Across Switzerland, travellers can experience different chocolate tasting tours in Zurich, Bern and Basel By Puja Gupta Did you know that your favourite chocolate brands like Nestle, Lindt, Toblerone are all Swiss? Chocolates from this beautifully diverse country are famous across the world for a few reasons. Here they are: Sweet History The nation has […]
Tokyo India fought back brilliantly from a two-goal deficit to beat Germany 5-4 in a high-intensity goal-fest to win bronze, the country’s first medal in men’s hockey at the Olympics after a gap of 41 years. It was a dream come true for billions of hockey fans as India came back from 1-3 down to […]
By Puja Gupta Bollywood director Karan Johar has donned a never seen avatar as he collaborates with stand-up comedian Zakir Khan and swap roles with him for an ad campaign. In an interview Karan says “I think people actually underestimate the power of stand-up comedy and also the ability to do it”. Read the full […]
Tokyo Although they failed to qualify for the 12-team final in artistic swimming, finishing 15th among 21 teams, Israeli duet Eden Blecher and Shelly Bobritsky managed to create more waves than any other duet. The reason: They performed to ‘Aaja Nachle’, a Bollywood song. The Indian twitteratti went crazy, some expressing gratitude, over the performance […]
When Sarah Todd, fashion model-turned-restaurateur, made ‘aloo-gobhi’ on the sets of MasterChef Australia in 2014, it made headlines because Indian food was then still a novelty Down Under. With Justin Narayan, an Australian youth pastor of Fiji Indian origin, becoming the second person of Indian descent to win MasterChef Australia, wowing the judges with his […]
This month will be crucial mainly for the sign of Virgo and Libra August 22nd – Full Moon in Aquarius (Sun in Leo opposite Moon in Aquarius) The Sun in Leo,Venus in Virgo,Mercury in Leo,Mars in Virgo ARIES ~(MARCH 21-APRIL 20 ) FIRE SIGN ~Inner strength, spontaneous energy Aries has natural leadership skills, and they […]
More than 150 multicultural community organisations will share in almost $750,000 in emergency funding for grassroots projects to support vulnerable members of the community impacted by the current COVID-19 outbreak. Minister for Multiculturalism Natalie Ward said the Stronger Together Grants Program supports urgent relief projects by providing assistance for food, transport, mental health support and […]
Almost eight months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina reopened the Haldibari-Chilahati rail link, both the countries have started regular operation of freight trains through the restored rail route after a span of more than 50 years, officials said on Monday. A railway ministry spokesperson said that with the joint […]
Construction will resume in Greater Sydney including the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour this week with new COVID protocols to be introduced to keep workers and worksites safe. Construction will resume on Saturday, 31 July, with safety measures such as controls on movements between sites, reduced contact between workers within sites, improved tracing […]
Enhanced police powers and tighter new rules will spearhead the enforcement response launched against the few people who refuse to do the right thing during a global pandemic. A new high-visibility policing operation has been launched to assist the state’s health strategy to tackle the further spread of the COVID-19 Delta strain. Thousands of police […]