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Indian-origin Australian Senator Varun Ghosh takes oath on Bhagavad Gita

Feb 10, 2024 - 9:23 am EST @theindpanorama 0

CANBERRA (TIP): Barrister Varun Ghosh became the first ever India-born member of the Australian Parliament to take oath on Bhagavad Gita. Varun Ghosh from Western Australia has been appointed as the newest Senator after the […]

First Indian-origin lawmaker in Australia’s Parliament Dave Sharma wins Senate seat

Dec 1, 2023 - 12:49 am EST @theindpanorama 0

CANBERRA (TIP) : Dave Sharma, who became the first Indian-origin lawmaker in Australia‘s Parliament in 2019, will return to politics after his victory in the New South Wales Liberal Senate race. Sharma, 47, will replace […]

Indian-origin Nawanshahr girl becomes Australia’s youngest author

Nov 26, 2023 - 4:04 am EST @theindpanorama 0

CANBERRA (TIP): In a remarkable achievement, 11-year-old Ashleen Khela, having roots in Nawanshahr’s Sajawalpur village, has attained the title of Australia’s youngest female author with her debut book ‘17 Stories’. Beyond its literary success, the […]

Australian police use Taser on 95-year-old with dementia who held steak knife

May 20, 2023 - 8:21 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

CANBERRA, Australia (TIP): Police shocked a 95-year-old woman with a stun gun as she approached them using a walker and carrying a steak knife in an Australian nursing home, sending her to the hospital in […]

Australia blocks proposed mine to protect Great Barrier Reef

Feb 10, 2023 - 7:56 am EST @theindpanorama 0

CANBERRA (TIP): Australia has for the first time rejected a coal mining application based on environmental law. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek on February 9 blocked the proposed coal mine to protect the Great Barrier Reef. […]

Indian student from Punjab’s Hoshiarpur dies in car crash in Australia

Jan 20, 2023 - 1:47 am EST @theindpanorama 0

CANBERRA (TIP): A 21-year-old Indian from Punjab was killed in a fatal car crash in Australia‘s Canberra, a media report said. Kunal Chopra from Hoshiarpur district, who held a student visa in Australia, was returning […]

Australia threatens deportations after attacks on Indian Sikhs

Mar 5, 2021 - 6:07 am EST @theindpanorama 0

CANBERRA (TIP): The Australian government has threatened deportations following four attacks on the Sikh community ahead of a March 15 round table in the Australian Federal Parliament to highlight concerns about New Delhi’s heavy handedness […]

Facebook blocks Australians from accessing news on platform

Feb 21, 2021 - 7:03 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Canberra (TIP): Facebook announced on Thursday, February 17, that it has blocked Australians from viewing and sharing news on the platform because of proposed laws in the country to make digital giants pay for journalism. […]

Microsoft backs Australian plan to make Google pay for news

Feb 6, 2021 - 7:04 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Canberra (TIP): Microsoft said on Wednesday it supports Australia’s plans to make the biggest digital platforms pay for news and would help small businesses transfer their advertising to Bing if Google quits the country. Microsoft […]

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