Support is available from Services Australia in Greater Sydney and surrounding NSW, with claims for COVID-19 disaster payments opening tomorrow (Sunday 18 July).These payments will support everyone impacted by today’s further restrictions, particularly the retail and construction industries. Eligible people will be able to get $600 per week if they have lost 20 or more […]
The following changes come into effect across Greater Sydney including the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour until 11.59pm on Friday, 30 July: From 11.59pm on Saturday, 17 July: Retail premises will be required to close (‘click and collect’, takeaway and home delivery can still operate), except the following can remain open: Supermarkets and […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate the India’s first redeveloped railway station at Gujarat’s capital Gandhinagar on Friday. The redeveloped railway station hosts a number of world-class facilities including the first-of-its-kind 5-star hotel built over the railway tracks, officials said here on Wednesday. “Gujarat capital, Gandhinagar has the country’s first redeveloped railway station. The […]
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 […]
The NSW Government will enhance its contribution to the Federal Government’s vaccine rollout to ensure maximum uptake both now, and as more supplies arrive. Teachers and aged care workers in the Fairfield, Canterbury Bankstown and Liverpool local government areas where there is greater concern of COVID-19 transmission, vaccine with be given on priority. A vaccine […]
Micro-blogging platform Twitter filed its first grievance redressal report as required under India’s new IT norms, wherein the company said that it has suspended 22,564 accounts for “child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity” and “promotion of terrorism”. It also said that it has acted against 133 posts over several reasons including harassment and privacy infringement. […]
From today the use of the NSW Government’s COVID-Safe Check-In will be mandatory at most workplaces and retail businesses in the State. Check-in information from these additional venues is critical to support the work of NSW Health contact tracing teams in the fight against the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19. The expanded check-in rules […]
WhatsApp on Friday accepted that “the government is the administrator” in its case and informed the Delhi High Court that it will put its privacy policy update “on hold” until the Data Protection Bill came into force. This is a significant development after the new Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw made it crystal clear within […]
US President Joe Biden has nominated Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, his close political ally and a former Navy intelligence officer with Indo-Pacific experience, to be the ambassador to India. The White House also announced on Friday that Biden was nominating a career diplomat, Peter Haas, as the ambassador to Bangladesh. Both of them will […]
The COVID-19 Disaster Payment is available for people that live or work in parts of Sydney, Wollongong, Blue Mountains and Central Coast that have been in lockdown for more than 7 days. The payment is available for people that have lost work and income due to the restrictions that are in place. A second payment […]