Dr Surinder Uppal, the winner of LIVERPOOL CITY LOCAL HEALTH BUSINESS AWARD 2013 & 2014 arrived in Australia from New Dehli in 1973, and began working at Canterbury hospital. Three years later he married Sudesh, also an accomplished doctor from Patiala. Together they opened a general practice (GP) surgery in Casula, and have been looking after the health of families for […]
TCF Educating Children is the only registered charity that supports advancing education for the children of Pakistan. The organisation is a volunteer based team that is passionate about the cause and serves as a chapter of “The Citizens Foundation”, one of the largest not for profit organisations running in Pakistan, presently supporting 1000 schools in urban slums and rural […]
Madrid, Oct 3 (IANS) FC Barcelona striker Lionel Messi will have to stand trial on corruption charges after a judge in the Catalan town of Gava rejected the footballer’s appeal against having to appear, it was confirmed Friday. Messi had alleged and had been backed up by the Spanish anti-corruption judge that he had not known […]
Guwahati, Oct 1 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Wednesday urged union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to expedite the process to set up the Brahmaputra River Valley Authority (BRVA) as a long-term mitigation measures for floods on Brahmaputra and Barak river basins. “Flood causes a temporary setback but erosion causes permanent damage. So far four lakh […]
Santiago, Sep 30 (IANS/EFE) A 23-year-old Chilean man died after two years in a persistent vegetative state as a result of being shot in the head unintentionally by a law enforcement officer during a student protest in October 2012, his family said Monday. Angelo Estrada, who died Sunday at his home in Peñaflor, 40 km southwest […]
Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today announced the second North West Rail Link tunnel boring machine has arrived in Sydney and will be named Florence, after Australia’s first female engineer and architect Florence Mary Taylor. Ms Berejiklian said work on the North West Rail Link is powering ahead and with construction well underway and a […]
Mental Health Minister Helen Morton has congratulated mental health advocacy group, Consumers of Mental Health, for successfully campaigning to change the controversial Royal Show exhibit ‘Bethlem Sanitorium’. “This is exactly why the State Government supports this organisation, to ensure that people with a mental illness have a strong voice. This achievement is a great demonstration […]
Tougher penalties for odometer tampering will be introduced under sweeping new reforms for the motor dealers and repairers industry announced by the NSW Government today. “Odometer readings are one of the major factors consumers look at when buying a used car.’’ NSW Fair Trading Minister, Matthew Mason-Cox. “As part of the changes, the maximum penalty […]
Madrid, Sep 26 (IANS) The second repatriated Spaniard suffering from the Ebola virus has died. Manuel Garcia Viejo died Thursday after his condition deteriorated, Xinhua reported. The 69-year-old had arrived at the Carlos III Hospital in north of Madrid Monday. His condition was described as serious as he was suffering from severe dehydration and his liver […]
The Hague, Sep 26 (IANS) An Indian origin girl is among three children who have been nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize 2014. The International Children’s Peace Prize is an initiative of the Amsterdam-based children’s rights organisation ‘KidsRights’, Xinhua reported. The children who have been nominated are Neha from the US, along with Alexey from […]