India has raised the issue of atrocities on Baloch people by Pakistani machinery Geneva, September 26: Baloch leaders along with Ryszard Czarnecki, Vice President of the European Parliament and Canada-based Executive Director of Baluch House, Tarek Fateh, participated in a candle-light vigil outside the UNHRC in Geneva, Friday, in memoryRead More →
Ahead of the commencement of VCE exams on 18 October 2016, Professor Justin Beilby, Vice Chancellor, Torrens University Australia provides some tips to ace it. Top five tips for exam success and how to remain calm and focused in order to succeed. Know your learning style There are 7 differentRead More →
Melbourne, September 14: Narre Warren South resident, Vaiga Karthik, 4, emerged as the People’s Choice winner in the inaugural SBS National Languages Competition. Nearly 20,000 students aged 4 to18 years, entered the nationwide competition –themed ‘what does learning language mean to you?’ The inaugural 2016 SBS National Languages Competition aimedRead More →
Melbourne, September 11: John Howard addressing National Press Club in Canberra was more than mundane politics. Australia’s second-longest-serving prime minister at his appearance to celebrate his forthcoming ABC documentary on Robert Menzies, was thrown a question of ‘under-representation of women in the Liberal parliamentary ranks’ – a long held beliefRead More →
Free speech debate should be a question on policies rather than fib-filled spin doctoring and demagoguery of 18C writes Dinesh Malhotra Melbourne, September 5: “What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist,” said Salman Rushdie. And the protagonists of ‘Kill 18C’ in Australia seem toRead More →
Australia’s political history has lessons on the consequences of Plebiscites, writes Dr Economou. Thanks to the awful reality that very few people study either Australian history or Australian politics any more, the lessons that the past might teach today’s politicians about the consequences of their actions are just not beingRead More →
Chennai, Sep 7: India’s men’s team can end up on the World Chess Olympiad podium at the end of the 11th round if it continues to maintain its current performance — winning each round even with a slender margin, said chess experts. India is one of the joint leaders inRead More →
Melbourne, September 5: The new advertisement copy for Australian lamb celebrates diversity – swinging from Luke Jacobz to Indian Australian actor Arka Das, of ‘UnIndian’ fame, in the supporting lead role of TK. “Too many perky white males are contributing to a lack of diversity on our screens”, says Jacobz before disappearing andRead More →
Hoppers Crossing, August 30: The Grange P-12 College in Melbourne’s west is the second mainstream school in Victoria to introduce Hindi as a language subject in its curriculum. Hindi was introduced this year at the primary campus of the College beginning from P-2 grade levels, which is expected to beRead More →
Melbourne, August 31: Secondary school teacher, Manu Chopra, who taught Mathematics at McKinnon Secondary College, in Melbourne’s East; has accused his former colleagues of racial discrimination alleging they referred to him as a “brown-skinned man”. He was allegedly told he made the staff room look like “Angelina Jolie’s family”. HeRead More →