New Delhi, February 25, 2021: India-France-Australia Trilateral Senior Officials’ Meeting was held yesterday. India was led by Sandeep Chakravorty, Joint Secretary (Europe West) while the French side was led by Bertrand Lortholary, Director (Asia and Oceania) and the Australian side was led by Gary Cowan, First Assistant Secretary (North and South Asia Division) and John Geering, […]
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India-Australia-Japan-United States Senior Officials Consultations
New Delhi, September 26, 2020: Senior officials from the Ministry of External Affairs of India, Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade of Australia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and Department of State of the United States of America held a video conference on 25 September 2020 for consultations on regional and global issues of common […]
Australia: Delivery man defaces Swastika Rangoli, ruins Diwali (video)
Diwali for a Hindu Australian named Nijesh Hirpara turned out to be a shocker after a delivery man wiped away a beautiful piece of Rangoli ostensibly as it had Hindu auspicious and prosperity symbol Swastika in it. In the video footage dated October 28th, the man can be seen first knocking and then shuffling his […]
Prime Minister Modi meets Prime Minister of Australia
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia on the sidelines of India-ASEAN and East Asia Summit 2019 at Bangkok on 04 November 2019. During the meeting both leaders reviewed the progress made in bilateral relationship and noted that frequent high level meetings and exchanges at all levels have created positive momentum […]
India-Australia-Japan-United States consultations on regional and global issues
Senior officials from Ministry of External Affairs of India, Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade of Australia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and Department of State of the United States of America met in Bangkok on November 04, 2019 for consultations on regional and global issues of common interest. Proceeding from the strategic guidance […]
India-Australia Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism
India and Australia held the 11th Meeting of the Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism at Canberra on May 2, 2019. The meeting assumes significance in the backdrop of the terrorist strike in Sri Lanka and the larger ramifications it holds for the world peace. The Indian delegation was led by Mahaveer Singhvi, Joint Secretary (Counter […]
India joins the world, grounds Boeing 737 Max aircraft
India yesterday decided to ground the Boeing 737 Max aircraft. Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu on March 11th said that he had directed officials of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to undertake safety assessment of Boeing 737 MAX (being flown by domestic carriers). He had said that the safety of the passengers is […]
Deputy Governor of Hindu-majority Bali scoffs at halal tourism
Hindu-majority Bali is unhappy with the Vice-presidential candidate Sandiaga Uno for his ideas on halal tourism. Sandiaga is the running mate to presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto. During a speech at Hotel Alkyfa in the capital city of Bali, Denpasar, this Sunday he put forward the idea of halal tourism for Bali. Bali is Hindu-majority island […]
Australian lawyer who helped ‘Manikarnika’ Rani Lakshmi Bai! (Rare Documents!)
Kangana Ranaut, the Bollywood starlet has made India sit-up and take notice of the iconic ‘Manikarnika’ warrior Hindu queen Lakshmi Bai and it is time we also pay tribute to a man who fought from her side despite being a non-Indian. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 18th had gifted to his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott […]
Sydney Hindu Temple to open after desecration
Hindu temple in Regents Park, a suburb in western Sydney in New South Wales (NSW) of Australia, which was vandalized on October 14 during the auspicious festive season of Navaratri, is reportedly formally reopening on February three. The patrons and the devotees of the Hindu Temple were left in tears at this blatant hate attack […]