BHARAT RATNA APJ ABDUL KALAM SHAILJA CHATURVEDI The remarkable simplicity and innate spirituality are the profound experience one feels on meeting this great scientist of our time; a precious and desirable son of India who received an honorary doctorate in Engineering from Sydney University last year. It was a challenge to bind the ...

Adelaide, April 9: Hughes Gallery in Fullarton suburb of Unley (South Australia) is displaying traditional Hindu artworks till April 15 in an exhibition titled “Lukisan Wayang Beber”. These traditional complex Java paintings on fabric by renowned master artisan K. Raden Tumenggung Sihhantodipuro measure up to five meters in length. Wayang Beber paintings ...

Bridgetown (Barbados), April 9: Shivnarine Chanderpaul's 25th Test century underpinned a gallant batting effort as West Indies battled their way into a strong position on the second day of the first Test against Australia. The veteran left-hander fashioned a typically patient 103 not out Sunday that helped propel the Windies to ...

Brisbane, April 4: Lawyers representing Jayant Patel, an Indian-origin surgeon in Australia, will appeal against his conviction for manslaughter in a special sitting of the high court in Brisbane in June. The Supreme Court in Brisbane found Patel guilty of the manslaughter of Gerry Kemps, 77, James Phillips, 46, and Mervyn ...

Melbourne, April 4:  Two Indians drowned at a northern New South Wales beach in Australia while swimming with a group of friends. The two men, aged 24 and 25, were swimming with friends at Belongil Beach,  Byron Bay, when they got into difficulty on Sunday noon, Australian news agency APP reported ...

Sydney, April 3: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has once again highlighted the need for a separate window for the Indian Premier League (IPL). Ponting, who played in the inaugural season of the IPL in 2008 for the Kolkata Knight Riders, said that he understood the players point of view as well ...

Melbourne March 27: A Perth-based Indian student will spend 14 months in jail for his involvement in a scam to falsify English test scores to get Australian visas. Rajesh Kumar, 31, faced ten charges for his part in fraudulently altering the International English Testing System (IELTS) scores at Perth's Curtin University between ...

Melbourne, March 23: Faced with dwindling international enrollments, Australian government has announced a slew of changes to its student visa regime including the doubling of working hours limit. Also from Saturday, all visa applicants, regardless of country of origin, applying to study in Bachelor, Masters or Doctoral degrees at participating universities, ...

Melbourne, March 23: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has opted to rest after a demanding home season and will not be playing county cricket in England. Ponting will enjoy a five-month break after the Test series in the West Indies next month and he plans to spend the free time with family ...

Melbourne, March 17: A 32-year-old Indian taxi driver in Australia has been sentenced to six years in jail after being found guilty of raping a female passenger who was said to be drunk. Amrit Pal Singh was found guilty by a jury of raping the 24-year-old woman in February last year, a ...