AMIT SARWAL

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Dr Amit Sarwal is the Co-Founder and Editor of The Australia Today, with a career spanning broadcast media and academic leadership. He brings strategic vision, cross-cultural expertise, and editorial innovation to storytelling that connects communities and amplifies diverse voices.

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Australian Nepali communities unite in grief as flood death toll reaches 469, 39 Australians missing

In Canberra, the Australia-Nepal Friendship Society is holding a candlelight vigil on the Parliament House lawns on Friday evening and has launched fundraising efforts for disaster relief.

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UWA gets final approval for Mumbai campus, bringing Australian university education closer to Indian students

India’s High Commissioner to Australia, Nagesh Singh, said the campus was another example of the growing education relationship between the two countries.

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Albanese announces $5 million aid package as 39 Australians, including many Indian-origin, remain missing in Nepal floods

The Australian Government has urged Australians in the affected region to follow local authorities' instructions and has called on those with information about missing Australians to contact DFAT.

INNOVATION

Melbourne researchers spend two years training AI on one million Reddit posts to detect mental health concerns

Victoria University Assoc. Prof. Khandakar Ahmed and researcher Saima Rani along with psychiatrist and University of Melbourne Honorary Assoc. Prof. Dr Manjula O’Connor helping identify the underlying mental health root causes.

SPORTS

Indian-origin Avtar Nanrey makes Canadian rifle shooting history with double national championship win

Nanrey recorded a score of 691.65 in the Grand Aggregate and produced an exceptional performance in the Governor General’s Prize, dropping just one point.

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‘We are just praying’: Sydney and Melbourne families search for missing Indian-Australians in Nepal

Sydney residents Sridharan Iyer, Roopa Sridhar, Rudhra Sreedharan Iyer and Rishabh Sridharan Iyer were last known to be in Kathmandu before the disaster, according to a family friend who issued an urgent appeal for information.

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Ishtpal Singh who brutally murdered his friend Anmol Singh Bajwa amid visa and truck deal dispute found guilty

Bajwa, a 36-year-old father of two, was found dead near a playground on Elementary Road in Mambourin on the morning of 21 January 2025.

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‘Stray electricity’ blamed for runaway horse carriage that killed Indian teen on holiday, family files $105m lawsuit

Romanch Mahajan died in June after jumping from the carriage while trying to save his mother, Priya, who had been thrown from the vehicle as the horse suddenly bolted.

INFOTAINMENT

New book preserves the remarkable history of Hindu temple in Fiji

The History of Hanuman Garhi, Waiqele Labasa, written by Vasudev Maharaj, was launched at Gopal Sadhu Hanuman Garhi Mandir in Waiqele, Labasa, with devotees, community members and elders attending the event.

SPORTS

Indian transgender cricketer Anaya Bangar cleared to play in Australia’s elite women’s cricket

25-year-old, daughter of former India cricketer and national batting coach Sanjay Bangar, received confirmation from Cricket Australia under its Inclusion of Transgender and Gender Diverse Players in Elite Cricket Policy.

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