MIGRANT BUS DRIVERS face greater risk including racial abuse and violence from passengers Melbourne, November 16: Unprovoked assaults are becoming a regular feature on public transport in Victoria. According to police reports lodged in the recent past, increasing number of passengers and drivers are being assaulted by other passengers, eitherRead More →
New Delhi, Nov 14: Ace forward Vandana Katariya was on Saturday retained as skipper of the Indian women’s hockey team for the Test series against Australia, to be played in Melbourne from November 23 to 30. Defender Sunita Lakra will be Vandana’s deputy in the 18-member squad announced by HockeyRead More →
Entrants in ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf register worldwide victories, Chawrasia wins Manila Masters 2016. Melbourne, November 14: India’s Shiv Shankar Prasad Chawrasia competing in next week’s ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf continued to shine with victories on three different tours, alongside Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama; and Sweden’s AlexRead More →
Canberra, November 14: The US will take in refugees, currently held in immigrant centres managed by the Australian government in Nauru and Papua New Guinea, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced, Sunday. It remains unknown how many refugees of the 1600 detainees on Manus Island and Nauru, the US will accept.Read More →
Ramachandra Guha’s fear for India’s freedom of expression is half-cooked at best and practically non-existent at its worst, writes Dinesh Malhotra. Speaking at the University of Melbourne’s Asia Link and Australia India Institute (AII) joint lecture “Eight Threats to Freedom of Expression in India”, Guha – eminent historian, biographer andRead More →
Ivan Hinton and Chris Tench were among the first couples in same-sex marriage, in Canberra in 2013 courtesy @ABC (AAP: Alan Porritt) Melbourne, November 8: Anxiety within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community will be a record high today, set to continue for some more time asRead More →
Dandenong, October 15: A concert, organised to raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation, showcased the evolution of Indian women through the eyes of Bollywood – panning from docile and well-mannered Madhubala to exuberant Deepika’s and Alia’s norm-breaking, at The Castle, here. “The concert was a huge success andRead More →
Melbourne, November 5: Masuri, the world’s leading manufacturer of cricket helmets is campaigning for greater usage of StemGuard. StemGuard is one of the most innovative products available for all cricketers and adds an important layer of protection for the head and neck region. “As was stated in the recent findingsRead More →
As the Federal Court threw out Cynthia Prior case of 18C against 3 QUT students, the functionality and authority of 18C has been tested. It actually protects FREE SPEECH, writes Dinesh Malhotra. He writes that Australian Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs, rather, has a lot to answer for thisRead More →
Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull’s decision to dissolve both houses of the Australian parliament and thus precipitate a full Senate election is coming back to haunt his government, writes Dr Nick Economou. In addition to all his other self-inflicted wounds, the sense of crisis enveloping the composition of the Senate followingRead More →