Recently the Australian Prime Minister confirmed vaccinated Australian residents will be able to book a holiday overseas in November on the provision their state reaches the 80% double vaccination rate. Unfortunately, the reciprocal overseas holidaymakers will not be able to enter Australia until next year. After Australians are allowed to return home over the coming...Read More
As the number of Indian migrants continue to increase, the news that the Blacktown City Council has approved new street names such as Patel Street, Uma Street, and India Parade Street does not come as a shocker. Nimal and Manish Patel The developers who inspired the Blacktown City Council to approve the names are Manish...Read More
Australia’s public Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is a hybrid-funded broadcaster with approximately 80% of its funding derived from the government. Popular among the Indian diaspora community, it provides multicultural coverage across Australian states. It comes as a surprise that the diverse publicly funded broadcaster has come under repeated scrutiny for workplace bullying and more. Pallavi...Read More
Where You Should Take Your Next Trip According to Your Favourite Bollywood Character
With Bollywood stars and the characters they play becoming ingrained into our lifestyle and culture, we often find ourselves wondering what our favourites would do in our situation. With this in mind, why not plan your next holiday destination around where Bollywood characters would travel? Aisha from Aisha – Milan and Tokyo This movie’s title...Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned the world upside down. The public healthcare system is facing the biggest challenge in trying to flatten the curve, scientists are trying their level best to come up with viable solutions for the crisis, the world economy is facing stasis in a long time, and everyone is worried about how...Read More
Boy hero who saved his little sister from a dog attack celebrates the Indian festival of Raksha Bandhan
At only six years old, Bridger Walker from Wyoming showed courage beyond measure for his age. Stepping between his little sister and a vicious German Shepherd, he saved her from a potentially lethal attack. The dog attacked him instead, and he received such severe facial injuries that he was hospitalised with 90 stitches. When asked...Read More
Cases in Victoria on the rise: citizens have to be cautious
Speculations are rife to see if Victoria has begun to reverse its second wave of COVID-19. This will determine if a more rigid lockdown is needed. There has been a jump in the number of cases in the last week which has renewed the concern regarding the existing policies and restrictions. The cases rise in...Read More
Flying is still no easy business for many, and horror stories of airplane disasters don’t help our fears. But plane crashes help in making future flight travel safer. Here are some that changed aviation for the better. 30 June, 1956: TWA Flight 2 and United Airlines Flight 718 TWA Flight 2 took off from Los...Read More
Christmas time is less than 30 days from now, and Santa Claus is already loading up his sleigh. But for most of us, it’s a period we all get stressed out about all those gifts we need to get. Overwhelming questions, such as “does Sarah still like chocolates?” “Is your uncle Joe still a veggie?”...Read More
A picture released by NASA has left both the scientific and geological communities stunned. It shows a clean-cut rectangular iceberg making its way floating in the Weddell Sea which is located just off Antarctica. According to NASA, the iceberg has very sharp angles but a flat surface which could mean that it has broken off...Read More