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Bageshri Savyasachi

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‘Where did my representation go?’: Melb filmmaker Aleisha Winslow

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  Indian-Australian filmmaker Aleisha Winslow, 20, has spent the better part of her life working to join the film and television industry. While she harbours...
Science, Technology & Innovation

Dr Padmanabhan and team develop mathematical model to predict vaccine efficacy

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  While it is known that COVID-19 vaccines grant a high degree of protection against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the factor that determines the efficacy or...
Australia

‘Prioritise migrant well-being’: experts on high COVID-19 death rate among ethnic minorities 

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  The COVID-19 mortality report released last month by the Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed a dark disparity in the country's healthcare. The report,...
Science, Technology & Innovation

CSIRO’s Dr Ruhani Singh invents new vaccine storage technology

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  As modern vaccines rely heavily on being stored in refrigerated conditions, at least 50 per cent of vaccines are wasted globally each year because...
Science, Technology & Innovation

Indian nuclear scientist and team invent new fire-retardant material

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  A team of scientists from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has collaborated on...
India in Australia

Dwayne Fernandes: world-record-setting tower climber and D&D player

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  In 2008, 22-year-old Dwayne Fernandes was working as a consultancy accountant in the MLC Centre in Sydney’s CBD. His work view encompassed the city...
COVID- 19

Isolating Indian families find relief in NGOs’ home-cooked meals 

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  As Sydneysiders grapple with the Omicron wave, Kogarah resident Ekta Sharma found herself in a 10-day isolation situation after she and her husband received positive PCR test results just after...
Music

Brisbane artist Naavikaran sings of ‘gender liberation and immigration’

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  If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, then I am the entire solar system and beyond... as seen through my mother's eyes.  These...
Australia

“$40 for 2 tests”: Aussies unhappy with RAT prices

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  With Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday ruling out government funding free rapid coronavirus tests, consumers are unhappy with RATs prices especially since free...
Global

An Indian drag queen could win ‘Queen of the Universe’

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  When it comes to singing competitions, you've probably heard of The Voice, The X factor, Eurovision and Indian Idol. Few in the Indian diaspora are aware that right...
COVID- 19

‘Serving the community’: COVID testing in remote NSW

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  The past two years have been a rollercoaster of COVID-19 related turmoil; from isolating lockdowns, closed borders, to trying to help Indians in the...
Stage

REVIEW: Two Parties One Stor(e)y

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  Roshni & Vikram on one side, Mary & Peter on the other, are about to be introduced to their future daughters-in-law. What starts out...
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