precincts are the bustling social and economic hubs of our diversity. The Budget provides $11 million over four years to maintain or build community infrastructure and to enhance cultural precincts including establishing Victoria’s first Indian precinct. Addressing family violence has been a key priority for the Andrews Labor Government. A commitment of $2 million over […]
Life had been slowly going downhill for 36-year-old car mechanic Cyril Joseph ever since he was diagnosed with ashtma five years ago. Inhaling toxic exhaust fumes all day long was an occupational hazard he couldn’t prevent while the expensive medication hardly provided any relief and instead burnt a hole in his pocket. However, it was […]
Mumbai’s Saatvik food restaurant Sanskriti has broken the Guinness World Record for the largest imarti (a sweetmeat) in the world. It has also surpassed the Limca Book of Records. With support from celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor, Sanskriti broke the Guinness World Record for the largest imarti in the world on May 2 in the Indian […]
Actress Priyanka Chopra says her film “Mary Kom” is piece of her heart and she thanks friends and family for making it a successful venture. “Mary Kom” won the Best Popular Film at the 62nd National Film Awards presented by President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday. The actress took to her micro-blogging website Twitter to share […]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday flagged off 30 trucks carrying relief material for quake-hit Nepal. The Trinamool Congress leader was at Pani Tanki check post at the border to oversee the passage of trucks carrying water, medicines, dry and packaged food as well as tarpaulins, the party said. Nepal was hit by […]
Odisha plans to go in for online marketing of milk and milk products prepared by the Orissa State Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation Limited (OMFED), an official said on Monday. The government has advised the state agency OMFED to introduce online ordering of milk and milk products for delivery at the doorsteps of consumers in the […]
A baby girl born soon after her mother was rescued was among a record 6,551 migrants rescued over the weekend in the Mediterranean in 34 separate operations, the Italian Coast Guard said on Monday. An Italian navy vessel plucked the mother from waters in the Strait of Sicily and her baby girl was safely delivered […]
On a highway winding towards Kathmandu, there is a mad scramble to get relief material from a vehicle parked on the roadside here. Some have walked for a day to reach the spot and it is a long way back home. More than a week after the devastating temblor in Nepal, the roads and highways […]
The Chinese are taking to yoga in a big way, if what their officials here say are an indication. Of late, yoga has been gaining ground in China despite its traditional tai chi fitness practice. Even First Lady Peng Liyuan is said to be learning and practising yoga. More and more officials and their families […]
A benchmark index for Indian equities, the sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange, closed 479.28 points, or 1.77 percent, up on Monday after the passage of the Finance Bill 2015-16 in the Lok Sabha. The 30-share Sensex, which opened at 27,204.63 points, closed at 27,490.59 points — up 479.28 points, or 1.77 percent, […]