COVID-19 NSW Business Support Grant Open

COVID-19 NSW Business Support Grant Open

From tomorrow, eligible NSW businesses, sole traders and not-for-profit organisations will be able to apply for up to $15,000 from the first of the NSW Government’s economic support packages: The 2021 COVID-19 Business Support Grant. Applications for the second tranche of assistance, which includes the Micro Business Support Grants and the JobSaver program, will open […]

Update on COVID-19 Disaster Payments for NSW

Update on COVID-19 Disaster Payments for NSW

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 […]

Everything You Need to Know about NSW’s New COVID-19 Restrictions

Everything You Need to Know about NSW’s New COVID-19 Restrictions

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 […]

Redeveloped Gandhinagar Railway Station To Be Inaugurated On Friday

Redeveloped Gandhinagar Railway Station To Be Inaugurated On Friday

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 […]

Indian Flavours Infuse MasterChef Australia Season 13 Finale

Indian Flavours Infuse MasterChef Australia Season 13 Finale

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 […]

New phase of the vaccine rollout in NSW

New phase of the vaccine rollout in NSW

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 […]

Twitter Suspended over 22,500 Accounts Under India’s new IT norms

Twitter Suspended over 22,500 Accounts Under India’s new IT norms

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. […]

COVID-SAFE Check-In Mandate Takes Effect Today in NSW

COVID-SAFE Check-In Mandate Takes Effect Today in NSW

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 Toes Indian Govt’s line, Tells Delhi High Court Won’t Enforce Privacy Policy

WhatsApp Toes Indian Govt’s line, Tells Delhi High Court Won’t Enforce Privacy Policy

 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 […]