Category: News
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Visa free entry for Indians to New Zealand?
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Will Indians get visa-free entry to New Zealand by the end of 2011? If you think it will, you can put your money where your mouth is. New Zealand’s online predictions market, iPredict Ltd, launched stocks to predict whether the Kiwi Government will waive visa requirements for India – an…
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Qantas mulling moving ops to Asia
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Media reports that Australia’s Qantas Airways is planning to move its operations to Asia have met with strong reaction from the Australian community, and unions are threatening industrial action. Australian and International Pilots Association has warned that any move by Qantas to shift operations offshore and set up a premium…
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US executed 46 prisoners
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United States executed 46 prisoners last year. Forty-four were executed by lethal injection, one by electrocution and one by firing squad, says the latest report by Amnesty International. The US has executed 1,234 prisoners since the US Supreme Court lifted a moratorium on the death penalty in 1976. Brandon Rhode…
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Australia slammed for poor human rights
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Australia’s human rights record has come under criticism by the latest report by Amnesty International. The reports states that three Sri Lankan asylum-seekers were “forcibly returned to Sri Lanka from Australia”, and they “were subsequently arrested and tortured.” In April, the government suspended asylum applications for Sri Lankan and Afghan…
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US Hindus have highest education, lowest divorce rate
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Hindus living in the United States have the highest educational qualification and the lowest divorce rate, according to a recent survey. While national average is 11 percent, almost half of all Hindus (48 percent) in America have post-graduate degrees, followed by Jews at the second place at 35 percent, according…
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UK job market on double-speed
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Jobs in the UK are on the rise, with the private sector showing confidence in hiring more employees. However, the public sector is not joining the party, but rather showing restraint. Also, the private sector companies that are dependent on the public sector are affected by the cost-cutting measures in the…
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Osama dead, Americans rejoice
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As the news of Osama Bin Laden’s death was announced by the American President Obama, Americans took to the streets to celebrate. Even as Barack Obama confirmed the death of Osama bin Laden in an address, a huge crowd of Americans gathered outside the White House shouting “USA, USA!” The…
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Road safety gets better
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Hundreds of people die on Indian roads every day. To be precise, 13 people succumb to their accident injuries every hour. In fact, India ranks number one in the world when it comes to deaths caused by a road accident. Road fatalities don’t make big news in India. It is…
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Man accused of burning wife to plead not guilty
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A Fijian man accused of burning alive his wife in New Zealand is said to not plead guilty when he is brought up in a New Zealand court. The 29-year old Diwesh Kumar Sharma, of Indian descent, who was earlier arrested from Fiji by New Zealand Police, appeared in the…
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Taslima denies advising Sachin against Sathya
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Controversial writer Taslima Nasreen has denied a media report which claims that the noted Bangladeshi writer had “advised the cricketing world’s god, Sachin Tendulkar, not to pray for Sathya Sai Baba, who passed away on Sunday morning.” Protesting against the media report, Taslima tweeted: “Times of India’s headline is ‘Taslima…
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Kiwis get together on neighbours day
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Move over flash mobs, neighbourhood days are here. A concept that started some 30 years ago in Paris spread to the rest of the Europe, encompassing 30 countries, and the latest addition is New Zealand. New Zealand’s inaugural celebration of neighbourliness was spread over March and April, when as many…
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Kiwi children’s social health on decline
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As many as one in five children in New Zealand are reliant on someone on social benefit during 2008-10, according to New Zealand Children’s Social Health Monitor 2010. “When all benefit types were taken into account, the total number of children relying on a benefit recipient increased from 211,609 in…
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Some criticism of Hazare acceptable – Hong Kong NGO
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Many of the criticisms of the Anna Hazare movement are acceptable, says the Asian Human Rights Commission. “There is indeed good rationale in the allegation that the Jan Lokpal Bill is not the product of a wider consultation,” says the Hong Kong-based non-governmental organisation that monitors human rights in Asia.…
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Sonia’s letter to Anna Hazare
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In reply to Anna Hazare’s letter to Sonia Gandhi, the Congress Party leader said she does not “support or encourage politics of smear campaign”. Sonia also reiterated that she believes “there is an urgent necessity to combat graft and corruption.” Reassuring Hazare, Sonia wrote: “You should have no doubt of my commitment…
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Review: No Dum in Dum Maaro Dum
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GENRE:Â Suspense CAST: Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Prateik Babbar, Aditya Pancholi, Harry Key, Rana Daggubati DIRECTOR:Â Rohan Sippy RUNNING TIME:Â 2:12 RELEASEÂ DATE:Â Opened 22 April Junior Bachchan should be worried. Most reviews of Dum Maro Dum have given a thumbs down to the Abhishek Bachchan-starrer movie. Bachchan’s three past movies have flopped on the…
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Indian-origin author wins Pulitzer
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What’s common between Shah Rukh Khan and Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee? Dr Mukherjee acted in a school play where one of his co-actors was the King of Bollywood. But Dr Mukherjee has better introduction. He has joined the exclusive club to which only three other Indians belong since 1937. A club…
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India’s tax officials to review all property deals
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With the growing pressure to tackle the black money issue, India’s income tax officials have aimed their guns at the country’s biggest source of black money – property. Under scanner will be the real estate deals likely undertaken in the 2010-11 year. Indian tax officials will begin reviewing properties bought…
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Get the shot before flu symptoms develop
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Flu symptoms can develop rapidly with the winter approaching. Vaccination or flu shots are to be taken before flu symptoms develop. “People need to be immunised before winter as it can take up to two weeks to develop immunity after immunisation,” says New Zealand’s National Influenza Strategy Group (NISG) spokesperson…
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Peter Gordon prepares Malaysian fusion
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New Zealand’s celebrity chef Peter Gordon was seen preparing a fusion of crayfish and smoked coconut laksa for entree and roast Cambridge duck with kumara dumplings for main at dine by Peter Gordon at SkyCity in Auckland. This was part of the launch of May-laysia, a month-long celebration of Malaysian…
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More Indians choose US to study abroad
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Indian students have shown a renewed interest in studying in the US in 2011. This year, American universities have recorded a 7 percent growth in applications from India to US graduate schools after just 1 percent gain in 2010. China, India and South Korea are the three largest countries of…