After smoggy, sooty Delhi, the crisp air at Bhutan’s Paro airport is unmistakable and, descending after a three-hour flight, the first instinctive reaction is to breathe in a lung-full of the clean, soft and scented air. A light drizzle only adds to the magical feeling of landing in the Land of the Thunder Dragon. The […]
Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli today encouraged high achieving HSC students to consider a career in teaching. From 2016, aspiring teachers will need to achieve a minimum of three band 5 HSC results, including one in English, to study an accredited undergraduate teaching degree in NSW. More than 69,000 NSW Year 12 students […]
Women are from Venus, so they say. And Venus is also linked with love, beauty, luxury and entertainment. Venus or No 6 in Numerology governs those born on the 6th, 15th and 24th as well as those born in the Zodiacal Sign of Taurus and Libra. Speaking of entertainment, most actors in Bollywood or even […]
The much awaited smart phone launches with a bang at the Telstra Icon store in Sydney! The first customer who got the iphone 6s on 25th September at the Telstra store was a young 17 year old boy named Oliver Banks, who was waiting at the store for almost 16 hrs despite the rainy weather. […]
In an indication of its prowess in launching satellites for a fee, India will in all likelihood cross the half century milestone next week as six foreign satellites are scheduled for launch on September 28 at one go, the Indian space agency said on Thursday. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the rocket polar […]
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s reported remark suggesting a review of job and education quotas appears to have proved a blessing in disguise for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his ally Lalu Prasad ahead of Bihar’s assembly elections. RJD and JD-U leaders say that Bhagwat’s statement — later denied — would help the Rashtriya Janata Dal […]
‘Salman Khan’ and ‘Shah Rukh Khan’ are on sale in the goat markets here in Uttar Pradesh where sellers have named goats after the Bollywood stars, hoping to woo customers ahead of Eid on Friday. The simmering rivalry between the two Khans has found its echo in the markets of the state capital where many […]
A BJP leader in Bihar, who was denied a ticket to contest the assembly election, on Thursday marched to the party office along with a group of donkeys, saying those running the show were behaving like asses. Vijay Nath Tiwari was keen to contest the polls from Chanpatia assembly constituency but he was denied a […]
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with US investors, India on Thursday gave a major tax concession to foreign companies that don’t have a permanent set-up in India but operate out of countries with which New Delhi has double tax avoidance treaties. Technically, the ministry of finance has decided to amend the Income Tax […]
An Indian woman from Telangana was among the 717 people killed on Thursday in a horrific Haj stampede in Saudi Arabia, the worst tragedy to hit the world’s holiest Muslim pilgrimage in 25 years. Another Indian, from Lakshadweep, was among the 805 pilgrims injured in the disaster that took place on the first day of […]