Union Minister of Steel and Mines, Government of India, Mr Narendra Singh Tomar is currently on an official visit to Australia. He arrived in Sydney Monday Aug 31. The visit is a part of ongoing high level exchanges following the visit of Prime Minister Modi to Australia in November 2014 and Prime Minister Abbott to […]
From 1-3 September 2015, I will visit India to advance Australia-India defence cooperation. As part of this visit I will meet with my counterpart, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. I will also call on Prime Minister Modi. Building on the personal relationship of Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Abbott, I am pleased to visit India for […]
Large Air Tanker (LAT) ‘Thor’ has arrived in Sydney ahead of the bushfire season, providing an immediate boost to the state’s firefighting arsenal. Minister for Emergency Services David Elliott, NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons and NSW RFS Deputy Commissioner Rob Rogers viewed a demonstration of the Hercules C130’s water-bombing capabilities […]
About 250 young people from across our state will debate our multicultural society in New South Wales on 9 September at a youth leaders’ day to be held at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. Multicultural NSW’s annual youth forum, called IDEATION 2015, takes the theme I Choose to Be. Participants will have the chance to share […]
New laws banning the sale of electronic cigarettes to children come into effect in NSW today. The Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2008 was amended in June, creating restrictions on the sale to minors, display and advertising of e-cigarettes and e-cigarette accessories. Changes to the Act will be implemented in two stages: · Banning […]
This week Austrade kicks off a month of activities focused on the mining and resources sector. The program commences with the Asia Pacific’s International Mining Exhibition (AIMEX) in Sydney from 1-4 September, followed by Paydirt’s Africa Down Under Conference (2-4 September) in Perth. AIMEX is one of the world’s largest mining exhibitions focusing on the […]
Think of this Rajasthani capital, think of food, and it’s a dead heat between dal bati churma for a meal and pyaz ki kachori or (onion kachori) – a spicy round flattened ball made of refined flour and filled with onions, garlic and potatoes. Soaring onion prices – it sells for around Rs.70 a kilo […]
Nayantara Sahgal, India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s niece, who is known for not holding back any punches, says India is facing the gravest danger to democracy under the current BJP dispensation. “Our country is facing the destruction of the very idea of India as a great, multi-religious, multi-cultural civilization. We are facing the gravest […]
After her wake-up knocks at Mohsin’s (name changed) door in the morning got no response, the worried mother called her husband. The door, locked from inside, was then broken open and the 19-year-old was found dead in the room. The autopsy showed Mohsin had chosen the easy way out of a frustrating life he could […]
Researchers at IIT- Hyderabad (IIT-H) have come up with a cost and time effective method of treating cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in remote areas where tertiary care units are not available. A team of four IIT-H professors have proposed a two-tier-cardiology framework in which electrocardiogram (ECG) records can be transmitted even when available resources such as […]