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BSARU signs MoU with Deakin varsity

B.S. Abdur Rahman University entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Deakin University Australia recently. Chris Evans, Australian Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and workplace relations, was the chief.more..

Many study options Down Under

Australia's Minister for Tertiary Education Senator Chris Evans announced a host of new measures to further higher education linkages including setting up the new Australia India Higher Education Exchange that will meet regularly to consider. more..

AUSTRALIAN scholarship

THE department of immigration, industries, science and research (DIISR) of the Australian Government is offering International Postgraduate Research Scholarships (IPRS) to support international students in.more..

Cyclone hits Australia, but worse feared

Australian officials, on Monday warned of a powerful storm that could wreck greater havoc as a cyclone ripped off roofs and downed trees and powerlines in already flooded eastern Australia.more..

Oz varsity scholarships

Australia’s La Trobe University, which has about 1,000 Indian enrolees, is trying to expand its association with India, including recruiting more pupils. It has announced scholarships worth A$600,000 for candidates pursuing a double MBA/master of biotechnology degree more..

Indians take over Griffin's coalmines in $85m deal

ENERGY giant Lanco Infratech has made the biggest investment by an Indian company in Australia, spending $850 million to buy Griffin Coal.more..

Aussies thrash England in Perth

Australia crushed England by 267 runs in the third Ashes Test at the WACA ground today to level the series at 1-1 with two matches to play.more..

Australia to ease student visa norms

In a significant move, the Australian Immigration Department has conceded the Australian universities' demand to ease visa conditions for students from India and China.more..

Blueprint sets high standard for education in the future

The Australian Ministers of Education took a historic step this week. We now have a national curriculum for the first time. It is for English, mathematics, science and history for foundation to Year 10.more..

Australian shares seen climbing 15 pct by end-2011

Australian shares are expected to show gains in 2011 after a disappointing 2010 on hopes of stronger corporate earnings and an improvement in offshore confidence. more..

Celebrating Indian Diaspora Down Under

Australian photographer Michel Lawrence has focused on enterprising Indians living Down Under for his month-long exhibition now on at the Australian High Commission here. more..

Australia To Establish National Vocational Education And Training Regulator

The Australian Government will continue to drive Australia’s skills revolution by creating a single national regulator for the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector. more..

Australian Games Education: A 2010 Report Card

Want to work in the games industry? Here's a snapshot of the degrees and the changing face of game development in Australia. more..

Indian students at MBS are high caliber

Jennifer George, Dean and Director, Melbourne Business School, Australia is a B. Sc. (Hons) in Operations Research from University of Canterbury and a PhD in Operations, Information and Technology more..

Australia Releases Survey Of Education And Work Report

A new report confirms the Government is on track to meet its education targets and deliver on its commitment to a world class education system for Australia.more..

Manmohan may visit Australia in 2011

In what will be the first visit by an Indian PM to Australia in almost 25 years, Manmohan Singh is likely to visit the country late next year. Sources confirmed that Singh has "in principle" accepted the invitation extended to him by his Australian counterpart Julia Gillard during the recent East Asia Summit in Hanoi.more..

Australia plans super trade missions to India

After facing a lot of flak over racist attacks and the subsequent steep fall in the number of Indian students, an Australian state has kickstarted a programme to boost educational, cultural and trade ties. As part of a plan to revive Indian interest in Australia, the state of Victoria which accounts for 25 per cent of Australian GDP and 45 per cent of Indian students has launched a multi-million dollar plan more..

Challa' inspiration for Crook

If 'Munni' was about bawdy folksy numbers being the latest source of inspiration for Bollywood, this one'll prove that the internet is the fastest and the most convenient source of invention and inspiration. A song named "Australian Challa", a YouTube sensation two years ago, formed the basic idea of "Challa" in " Crook - It's Good To Be Bad"more..

Gandhi statue unveiled at Australian university

A statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been unveiled at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, as a symbol of Australia's close relations with the Indian community. more..

Julia Gillard to retain power in Australia

Australia's incumbent Prime Minister, Ms Julia Gillard, who on Tuesday won the support of two independent MPs to reach the half-way mark in parliament, is all set to form a minority government that will end a 17-day political impasse in the country. more..

Mika Singh creates history in Australia

On 15th August Mika Singh created a new record for Indian singers by being the only Indian singer to sing to a capacity crowd of 25,000 people at the Sydney Olympic stadium in Australia. more..

Tasmania has something for everyone

Tasmania is at half way across the world – or so it seems for us in India — but if you make it to Australia, then it’s but a short hop there from Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide. more..

Aamir's 'Peepli Live' to premiere at Melbourne Film Festival

Aamir Khan's much talked about home production 'Peepli Live' is all set to be premiered at the upcoming Melbourne International Film Festival 2010. more..

A vivid biography of the Ganga

Depicting images of the Ganga from Gaumukh to Ganga Sagar, an exhibition of paintings “Ganga 21” will be showcased at Azad Bhavan Art Gallery in the Capital on Friday more..

Seductive Sydney

There is so much to see and experience in this charming city that it is not unusual for first-time visitors to lose their heart to it, more..

Julia Gillard is Australia's first woman Prime Minister

Julia Gillard was sworn in as Australia's first woman Prime Minister on Thursday, after she toppled Kevin Rudd as leader of the ruling Labour party in what was seen across the region as a political coup at the speed of thought. more..

Changes to International Education Sector to provide added Security for International Students

The Rudd Government has introduced changes to the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act 2000 into Parliament today to strengthen the quality and integrity of the international education sector. more..

One long, colourful affair with South Asia

A photo-c**-video exhibition titled “Crossing Paths” by three Australian photojournalists and one cameraman documenting life in South Asia opened at the Australian High Commission in Chanakyapuri here this past Friday. more..

MoU signed between State and Victoria, Australia

The State Government and Victoria, an Australian state, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for mutual benefits in the fields of education and business in the two states. more..

College switch in Sibal plan

India plans to restructure its college admission policy to allow vocational education students lateral entry mid-course into mainstream higher educational institutions for the first time more..

Indian physicist wins Sydney Peace Prize

Indian physicist and environmentalist Vandana Shiva has won the 2010 Sydney Peace Prize for her efforts towards women empowerment in developing nations and her scientific contribution to climate conservation more..

Zakir Hussain performs in Melbourne

The east and the west met in a musical harmony when Indian tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain played the ‘ Sangam' along with American saxophonist Charles Lloyd and drummer Eric Harland at the Melbourne Jazz Festival here more..

Australia seeks trade pact with india

Australia and India are to push ahead with negotiations on a free trade agreement that is expected to help Canberra balance its increasing reliance on trade with east Asia, particularly China more..

By students in Oz, for Indian students

I haven’t faced racism but there are a few things that is done by the desis (Asians) that gives the rest of the desis a bad name. For example:Listening to music (English, desi, doesn’t matter) on speaker phone in public places like the train. We are not in the middle of Mumbai more..

Indian migrants to be one of the largest communities in Oz

Indian migrants will be one of the largest communities in this country in the next 15 years when Australia-born families will become a minority group, a media report said today citing statistics from a consulting firm more..

India-Oz sign deal to expand education ties

India and Australia today inked a major education deal to expand exchanges in the sector as both sides sought to take their "relationship forward" after a series of vicious attacks on Indian students, including one that turned fatal for more..