Government welcomes IBAC’s report

Government welcomes IBAC’s report

The Government welcomes IBAC’s report on its first full year of operations. The report demonstrates the valuable work being undertaken by IBAC. The report shows the importance of Victoria having an independent, broad-based anti-corruption commission with strong powers to investigate serious corruption, which the Coalition Government has established after Labor failed to do so during […]

Babies are biased?!

Babies are biased?!

Have you ever looked at the little cute babies with sparkling eyes be biased? It has been stated according to a study that, the innocent infants choose their playmates carefully and they are not immune from ‘in-group’ bias, favouring people from same ethnicity over others. The infants have been seen taking in account both the […]

“I discovered a friend and a great actor in Alia”- ArjunKapoor

“I discovered a friend and a great actor in Alia”- ArjunKapoor

Compiled bySwatiMisra With the much-hyped ArjunKapoor and Alia Bhatt starrer ‘2 STATES’ releasing this week, there is a lot of speculations going in and around this film. The North meets South love story directed by Abhishekvarman, has ArjunKapoor playing KrishMalhotra and Alia Bhatt as AnanyaSwaminathan. 2 States is a love story between two individuals from […]

Manmohan Singh: A good man let down by the party

Manmohan Singh: A good man let down by the   party

I have an abiding memory of Manmohan Singh. It goes far back to the days when he was not the prime minister, not even the finance minister, when in the early ’90s he took transformational steps to open up and liberalise a collapsing Indian economy and got his name etched in the history of global […]

A Pakistan where people want Modi as PM

A Pakistan where people want Modi as PM

 It’s true. People of this Pakistan want Narendra Modi to become prime minister of India. More than 250 residents, including over 100 voters of a village called “Pakistan” in Bihar’s Purnea district, are set to vote for the BJP to help Modi to fulfil his dream. “We want Narendra Modi to become PM,” said Hira […]

Plants that can detect chemical explosives!

Plants that can detect chemical explosives!

One has known the plants for majorly two things; oxygen and greenery. But think if these plants could detect explosions through chemical and pollution? Amazing isn’t it? Researchers have been successful in increasing their light-capturing ability by 30 percent. By embedding tiny structures called carbon nanotubes into chloroplasts — the energy factories inside plant cells […]

A slice of political campaigning in Chandni Chowk

A slice of political campaigning in Chandni  Chowk

Shweta Sharma It was a hot, humid morning in old Delhi’s ChandniChowk area which was already humming with activity — and awaiting a politically tumultuous day ahead with balloting just a week away. ChandniChowk, the old “silver street” of the Mughal era that leads down from the majestic Red Fort and is now a centre […]

IFFM Photos part ,Celebrating the excellence of Indian Film Industry in Melbourne

IFFM Photos part ,Celebrating the excellence of Indian Film Industry in Melbourne

Isha Sahni The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), the southern hemisphere’s greatest annual celebration of Indian cinema will take place in the month of May. The festival this year will be exploring the richness of contemporary Indian cinema across four program streams, with films spanning Bollywood to art house and the subcontinent, as well as establishing an […]

Slavery: A Truth in India?

Slavery: A Truth in India?

Isha Shahni The Global Slavery Index 2013, compiled by non-profit Walk Free Foundation, presents quite a dismal picture about a reality in India: Modern slavery. It estimates that 13.3 million to 14.7 million people are enslaved in India, exhibiting the full spectrum of such rights violations. It is scary, heart-rending, exposes our underbelly and gives […]

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