real time. Reports filed through the FlyRights app will be considered official, actionable complaints by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the group said. [...]
WASHINGTON: Indian American journalist Manu Raju was among the White House Correspondents journalism award winners for 2012 honoured at the association’s traditional annual dinner with President Barack Obama. Raju, 32, along with colleagues Glenn Thrush, Carrie Budoff Brown and John Bresnahan at Politco, an influential Washington news site focusing on presidential politics, was named the [...]
GHAZIABAD: Dentist Nupur Talwar, the mother of murdered teenager Aarushi, would have to spend another night in jail with a special court here reserving till Wednesday its order on her bail plea. The special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court heard arguments from Nupur Talwar’s lawyer and those of the CBI on her bail plea [...]
Forget dining at the top of the Eiffel Tower, and cancel your booking at El Bulli – Sydney’s ethnic eat streets offer a world of dining delights which could be worth millions to the NSW economy. That’s the message from Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello who has asked the Community Relations Commission to [...]
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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 [...]