Minister for Women Pru Goward and Member for Oatley, Mr Mark Coure MP, today announced the NSW Government has awarded a grant to the St George region to help raise awareness about the impact of domestic violence. A grant of $1000 has been awarded to the St George Domestic Violence Committee to develop domestic and […]
Minister for Women Pru Goward today announced the opening of NSW’s first telephone counselling and referral service for men. The Men’s Referral Service offers an anonymous and confidential counselling service to men 24 hours a day, seven days a week. “A core part of the NSW Government’s plan to prevent domestic violence is to educate […]
New Delhi, Nov 19 Kala cotton, a rare species indigenous to the arid region of Kutch, was left in a forlorn state for financially better option of genetically-modified cotton varieties. But a British-based research project has helped in reviving this traditional craft, renewed the livelihood of many families and promises to make it global. To […]
Kolkata, Nov 21 “Contemporary black-and-white cinema…why not?” exclaim a clutch of international filmmakers who have opted to make their feature film debuts with black-and-white cinema that exquisitely weaves in light and shadow effects to create magic from monochrome. Brazil’s Eduardo Nunes and Poland’s Rafael Stemplewski’s maiden productions had their Indian premiere recently as part of […]
Mandavgan Farata (Maharashtra), Nov 22 The increasing health hazards owing to the high nitrate content in the waters of the Bhima river in the flourishing sugarcane growing area here had left most of the 20,000 Mandavgan Farata villagers in Maharashtra’s Pune district desperate for a cure. When the villagers were given the option to install […]
Supposing Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit wins a fourth term, why would she not then be the Congress party’s prime ministerial candidate? Delhi is one of the nation’s most complicated states with multiple authorities always eager to take credit and pass on the blame, an alert and complaining middle class like the null point in […]
IANS explains the salient points of the Vishakha judgment, that has been often quoted in the last few days, in the context of the latest sexual harassment case to hit the headlines: Question: What is the Vishakha judgment? Answer: The Vishakha judgment by the Supreme Court laid down the guidelines for employers for dealing with […]
mu (Rajasthan), Oct 12 (IANS) A fortified palace whose history stretches over 300 years in this Rajasthan town is fast turning into a Bollywood destination for filmmakers eager to showcase the rich splendour of a bygone era. Be it “Bhool Bhulaiyaa” in which Vidya Balan played with aplomb a woman with a split personality or “Bol […]
This is an important warning. NEVER speak while travelling. You may die of a misunderstanding. I guarantee that if you say “Good morning” with the wrong tone, it will actually mean “Kill me now” in at least one Chinese dialect. Consider this. I used to speak basic Cantonese but gave it up one night after […]