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Harish Sharma’s projects at the Dehradun International Film Festival

DEHRADUN: Two documentaries ‘Adi Kailash’ and ‘Brazil in Banaras’ and debut music video ‘Logon Mein Prem Hoga’ have been selected for the Dehradun nternational Film Festival (Oct 2, 3,4, 2026) Filmmaker Harish Sharma is set to make a distinctive presence...

Australia

Greens elect Shoebridge as Leader as Faruqi slams party-room vote

SYDNEY, 30 September, 2026: NSW Senator David Shoebridge and Victorian Senator Steph Hodgins-May have been elected leader and deputy...

Community, Entertainment

Raag E Mehfil lights up Malvern Theatre, charms audience

MELBOURNE, 27 September 2026 — A house full of true believers packed the Malvern Theatre on Saturday night for Raag...

Australia

SATview: Understanding the Tarneit electoral dynamics

Labor’s Wight holds Tarneit as factional truce frays MELBOURNE: Labor’s Dylan Wight will defend Tarneit in November, re-entering the fray...

Community

Raag E Mehfil lights up Malvern Theatre, charms audience

MELBOURNE, 27 September 2026 — A house full of true believers packed the Malvern Theatre on Saturday night for Raag E Mehfil, a two-hour musical journey that blended Bollywood hits, Sufi classics and folk favourites into a glittering, participatory evening....

Exhibition explores Mumbai memories, migration, belonging

Victoria Police campaign to target crime head-on

IFFM funding puts multiculturalism at center of Victorian vote

South Asia

Global Gender Rankings:Bangladesh Leads While India Falls Behind in SA

New Delhi/Toronto, September 25, 2026 – South Asia continues to lag behind other regions in closing the gender gap, with women still facing major barriers in jobs and politics, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report...

T.M.Krishna challenges binding singing of full Vande Mataram in the SC

Five young Orangutans found in Odisha: Probe ordered

A Bleak Road to Justice: Mob rule, forced conversions, & the broken promises of minorities’ rights

Multimedia

PODCAST: Péter Magyar & how he overturned Viktor Orbán’s illiberal democracy*

Story of a Woman’s Right to Marry (Documentary)

Netflix releases trailer of ‘Accused’,a psychological drama

Vishal Bhardawaj blends crime, love, drama in O’ Romeo (Trailer)

Apple TV + Preview: Prehistoric Planet 2 with David Attenborough

CLIMATE CRISIS : Australia, it’s time to move beyond coal!

8 b lives, infinite possibilities:The case for rights & choices(Video)

World

Tourism improves, despite global headwinds: WEF Index

Geneva, Switzerland, 25 September 2026 – Travel and tourism conditions have strengthened across most of the world, a new World Economic Forum report finds, but destinations face a growing challenge: turning record demand into lasting value amid rising costs, geopolitical...

Gaza docu NAZA to stream free on The Guardian site after world release

Explainer: What the NAZA documentary tells us about Gaza airstrikes

Haaretz: UAE warned Netanyahu of Hamas attack before Oct 7; PM denies it

Australia

Greens elect Shoebridge as Leader as Faruqi slams party-room vote

SYDNEY, 30 September, 2026: NSW Senator David Shoebridge and Victorian Senator Steph Hodgins-May have been elected leader and deputy leader of the Australian Greens, promising to take on big corporations, fossil fuel interests and a political system they say...

SATview: Understanding the Tarneit electoral dynamics

Victoria Politics: Coalition to build 3 new select-entry high schools

Australia Migration Policy 2026: Key changes set by Tony Burke

Entertainment

Raag E Mehfil lights up Malvern Theatre, charms audience

Udta Teer to Yeh Prem Mol Liya: Ayushmann embraces contrasting roles

Exclusive: Inaugural Indian Film Festival of Perth, Nov.12 to 15,2026

Netflix:Lust Stories3 trailer tells the tales of love, desire & bonds

‘Daayra’: Who should punish the accused – law or the police?

Sport

Tangerine backs Renegades again as Principal Partner for 2026/27

MELBOURNE, 21 Sept, 2026: The Melbourne Renegades have locked in Tangerine as Principal Partner for a third straight year ahead of the 2026/27 Big Bash season. Announced today, the partnership was celebrated with Foundation Members — supporters who have held...

Whateley joins Fox Cricket as Australia gears up for South Africa tour

Healy added to Fox Cricket’s summer coverage team

Big Bash roar in Chennai: Renegades & Scorchers to play opener

Opinion

When Devotion Becomes a Public Trust: The Ram Mandir …*

*When Devotion Becomes a Public Trust: The Ram Mandir Donation Controversy and the Ethics of Accountability The controversy now unfolding around alleged misuse of donations at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is not only a story about missing money. It...

How Pakistan became the primary mediator between the US and Iran

Albanese calls for Middle East ceasefire to include Lebanon

Lynching, majoritarian politics, and …*

Inequality alone doesn’t cause civil unrest…*

Bihar: Reasons behind the Opposition’s self-inflicted defeat

Defeating terror: A complex rigmarole

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Business & Finance

Mumbai Calling rocks’Fine Food Australia’ with instant chai (tea)

MELBOURNE, 2 September, 2026: Indian-promoted Melbourne-based Australian company Mumbai Calling emerged visibly successful with its instant chai (tea) that included many flavours including masala, ginger, cardamom, rose petal, turmeric… and also supplies the needed vending machine for the chai....

