On 19 February, a judge of the Madras High Court Justice GR Swaminathan delivered a unique judgment which portrays the beauty of the Indian constitution and how pluralistic, multicultural and multi-religious communities of India live together happily and in peace. The case pertained to the death of a Balasubramanian (Bala)Read More →
The Jammu and Kashmir Study Centre UK (JKSC UK), a think-tank dedicated to J&K research, organized an event to mark the “Sankalp Divas” at the UK parliament. Sankalp Divas or February 22, 1994 is the day when both houses of Indian parliament unanimously pledged India’s unwavering stance that the entireRead More →
Women from migrant and refugee backgrounds are learning how to drive with lessons in their own language thanks to a program supported by the Allan Labor Government. Minister for Women Natalie Hutchins today met participants of Carringbush Adult Education’s Women Behind the Wheel program, which received funding through the Investing inRead More →
Penalties to increase from $187,800 to $939,000 The Albanese Government is introducing new legislation to tackle unscrupulous and non-genuine providers and improve the integrity of the nation’s vocational education and training (VET) sector. The National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Amendment (Strengthening Quality and Integrity in Vocational Education and Training No.Read More →
The Australian Human Rights Commission welcomes the appointment of Giridharan Sivaraman as the new Race Discrimination Commissioner. “We are very excited by this appointment. On behalf of the Commission, I would like to warmly welcome Giridharan Sivaraman to the role of Race Discrimination Commissioner,” said Commission President, Emeritus Professor RosalindRead More →
The Labor party in Western Australia (WA) has chosen Indian-origin barrister Varun Ghosh as its senator in Canberra to fill the vacancy created by the resignation in December by Senator Pat Dodson who retired on Australia Day 2024. On February 1, the WA Labour Party officially confirmed him as theirRead More →
Victorian homebuyers continue to be let down with revelations dozens of clients of the recently collapsed Montego Homes have been left stranded without compulsory domestic building insurance (DBI). Nearly a year since the collapse of Porter Davis (in March 2023) revealed widespread non-compliance with Victoria’s DBI requirements, the same practiceRead More →
Following on from the changes announced in December (11 December 2023), Australia is continuing to implement stringent visa policies for international students, making it more onerous for Indian students to come to Australia to study down under. The government had announced bringing migration back down to sustainable, normal levels asRead More →
Researchers have grown tumours in the lab to accurately predict what drugs will work for people with bowel cancer – before they begin treatment. The world-first study led by WEHI found drug testing on tumour organoids – 3D cancer models grown from a patient’s own tissue – could show howRead More →
India’s parliament was attacked by terrorist gunmen on December 13, 2001 killing more than a dozen people. The terror outfits reared by Pakistan were behind that attack. Sikhs for Justice leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannu had been issuing public threats that the Indian parliament would be attacked this year. And exactlyRead More →