Western Australia Parliament turns down Hindu prayer request

New Delhi, December 02, 2022: Both the houses of the Western Australia Parliament, Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly, have turned down requests to have Hindu opening-prayer in one of their sessions. On taking the chair at each sitting, Western Australia Legislative Council President and Legislative Assembly Speaker reportedly read the Lord’s Prayer, a well-known prayer in […]

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Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in Australia denies Hindu prayer request

New Delhi, November 18, 2022: The Legislative Assembly of Northern Territory in Australia has turned down a request to have Hindu opening-prayer in one of its sessions. At the commencement of each day in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in Darwin, the Speaker or a nominee conducts a specified variation of Lord’s Prayer, a well-known prayer […]

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Prime Minister to visit USA for Quad Leaders’ Summit and UNGA High-level Segment

New Delhi, September 19, 2021: Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be participating, along with Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan and President Joseph R. Biden of USA, in the Leaders’ Summit of the Quadrilateral Framework in Washington D.C, USA, on 24 September 2021. The Quad Leaders will review progress […]

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Enlightened Koala removes Lord Ganesha mat and aplogizes

New Delhi, May 7, 2021: Sunshine Coast (Queensland, Australia) based yoga mat firm “Enlightened Koala” has removed yoga mat carrying image of Hindu deity Ganesha after Hindus protested, calling it “highly inappropriate”. Rossana Ruschel, Owner of “Enlightened Koala”, in an email to distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, who spearheaded the protest, wrote: …the design has been removed […]

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Hindu leader condemns Australia for criminalizing coming home, calling it “barbaric”

New Delhi, May 3, 2021: Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, urged Scott Morrison and Greg Hunt, Prime Minister and Health Minister respectively of Australia, to show some maturity and immediately withdraw this questionable and irresponsible decree which appeared to be temporarily making some of its proud citizens “stateless” […]