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Petition, alleging Nestlé’s ‘double standard’ over sugar in baby food

105,000 people have signed a petition calling on Nestlé to stop adding sugar to its baby food products marketed in lower-income countries. It was handed over today at the multinational’s headquarters in Vevey, where the NGOs Public Eye, IBFAN and...

September 24, 2024

UN bodies statement on Occupied Palestine : These atrocities must end

Statement released by WHO on 23 September, 2024, is signed by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (18 heads)...

September 20, 2024

HFHR dismay at India and Australia abstaining on UN Vote on Israel

SYDNEY, 20 September, 2024: The Hindus for Human Rights (HFHR) has expressed its dismay at Australia abstaining at the United...

September 17, 2024

How South Asian workers land in modern slavery in the Middle East

For thousands from India, Bangladesh, Nepal and other countries, shadowy recruiters and online slave markets turn dreams into nightmares. E-commerce...

September 4, 2024

2073: Climate change, corporate fascism, surveillance tech, democracy recession

Directed by Asif Kapadia, 2073 and premiering at the Venice Film Festival 2024. It is a futuristic film. The synopsis...

July 31, 2024

NGV’s ‘Pharaoh’ exhibition steeped in mystical Egyptian art & culture

MELBOURNE, 16 July, 2024: Ancient Egypt to me was always Pyramids and Mummies. Until, I decided to write a review...

July 29, 2024

Alarming rates of intimate partner violence: WHO

30 July 2024 — Among adolescent girls who have been in a relationship, nearly a quarter (24%) – close to 19 million...

July 25, 2024

OXFAM: Low taxes enrich the top 1 % rich bag $42 tn in past decade

The richest 1 percent have amassed $42 trillion in new wealth over the past decade, nearly 34 times more than...

July 22, 2024

‘Princess of Champa’ conquers Melbourne

MELBOURNE, 20 July 2024: The RMIT Capitol Theatre today saw the ‘Princess of Champa’ conquering the hearts and minds of...

July 15, 2024

World population peak 10.3 bn in mid 2028s,& 10.2 bn by century end:UN

New York, 11 July –According to the World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results published today, it is expected that the world’s population...

June 22, 2024

Hindujas get jail terms for exploiting domestic workers

The UK’s Indian-origin richest family, the Hindujas have been given four years and six months jail terms on 21 June,...

June 21, 2024

Indian worker dies in Italy: “Dumped like a bag of rubbish”,says Union

ROME: A 31-year-old Indian worker, Satnam Singh, reports say, died in Italy after being loaded into a van and then...

June 15, 2024

India at 129th position in ‘Global Gender Gap Index 2024’

Geneva/Melbourne, 12 June 2024: The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap Insight Report 2024, which is part of its...

June 12, 2024

India wants Russia stop recruitment as two Indians killed in Ukraine

NEW DELHI: India has strongly demanded from Russia to stop the recruitment of Indians in the Russian Army for...