Scott Morrison joins India’s BLS International,providing visa services

Neo-Liberal Chickens Are Coming Home to Roost

TPB bans tax agent Parampreet Singh Rajput for 4 years

Health

Tips for quitting smoking and vaping

So you want to quit smoking or vaping but aren’t sure where to start? Congratulations! You’ve already taken the first step. Deciding to quit is a powerful choice that can bring many benefits: better health, freedom from nicotine dependence, and...

Two deadly Nipah virus cases in India, Australia “monitoring closely”

WHO emphasis on evidence driven traditional medicine

The Tobacco Trap: Hooked by lies (Video)

Science & Technology

India’s Giant Space Leap: First Earth imaging satellite put into orbit

Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, September 4 (ANI): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully deployed the EOS-05 Earth observation satellite in the geosynchronous orbit from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Friday, marking another major milestone in India’s...

Huawei unveils chip-design breakthrough that could beat US sanctions

Cool comfort: beating the heat with high-tech clothes

Palestinian Omar Yaghi among trio gets 2025 Nobel in Chemistry

MUSINGS : Hint of life beyond us, a major leap

Signature of life in planet 700 trillion miles away discovered

QUT cosmologist helps shine light on dark energy

Harish Sharma’s projects at the Dehradun International Film Festival

Greens elect Shoebridge as Leader as Faruqi slams party-room vote

Raag E Mehfil lights up Malvern Theatre, charms audience

SATview: Understanding the Tarneit electoral dynamics

Community

Raag E Mehfil lights up Malvern Theatre, charms audience

Exhibition explores Mumbai memories, migration, belonging

Victoria Police campaign to target crime head-on

IFFM funding puts multiculturalism at center of Victorian vote

South Asia

Global Gender Rankings:Bangladesh Leads While India Falls Behind in SA

T.M.Krishna challenges binding singing of full Vande Mataram in the SC

Five young Orangutans found in Odisha: Probe ordered

A Bleak Road to Justice: Mob rule, forced conversions, & the broken promises of minorities’ rights

Multimedia

PODCAST: Péter Magyar & how he overturned Viktor Orbán’s illiberal democracy*

Story of a Woman’s Right to Marry (Documentary)

Netflix releases trailer of ‘Accused’,a psychological drama

Vishal Bhardawaj blends crime, love, drama in O’ Romeo (Trailer)

Apple TV + Preview: Prehistoric Planet 2 with David Attenborough

CLIMATE CRISIS : Australia, it’s time to move beyond coal!

8 b lives, infinite possibilities:The case for rights & choices(Video)

World

Tourism improves, despite global headwinds: WEF Index

Gaza docu NAZA to stream free on The Guardian site after world release

Explainer: What the NAZA documentary tells us about Gaza airstrikes

Haaretz: UAE warned Netanyahu of Hamas attack before Oct 7; PM denies it

Australia

Greens elect Shoebridge as Leader as Faruqi slams party-room vote

SATview: Understanding the Tarneit electoral dynamics

Victoria Politics: Coalition to build 3 new select-entry high schools

Australia Migration Policy 2026: Key changes set by Tony Burke

Entertainment

Raag E Mehfil lights up Malvern Theatre, charms audience

Udta Teer to Yeh Prem Mol Liya: Ayushmann embraces contrasting roles

Exclusive: Inaugural Indian Film Festival of Perth, Nov.12 to 15,2026

Netflix:Lust Stories3 trailer tells the tales of love, desire & bonds

‘Daayra’: Who should punish the accused – law or the police?

Sport

Tangerine backs Renegades again as Principal Partner for 2026/27

Whateley joins Fox Cricket as Australia gears up for South Africa tour

Healy added to Fox Cricket’s summer coverage team

Big Bash roar in Chennai: Renegades & Scorchers to play opener

Opinion

When Devotion Becomes a Public Trust: The Ram Mandir …*

How Pakistan became the primary mediator between the US and Iran

Albanese calls for Middle East ceasefire to include Lebanon

Lynching, majoritarian politics, and …*

Inequality alone doesn’t cause civil unrest…*

Bihar: Reasons behind the Opposition’s self-inflicted defeat

Defeating terror: A complex rigmarole

South Asia Times E-paper September 2026

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Business & Finance

Mumbai Calling rocks’Fine Food Australia’ with instant chai (tea)

Scott Morrison joins India’s BLS International,providing visa services

Neo-Liberal Chickens Are Coming Home to Roost

TPB bans tax agent Parampreet Singh Rajput for 4 years

Health

Tips for quitting smoking and vaping

Two deadly Nipah virus cases in India, Australia “monitoring closely”

WHO emphasis on evidence driven traditional medicine

The Tobacco Trap: Hooked by lies (Video)

Science & Technology

India’s Giant Space Leap: First Earth imaging satellite put into orbit

Huawei unveils chip-design breakthrough that could beat US sanctions

Cool comfort: beating the heat with high-tech clothes

Palestinian Omar Yaghi among trio gets 2025 Nobel in Chemistry

MUSINGS : Hint of life beyond us, a major leap

Signature of life in planet 700 trillion miles away discovered

QUT cosmologist helps shine light on dark energy

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