New Requirements for Partner Visa Applicants

New Requirements for Partner Visa Applicants

Government is introducing new requirements for partner visa applicants and their permanent resident sponsors to make reasonable efforts to learn English. English is national language and is critical to getting a job, fully participating in our democracy and for social cohesion. Only 13 per cent of those with no English skills are in work compared […]

Australia’s Permanent Migration Program for 2020-21

Australia’s Permanent Migration Program for 2020-21

Government is focusing Australia’s permanent Migration Program for 2020-21 on supporting our economic recovery, growing Australian businesses and creating jobs for Australians. The permanent Migration Program will remain at a cap of 160,000 places for 2020-21, with planning levels of 79,600 places allocated in the Skill stream and 77,300 places in the Family stream. Child […]

Festive Special: हरसिंगार और कास के फूलों के बीच तानाचोक (तनी हुई आंखें) देवी की उपासना

Festive Special: हरसिंगार और कास के फूलों के बीच तानाचोक (तनी हुई आंखें) देवी की उपासना

लेखक – राकेश पुरोहितवार सुबह जगी तो आंगन में हरसिंगार के फूल सतरंगी चादर की तरह बिछे थे। खिड़की से झांक कर देखी तो सूरज की पहली किरण धान खेत किनारे उगे कास की सफेद फूलों पर पड़ रहे थे। यह देख सहसा अहसास हुआ कि “पूजो’ (दुर्गा पूजा) नज़दीक है। बोड़ो मां (बड़ी चाची) […]

तैयारी त्यौहार की – Here’s bringing a truckload of authentic recipes to Relish, Savour and Indulge in – this festive season!

तैयारी त्यौहार की – Here’s bringing a truckload of authentic recipes to Relish, Savour and Indulge in – this festive season!

This festival try authentic recipes from different Indian states, shared by beautiful queens of the kitchen. Hope you Enjoy! Haryana special by Madhvi Mohindra Whole Wheat Jaggery (Gud) Malpua is an authentic Indian dessert from the state of Haryana in India. You can call it sweetened pancakes that are made without eggs, processed sugar, or […]

Durga Puja- amidst dhol, dhak, dhunuchi and devotion

Durga Puja- amidst dhol, dhak, dhunuchi and devotion

By Nidhi Kumari It is said that Maa Durga visits her maternal home with her sons – Ganesh and Karthik along with her sisters – Lakshmi and Saraswati during Durga Puja which runs collateral to Navratra. The deities are welcomed by the devotees amidst the sound of dhol, dhaak, dhunichi, dance, and a desire in […]

5 Gandhian messages to reactivate today’s overwhelmed world

5 Gandhian messages to reactivate today’s overwhelmed world

AMAZING HUMANITY- ‘Being the Change’ in the time of Covid-19. By Margaret Hepworth Messages of Ahimsa, Yindyamarra and Ubuntu are floating their way into classrooms in Melbourne, in China, India and Indonesia. In a COVID-19 lockdowned world, zoom has become my instrument of teaching. The threads of Ahimsa, a Sanskrit word meaning respect for all […]