Chetan Bhagat has played the role of a dancer, banker, script writer and motivational speaker, but donning the hat of a politician isn’t on his wish list. With eight books and five films in his kitty since he burst into the literary scene in 2004, he now believes that he has a pill to solve […]
Vale Bart Cummings, a giant of Australian Racing. Born in South Australia, Bart dominated racing in Victoria and passed away peacefully in Sydney this morning. Bart’s record in Victoria is unlikely to be matched with a remarkable 12 Melbourne Cups. He also had success in NSW, winning four Golden Slippers amongst his 268 Group One […]
In a move aimed at enhancing the quality of urban life, the government on Thursday unveiled a list of 98 cities in the country for the Smart City Mission. The central government proposes to give financial support to the extent of Rs.48,000 crore to these cities over the next five years, Urban Development Minister M. […]
Environment Minister Mark Speakman has invited community organisations and councils to apply for a share of the NSW Government’s $5.3 million Restoration and Rehabilitation Grants Program. Mr Speakman said the Environmental Trust Grants Program aimed to help community organisations, local councils and other groups run projects that would prevent or reduce environmental degradation at […]
NSW Premier Mike Baird today announced the establishment of Jobs for NSW – an innovative new body to drive the creation of 150,000 new jobs over the next four years and cement NSW as the engine room of the Australian economy. The ground-breaking initiative will be led by the private-sector and work with government […]
N ot long ago, women in some backward blocks of Uttar Pradesh would deliver a child in full public view on the hospital floor. The patients and their attendants would be asked to mop the soiled labour room in the absence of cleaners. This shocking scenario is now changing. Babies are now taking birth on […]
The law and order situation is deteriorating in the national capital, Delhi Police crime figures for the first seven months of 2015 indicate. In fact, the number of cases recorded (106,422) breaks a 15-year record for the months of January to July. But police says the data does not indicate “the city is becoming more […]
An organisation that governs and cares for the transgender community in Malaysia has lodged a police complaint on a hate video that sought physical violence against the community. The Malaysian Tamil Thirunangai Organisation lodged the complaint at the Dang Wangi police station in Kuala Lumpur after a group of Indian-Malaysian transgender women complained about the […]
In a miraculous surgical feat, an Indian-American surgeon has gifted a pair of new ears to an eight-year-old boy in the US, media reported. Elijah Bell, a second-grade student at the Frazer Elementary in Stark county, Ohio, was born with bilateral atresia microtia — a rare birth defect where the outer ears are undeveloped. But […]
A n Indian-American classical dancer is set to perform at a concert in California this weekend to raise funds for a high-poverty elementary school, a media report said. Sharanya Balaji, a 16-year-old senior from Harker school, said she wants to help the Grant Elementary School which lacks basic education facilities, mercurynews.com reported on Friday. “It […]