Author: TGI News Service
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Indian exporters visit New Zealand
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Leading exporters of cashews, plastic and chemicals are visiting New Zealand to meet with buyers and importers to explore trade arrangements. The Cashew Export Promotion Council of India (CEPC) is sending a 10-member delegation to Auckland for business meetings with local buyers and importers. The delegation comprises of prominent cashew industrialists…
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Review of funding policies to assist communities
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New Zealand’s largest council is preparing to review more than 400 of 1200 leases in council-owned land and buildings so as to streamline rental charges across the region and make it easier for community groups to budget for the rents of these venues. Auckland Council is reviewing policies covering support of…
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Meet the youngest person to get pacemaker
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Fifteen minutes – that’s how old Jaya was when surgeons sliced open her chest to put pacemaker on her walnut-sized heart. A team of 20 medical staff attended to the 3-pound infant, soon after she was born with a heart beat of 45; a healthy new-born has a heart beat…
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Rising food prices force children to starve – study
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Nearly a third of parents in the five countries where half of the world’s malnourished children live, including India, say their children complained they didn’t have enough to eat. One in six parents ask their children to skip school to work to help pay for the families’ food. New research by Save the…
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Police launch tool to predict domestic violence
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A tool which predicts the likelihood of re-assault in relationships will become a key part of the New Zealand Police’s response to family violence this year. As many as 39% of New Zealand women suffer physical or sexual violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime, according to a study…
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Online Australia visa from Brazil, Argentina
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Getting visitors visa to Australia has become faster and more secure for tourists from Brazil and Argentina who can now apply online for visa to Australia. Applicants from Brazil and Argentina now have the ability to check the progress of their application electronically, says a spokesman for the Department of Immigration…
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NRIs don’t need to report property deals to RBI
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India’s federal bank says people of Indian origin (PIOs) and non resident Indians (NRIs) are not required to report property deals in India to the bank. This is likely to encourage further investment by NRIs in India. NRIs and PIOs don’t need to inform the Reserve Bank of India about…
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Muslims keen for Eid holiday?
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A community organisation in New Zealand is suggesting that allowances should be considered for Muslims to be able to transfer the Christmas public holidays to their religious days. Muslims have to take up to four days’ annual leave to celebrate religious days like Eid-al-Fitr says Anwar Ghani, the president of…
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Of sex, alcohol and a shattered dream
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A dentist from India who migrated to Australia for a better future could not have bargained for a worse nightmare that involved alcohol, sex and misjudgment – none of which was his fault. In what started like a typical story of a qualified migrant driving a taxi in Australia, ended…
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FBI must track hate crimes – Sikh group
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A US-based Sikh group is requesting the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to track hate-crimes against Sikhs, in the wake of the recent desecration of a Gurdwara (a Sikh place of worship) building by vandals in Michigan. The  under-construction Gurdwara was defaced with anti-Muslim graffiti on 5 February, with racial epithets, drawings of…
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Asians most discriminated against – survey
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Asians have been voted as the most discriminated community in a survey of New Zealanders. As many as 75% respondents named Asians as the most discriminated against group in New Zealand in the survey conducted for the Human Rights Commission’s annual review of racial discrimination. More disturbingly, this figure has remained…
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Council creates jobs for graduates
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New Zealand’s largest city is opening its doors for young people in an initiative that will provide around 230 work experience opportunities to 18-24 year olds. Auckland’s largest employer, Auckland Council has joined hands with the Auckland Chamber of Commerce and the Ministry of Social Development to hire young people…
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Mayor’s fund open for community grants
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Money raised by the inaugural Auckland Mayoress’ Charity Gala Ball will soon be available to groups working with young Aucklanders as applications for grants are now open. The ball, hosted by Mayor Len Brown and Mayoress Shan Inglis last November, raised $170,000 towards the Mayoress’ Fund for Youth, an independent…
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Forum for migrants to share issues
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New immigrants to New Zealand will discuss their concerns and share feedback about their migration experience at a forum in Auckland this month. Auckland Regional Migrant Services (ARMS) is reconvening its Local Settlement Network Meeting at Auckland’s Fickling Centre  on 23 February. It is an important opportunity for local service providers…
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Kolaveri maker releases Sachin song
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South Indian actor-turned-singer Dhanush has released his latest song – The Sachin Song, in a tribute to India’s most adored cricket superstar – Sachin Tendulkar. Announcing the release of the song on Twitter, the Kolaveri-fame singer said:Â “THE SACHIN song officially out 4am today. let’s sing along-u. A humble attempt from…
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Australia dabs Indian overstayers
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During one of the frequent operations, Australia’s Department of Immigration and Citizenship has detained 12 visa overstatyers and illegal works in Gatton, Queensland. The joint Queensland Police roadside operation located the 12 men – of whom 11 were visa overstayers while one was suspected of working illegally – who are…
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Ayesha Takia angry with Kingfisher
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Ayesha Takia has alleged that a Kingfisher Airline staff mistreated her sister and even tore her boarding pass. The Bollywood actor says that her sister, Natasha Takia, was mistreated by the Vijay Mallya-owned airline at Delhi airport “The worst airline, Kingfisher!” Ayesha tweeted. “Shockingly bad airport staff behaviour at Delhi airport…
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New Zealand closer to building Sai temple
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The devotees of Shirdi Sai Baba have come a step closer to building a temple of their beloved deity in Auckland, thanks to the untiring efforts of the Shirdi Sai Sanstan New Zealand. Hundreds of Sai devotees gathered at at 12-18 Princes Street, Onehunga, to witness the sod-turning (bhumi-poojan) ceremony…
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42000 Aucklanders to run for a cause
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On the morning of Sunday 18 March over 42,000 runners will line up at Auckland’s Quay Street, ready to run 8.4km distance to St Heliers Bay, as part of the Ports of Auckland Round The Bays Race. Entries are flooding in, says says the event spokesperson Sandra King. “We expect to…
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Opinion: lies, limelight and citizenship
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Who will you trust more – the politicians, the bureaucrats or the media? And who would you turn to, when these three pillars of trust come together to overshadow one of the most sentimental events in your life? In an unexpected turn of events, an access-to-information request filed by the…