THE Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC) acts as a conduit for communication between the community and the Government, and provides advice to the Government on multicultural affairs in Victoria. The VMC’s objectives and functions are set out in the Multicultural Victoria Act 2011. Objectives of the VMC include: promoting full participation by Victoria’s diverse communities in […]
The Australian Embassy in Nepal is providing assistance to Australians and has confirmed the safety of over 200. There are 549 Australians registered as travelling in Nepal and officials are working under challenging conditions to locate all those in the country. While there are reports of extensive loss of life, at this point […]
Around 250 Indians are being evacuated from Nepal on Saturday night after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit the Himalayan nation claiming over 1,000 lives. “We are sending around 250 Indians by one one plane tonight,” India’s ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae told IANS over phone on Saturday. “The toll in Nepal has crossed 1,000 now,” he […]
China’s ministry of civil affairs (MCA) and the National Commission for Disaster Reduction on Saturday evening issued a level-IV emergency response to the earthquake in Tibet that measured 5.9 on the Richter scale. The quake struck Dingri county in southwest China’s Tibet region at 5:17 p.m. Saturday following strong earthquakes in neighbouring Nepal, the China […]
Thousands of people in Kathmandu and elsewhere in Nepal slept out in the open, fearful of powerful aftershocks following a massive earthquake that measured 7.9 on the Richter scale, eyewitnesses said. The main earthquake struck at 34 km east-southeast of Lamjung, Nepal at 06:11:26 (11.41 a.m. India time). Here is a list of aftershocks which […]
A total of 10 people, including foreign climbers, were reportedly killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest which was triggered by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday, a Nepal tourism ministry official said. However, BBC quoted officials and reports as saying that the avalanche on Mount Everest killed at least eight people, […]
Hina Khwaja Bayat, considered one of the pillars of the Pakistani entertainment industry, feels there is a preconceived notion about her country worldwide, and hopes that India and Pakistan soon learn to live like “good neighbours”. During her 20 years in the media industry, she pioneered ground-breaking shows like “Baatain Mulaqaatain”, “Uljhan Suljhan” and “Geo […]
Rape is the fastest-growing crime among juveniles; 86 percent of teens arrested for various crimes come from poor families, only six percent were homeless and less than six percent were girls, crime data for the last 10 years reveals. Arrests of juveniles in the 16-18 age-group increased 60 percent from 2003 to 2013, the highest […]
The United Nation Children’s Fund (Unicef) reported on Friday that at least 115 children had lost their lives in Yemen since March 26, with some 172 children injured as a result of the ongoing conflict. According to the organisation, 64 of these children were killed in aerial bombardments, 26 by mines, 19 by gunshots, three […]
An overall strict bowling performance from the Royals Challengers Bangalore (RCB) helped them restrict IPL table-toppers Rajasthan Royals to only 130/9 from 20 overs at the Sardar Patel Stadium here on Friday. Royal Challengers skipper Virat Kohli opted to field and utilised his bowlers to the optimum. The bowlers, spinners and pacers alike, backed their […]