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Indian movies among 200 at the SFF 2024 (5-16 June)

SYDNEY, 8 May, 2024: The 71st Sydney Film Festival (SFF) is all set to mesmerise movie-buffs, with a lineup of around 200 movies from across the world from 5 to 16 June, with seven Indian movies, including the Cannes selected...

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Melbourne cops searching 2 Indians after alleged fatal stabbing

AMA welcomes sickly sweet sugar tax calls

Buddha’s Day urge for world peace

Priya Srinivasan among others honoured with Asia Pacific Arts Awards

South Asia

Karachi labour rally demands higher minimum wage & rejects IMF deal

$ 18 million funding for Australia-India space projects

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Who gets to control the Indian Ocean’s ‘tollgate’?

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Australia

2024-25 budget ‘focused on helping families’: Premier Jacinta Allen

AMA welcomes sickly sweet sugar tax calls

$ 18 million funding for Australia-India space projects

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Entertainment

Indian movies among 200 at the SFF 2024 (5-16 June)

Who were the real courtesans at the heart of Netflix’s Heeramandi?

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INTERVIEW: Manoj Bajpayee on ‘Silence 2’

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South Asia Times E-paper April 2024

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Gaura Travel’s weekly instalments payment option for India air fare

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