For nearly ten months, the state of Victoria has been blighted by something called ‘COVID-19”. The main manifestation of this has been in the form of a rise in oppressive state power resulting in the closure of businesses and schools, the restriction on free movement of individuals particularly in metropolitanRead More →
It is not only the media, TV channels in particular which can be accused of using inappropriate or intemperate language which contributes to the vitiation of intelligent dialogue in a democracy. Now the offices of the Governors and Chief Ministers can be included in the list of those who willRead More →
Researchers and graduate teachers from Monash University’s Faculty of Education have come together to address the challenges the education sector faces in providing a quality, inclusive learning environment for students across Victoria during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. As Victorian schools, teachers and students adapt to the pressures of Stage 4Read More →
The World rankings of universities and other educational institutions for 2021 have been released by the Times Higher Education. The University of Melbourne (UoM) has gone up one place and moved to the 31st spot in the world overall and has maintained its top spot in Australia. The second oldestRead More →
Monash University has surged 11 places to rank equal 64th globally and earn a place in the Australian top five after a best-ever result in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings (WUR) 2021. Monash climbed one place to rank fifth nationally after recording its strongest-ever result in theRead More →
Millions of fans of Sushant Singh Rajput or SSR felt very relieved last week when on Wednesday, 5 August they heard Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta telling the Supreme Court of India of the Centre government’s decision to order CBI inquiry into Sushant’s death. It was the day RheaRead More →
First it was our Prime Minister Scott Morrison who made the call for an investigation into the origins of COVID-19. It invited a deluge of Chinese wrath. Now the former Prime Minister Julia Gillard has also come out and backed the call asking for an investigation into the origins ofRead More →
Tuesday, 10 March 2020: COVID-19 or coronavirus is continuing to disrupt life all over the world. It is causing school closures and is particularly upsetting to see many educational institutions being told to close. A school in Sydney last week had to temporarily close. Also, the state government has cancelledRead More →
Finally called ‘Namaste Trump’, the event was originally going to be called ‘Kem Chho Trump’. Perhaps there were budgetary issues cropping up and calculated at INR 125 – 180 crore priced event, it would have been a burden solely on Gujarat government to foot the entire bill. Or else ModiRead More →
I cannot quite comprehend the invite going to Ramchandra Guha for the Kerala Literature Festival (KLF 2020) of which the declared focus theme is environment and climate change. Nevertheless, his skill of grabbing the national headlines by criticizing Rahul Gandhi’s election from Wayanad last year is an obvious and theRead More →