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Post-study work rights durations to increase, up to 6 years for select degrees

  In exciting news for Australia's international student community, the Federal Government has confirmed that it will be increasing the duration of post-study work rights. It...

13 films and series to look out for this month

  Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives (Netflix) Bollywood's four glamorous wives - Maheep Kapoor, Seema Sajdeh, Bhavana Panday and Neelam Kothari are back for a second...

Cyrus Mistry, business scion and former Tata chairman, dies in car crash

  Renowned industrialist Cyrus P. Mistry of the multinational Shapoorji Pallonji Group and a former Tata Sons Chairman has died in a road accident on...

REVIEW: Cuttputlli

  The quiet, beautiful, exotic and lush green valley of Kasauli is struck by gruesome and mysterious murders. An investigating cop with his prior knowledge of...

Starbucks names Laxman Narasimhan as new CEO

  Global coffee chain Starbucks has named Indian-born Laxman Narasimhan its next CEO. Narasimhan, who currently heads health and hygiene company Reckitt, will join Starbucks in...

REVIEW: Cobra

  Director Ajay Gnanamuthu's 'Cobra' is an intense but lengthy action entertainer that manages to impress you in parts. The first half of the film is...

Government adds 35,000 spots to migration program, commits $36m to visa backlog

  The Federal Government has announced that it will add 35,000 more spots in its permanent migration program, lifting the cap from 160,000 to 195,000. This...

South Asian links in the Melbourne Writers’ Festival

  This year’s Melbourne Writers’ Festival has some strong and influential South Asian voices to share. The line-up of writers includes Vidya Rajan, Pankaj Mishra,...

AICC Gala Dinner brings together Melbourne’s business community

  The Australia India Chamber of Commerce (AICC) Gala Dinner was recently held in celebration of the bilateral relationship between Australia and India and of...

‘Deep sense of disbelief’: Aishwarya Aswath inquest reveals shocking failures

  It is currently day four of the eight-day inquest into the death of Aishwarya Aswath at Perth Children's Hospital. Last year, on 3 April, seven-year-old Aishwarya died in...

REVIEW: Odela Railway Station

  'Odela Railway Station', the latest Telugu original movie offering on aha OTT platform, is a decent watch. Dipping into real-life happenings, the realistic crime...